Events
- In the Gentlemen v Players match at Lord's Cricket Ground, the Gentlemen conceded the game having gone well behind on 1st innings. Derek Birley commented that it was a "Coronation Match" to celebrate the accession of King George IV and was "a suitably murky affair".
- With cricket still recovering from the effects of the Napoleonic War, only a few first-class matches were recorded in 1821:
- 24 May — Cambridge University v Cambridge Town Club @ University Ground, Cambridge
- 3 July — MCC v Godalming @ Lord's Cricket Ground
- 9 July — Godalming v MCC @ The Burys, Godalming
- 16–18 July — MCC v Hampshire @ Lord's Cricket Ground
- 23–24 July — Gentlemen v Players @ Lord's Cricket Ground
- The Gentlemen v Players match marked the final first class appearance of Billy Beldham in a career lasting from 1787.
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