1697 To 1725 English Cricket Seasons - 1706

1706

William Goldwin wrote a Latin poem of 95 lines on a rural cricket match. It was called In Certamen Pilae (On a Ball Game) and it was published in his Musae Juveniles.

The spread of cricket relied heavily on ease of transport and communications. In 1706, Parliament established the first Turnpike trusts which placed a length of road under the control of trustees drawn from local landowners and traders. The turnpike trusts borrowed capital for road maintenance against the security of tolls. This arrangement became the common method of road maintenance for the next 150 years.