Matches
| Date | Match Title | Venue | Result | |
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| Mon 8 May | Croydon v London | Walworth Common | Croydon won "by great odds" | |
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It is possible that this "London" was not the famous London Club because a report at the end of the season says London played thirteen matches during the season and "did not lose a game this year". |
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| Mon 5 June | London v Brentford & Sunbury | Walworth Common | London "by very considerable odds" | |
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According to the Dartford Cricket Club website, there seems to have been some confusion in contemporary accounts between this game and the one on Mon 12 June. One account apparently had Brentford & Sunbury called Kent. |
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| Wed 7 June | London v Surrey | Artillery Ground | London by 8 runs | |
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This was reported on both Tues 6 and Thu 8 June by the St James Evening Post. The pre-match notice said stumps would be pitched at one o’clock and, at the request of two (unnamed) gentlemen who have laid a very great sum of money, the ground is to be staked and all gentlemen are desired to keep outside the rope. On Thu 8 June, the paper simply reported that "London won by 8 notches". |
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| Mon 12 June | Kent v London | Dartford Brent | London won | |
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"Kent lost to London on the Brent after 6/4 being laid against London in the middle of the game" (Whitehall Evening Post). |
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| Mon 26 June | Surrey v London | Sanderstead Downs, near Croydon | match drawn | |
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This was played by the same teams as on Wed 7 June. The report states very ambiguously that "the London gamesters got 77 ahead the last hands and but 4 men out, time not permitting them to play it out". Which seems to tell us the match was drawn! |
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| Thu 6 July | London v Essex & Herts | Epping Forest | unknown | |
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This match is the earliest known reference to Essex as a (part) county team. The terms were "for £50 a side, play or pay; wickets to be pitched at one o’clock precisely or forfeit half the money". |
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| Mon 7 August | London v Middlesex | Islington | unknown | |
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The advertisement echoes an earlier game by stating that the venue would be "the field behind the Woolpack at Islington". |
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| Tues 29 August | London v Surrey | Artillery Ground | unknown | |
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This match is also mentioned in Dawn of Cricket with the date given as Wed 30 August. The game was unfinished at seven o’clock and so they "are to play it again on Monday 11 September". |
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| Mon 4 September | London v Middlesex | Kew Green | unknown | |
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The source states: .... (those players involved on Wed 13 September) will be the same persons that played Monday, Sept. 4, at Kew Green. |
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| Mon 11 September | London v Surrey | Artillery Ground | unknown | |
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This is the replay of the unfinished game on Tuesday 29 August. |
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| Wed 13 September | London v Middlesex | Artillery Ground | drawn | |
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A very controversial match as the report states: "Middlesex went in first and got 88 notches; the Londoners got 84; the County went in again and got 58; the Londoners then went in for 63 notches to win; they got 56 and but four men out, when one of the County men would not play any longer, pretending the time was expired as they were to play to, which was six o'clock, although there wanted six minutes of the time by the scorer's watch. The London gamesters intend to go to law for the money, there being upward of £100 depending on the game. This is the thirteenth match the London gamesters have played this year and not lost one match." But see above re Croydon v London on Mon 8 May. |
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