Matches
| Date | Match Title | Venue | Result | |
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| 15 June (W) | London & Surrey v Kent | Kennington Common | Kent won by 40 runs | |
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Scores are known: Kent 99 & 70-7 declared; Surrey 31 & 98. A woman in the crowd suffered a broken leg. The Prince of Wales, sponsoring London & Surrey, gave her a ten guinea compensation. Kent was sponsored by Lord John Philip Sackville. |
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| 6 July (W) | Kent v London & Surrey | Bromley Common | Kent won by an innings | |
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Kent "maintained their honour, and beat their adversaries at one hands". The match was completed in a day. Cricket Scores reports the same fixture but has a non-specific date in June. |
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| 25 July (M) | London v Essex | Artillery Ground | London won by 45 runs | |
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Reported by the General Evening Post on Tues 26 July. |
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| 27 July (W) | Surrey v London | Moulsey Hurst | result unknown | |
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The match was organised by the Prince of Wales (Surrey) and the Duke of Marlborough (London) for £500 a side. It was announced by the General Evening Post on Thu 21 July but no report of the game has been found. |
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| 1 August (M) | Essex v London | Ilford | Essex won by 7 runs | |
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This is the earliest known organised match definitely being played in Essex (though see 1724 season re Chingford v Stead’s XI). The report is in Read’s Weekly Journal dated Sat 6 August. |
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| 6 September (Tu) | London v Chertsey | Moulsey Hurst | London won by 5 wkts | |
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Scores are known: Chertsey 45 & 66; London 81 & 31-5. Cricket Scores has two reports of the same game, one of them having a date in June, but the Fresh Light date is correct as the report was taken from the Grub Street Journal dated Thu 8 September. Cricket Scores reports that a Chertsey player broke a finger and this had a bearing on the result. |
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| 27 September (Tu) | London v Kent | Kennington Common | result unknown | |
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The match was "betwixt the Gentlemen of Kent and the Gentlemen of London, within the Bills of Mortality". |
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