Matches
| Date | Match Title | Venue | Result | |
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| 27 June (S) | Essex v Kent | Billericay | result unknown | |
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This was announced in the Ipswich Journal of the previous Saturday, 20 June, as: 11 men of Kent v. the best 11 of Essex. The precise venue was The Crown in Billericay. |
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| 1 July (W) | Chertsey v Dartford | Laleham Burway | result unknown | |
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Played for 20 guineas a side. Chertsey had three given men: William Piper, Charles Sears and Thomas Woods. The latter is interesting given the confusion over players called Wood or Woods in the 1770s; there was a Surrey player at that time who was variously called John Wood or Thomas Wood. The Whitehall Evening Post on Saturday 27 June said: Great sport is expected as they are accounted as good 22 men as any in England. |
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| 31 August (M) | Richmond v Chertsey | Richmond Green | result unknown | |
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Played for £20 a side. |
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| 28 September (M) | Chertsey v Hampton | Laleham Burway | result unknown | |
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Announced in the Whitehall Evening Post on Sat 26 September. Hampton had Charles Sears, John Haynes and Shock White as given men. The enigmatic Shock White, who was a Brentford man, is not to be confused with Thomas White of Reigate. |
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