Events
| Cricket formats | first-class and single wicket |
|---|---|
| Most runs | William Barton 226 |
| Most wickets | John Ward 47 |
| Most victims | Joseph Dennis 10 |
| Most catches | William Beldham 11 |
- Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) made revisions to the Laws of Cricket which were republished in their entirety.
- Robert Robinson is believed to have been the first batsman to try to introduce leg guards but his experiment was unsuccessful.
- John Ward had an outstanding debut season by scoring 213 runs, taking 47 wickets and holding 9 catches. He was the leading bowler, second highest run-scorer and one of the best fielders.
- William Beldham with 11 ct, 1 st was the leading fielder in 1800, just ahead of Thomas Ray who took 11 ct. Nottingham wicket-keeper Joseph Dennis made an impression with 3 ct, 7 st. John Ward took 9 catches in addition to his 47 wickets.
- Two matches between northern teams were significant in terms of the spread of cricket throughout England. Nottingham v Sheffield was the first known 11-a-side game involving a Yorkshire county team. In the Leicester v Nottingham match, Leicester was dismissed for 15 and 8, an aggregate of 23 which Rowland Bowen described as "probably the lowest recorded aggregate for both innings in an important match".
- Cricket may have been feeling the impact of Great Britain's war against the Napoleonic Empire through a loss of investment which was reducing the number of first-class matches with only 7 recognised in 1800.
Read more about this topic: 1800 English Cricket Season
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