1798 English cricket season

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The 1798 English cricket season was marked by numerous matches involving town clubs rather than county teams.

1 Matches
2 Other Events
3 Leading batsmen
4 Leading bowlers
5 Main Sources

[edit] Matches

Date	Match Title	Venue	Source	Result
2 & 3 May (W-Th)	F Beauclerk v J Tufton	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB230	Beauclerk's XI won by 19 runs
The above was excluded from a previous classification but the players are recognised so this a major fixture. However, the return game between Beauclerk and Tufton on 24 Aug was nine a side with weak teams (SB245).
9-10 May (W-Th)	MCC v London	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB231	MCC won by 5 wkts

28-29 May (M-Tu)	MCC v Montpelier ^	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB232	Montpelier won by 55 runs

6-8 June (W-Th)	All-England v Surrey	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB233	All-England won by 128 runs

13-14 June (W-Th)	Montpelier v MCC ^	Montpelier Gardens	SB234	MCC won by 175 runs
^ As in 1797, Montpelier had a fairly strong team, especially with given men, so their two games v MCC were good quality. The majority of players are recognised and these are major fixtures.
20-21 Jun (W-Th)	MCC v Middlesex	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB235	Middlesex won by 10 wkts

26-27 June (Tu-W)	MCC v All-England	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB235	MCC won by 17 runs

11-13 July (W-F)	MCC v All-England	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB238	MCC won by 7 wkts

13-14 July (F-S)	F Beauclerk v R Whitehead	Lord’s (Dorset Square)	SB238	Whitehead's XI won by 7 wkts
The Beauclerk v Whitehead game on 13-14 July (SB238) was single innings, whether this was intentional or not, and the names of four Whitehead players are unknown. All things considered, this is a marginal fixture needing further analysis.
26-28 July (Th-S)	Hampshire v MCC	Stoke Down	SB240	MCC won by 78 runs

2-3 Aug (Th-F)	MCC v Hampshire	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB241	Hampshire won by 102 runs

13-15 Aug (M-W)	All-England v Surrey	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB243	All-England won by innings & 12 runs

16-17 Aug (Th-F)	All-England v Surrey	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB244	All-England won by 13 runs

16-17 Aug (Th-F)	Woolwich v Croydon #	Barrack Field, Woolwich	brit	Woolwich won by 88 runs

29 Aug (W)	Croydon v Woolwich #	Duppas Hill, Croydon	brit	Woolwich won by innings & 25 runs

5-6 Sept (W-Th)	Middlesex v Hertfordshire	Lord's (Dorset Square)	SB247	Middlesex won by 93 runs
Herts had a weak team here and was not a major team unless with given men.
26 Sept (W)	Montpelier v Woolwich &c.	Montpelier Gardens	FLPV	Montpelier won by 138 runs
This was a single innings game and the teams were local club standard only. Woolwich &c. in full is Woolwich, Crayford & Dartford (also on 8-9 October below).
1-2 Oct (M-Tu)	Yorkshire Militia v Nottingham Militia	Wetherby	FLPV	NM won by 58 runs

8-9 Oct (M-Tu)	Woolwich &c. v Montpelier #	Barrack Field, Woolwich	brit	drawn
# These three matches were unknown till Britcher’s scores came to light recently. They are minor matches involving local clubs only.