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List of English cricketers (1787–1825)

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This is a list of English cricketers who were first recorded in historically important matches played between the 1787 and 1825 seasons.[note 1][note 2] With the single exception of Thomas Lord, whose new ground was opened at the beginning of the 1787 season, players who were first recorded before the beginning of that season are omitted from this list, as they may be found in List of English cricketers (1701–1786).

The principal club throughout the period was MCC, which was founded in 1787, soon after Lord's ground opened. MCC organised the early Gentlemen v Players matches, and most of the games played by occasional XIs such as Charles Lennox's XI, Lord Frederick Beauclerk's XI, George Osbaldeston's XI, and others. Inter-county cricket was rare during the Napoleonic Wars, and there were no formally-constituted county clubs at the time. The main county teams were Berkshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey, and Sussex. Towards the end of the period, Cambridge University (CUCC) became prominent, especially through its series of matches against the Cambridge Town Club (CTC), which ultimately formed the basis of the original Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club. In the north of England, cricket was developing through town clubs which became the focal points of the game in their respective counties, especially Nottingham and Sheffield.

The game of cricket in this period had already acquired most of its modern features such as eleven-a-side, the three-stump wicket, the lbw law, and so on, though pitch preparation was rudimentary, and play was largely dictated by the weather. The main difference was in bowling which was still mostly underarm, the key development of the time being the movement towards roundarm which began in the late 18th century, and was gathering pace by 1826.

Note #1: The list is not necessarily exhaustive, as ongoing research is always likely to discover additional information.
Note #2: Inline citations reference the debut or earliest known mention of each player.
Note #3: Offline sources for the first quarter of the 19th century are much less plentiful than for the 18th century. Essentially, the one major source for the years 1801–1825 is Arthur Haygarth's "Scores & Biographies" (Volume 1). While online databases were completely excluded from List of English cricketers (1701–1786), there are some entries in this list which will require a CricketArchive citation, but: ONLY in respect of name, team, and years active; NOTHING statistical.
Note #4: Unless specified as single wicket, a "match" is eleven-a-side, and also historically important.[1]
Note #5: Where a player's name is preceded by a † symbol, the article is a redirect to this list.

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name team/club/county years notes
† Abbott Lord F. Beauclerk's XI 1802–1804
W. Ainsworth Leicester 1813 [note 3]
† Allen Cambridge University 1820
S. Allen Leicester 1821–1825
† W. Allen Essex 1787–1793
C. Anderson Leicester 1813–1828
† Annett Hampshire 1788–1792
John Antill Leicester 1813–1823
E. Arnold Leicester 1800
† Ashurst MCC 1802

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name team/club/county years notes
† Thomas Bache MCC 1816–1822
† Samson Baker Kent 1823
W. Bakewell Leicester 1813
S. Baldiste Leicester 1800
Ballard Sir Horatio Mann's XI 1789
† William Barker Nottingham 1789–1792
Barrett Leicestershire 1791 [note 3]
† William Barsby Leicestershire & Rutland 1787–1792 [note 3]
J. Barton MCC 1802
† Bates Kent 1789
† Baxter CTC 1819
† R. Beeston Middlesex 1790
† W. Beeston Middlesex 1790–1801
† John Beldham Surrey 1794–1795
Henry Bell Leicester 1787
† C. Bentley MCC 1809–1832
† Berry Surrey 1825
† Bexley Berkshire 1794
G. Billington Leicester 1821–1825
S. Billington Leicester 1823–1825
† R. Black Leics & Rutland 1789–1800
† Blundell MCC 1812
† Blunt MCC 1792
John Boam Leicester 1813–1823
† Bond MCC 1810
† Bonick Surrey 1789
† John Bott Middlesex 1807–1808
† A. Boult Middlesex 1787
† George Boult Jr Montpelier 1797
† Z. Boult Middlesex 1787
† Bourke MCC 1798
† H. Bowley Sussex 1823
† Brades Berkshire 1795
† R. Brandling MCC 1794
† W. J. Brereton Norfolk 1820
† Briden MCC 1794–1798
† Harry Bridger Middlesex 1793–1796
† Bridges Homerton 1808
† Bridges CTC 1819–1820
† Brown MCC 1814
† Brown Middlesex 1789–1791
† B. A. Browne MCC 1817
† T. Browning Kent 1795
† William Browning Kent 1791–1795
† C. Brunton Norfolk 1820
† Samuel Bullock CTC 1825–1827 Professional (c.1807–1855). Three known appearances. See also Haygarth.[2]
† J. Burbage CTC 1825
† John Burgess Kent 1794–1795
† Butler Middlesex 1789–1801
† Butterly MCC 1787
† Zachariah Button MCC 1793–1796

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H

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J

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M

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Q

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† Robert Quarme Berkshire 1792–1793
† Quiddington Surrey 1807

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U

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† John Unstead Kent 1825
† May Upton Sussex 1824

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† John Vallance Sussex 1791–1792
† Philip Vallance Sussex 1791–1792
† Vane MCC 1802
† Venner Kent 1789–1790
† Viger Surrey 1808–1809
† Thomas Vigne Surrey 1804–1832
† Vincent Surrey 1788–1789
† C. Vivian MCC 1816

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J. Wale Leicester 1813
† Walker Kent 1790
† Walker Kent 1822
† Waller Surrey 1800–1803
† Robert Walpole MCC/Homerton 1793–1808
† W. Wansell MCC 1802
† F. Ward Hampshire 1817
Warren MCC 1788
† Richard Warsop Nottingham 1789–1826
† Thomas Warsop Nottingham 1791–1823
† William Warsop Nottingham 1789–1817
† T. Watts Leics & Rutland 1789–1800
† T. Webb Middlesex 1789–1808
† G. Wells Sussex 1814–1821
† W. Wells Middlesex 1791–1816
† Welsh MCC 1791–1793
† John Wenman Kent 1825–1838
† West Berkshire 1794
† James Weston Middlesex 1787
† Wheeler Middlesex 1794–1797
† White Hampshire 1789–1797
† Jacob White Middlesex 1789–1791
† Joseph White Surrey 1806
† W. White Middlesex 1787–1791
† Wicks CTC 1820
† Henry Wilder MCC 1817
† Wilkinson Sussex 1824
† C. Wilkinson Leicestershire 1787–1789
† G. Willes Kent 1815
† Charles Williams MCC 1823
† Williams CUCC 1820
† Williams MCC 1798
† Samuel Willows Nottingham 1789–1792
Wilson Leicester 1813
† Wilson Surrey 1797–1809
† Windebank Hampshire 1805–1807
† Windsor MCC 1788
† Edward Winter Berkshire/Kent 1794–1815
† Witcher Hampshire 1797
† J. Witherdon MCC 1817
† Wood Kent 1789–1790
† Edward Woodbridge Surrey 1815–1819
† Frederick Woodbridge Surrey 1815–1819
† Woodburn Hampshire 1804
† Woodroffe MCC/Surrey 1799–1800
† Wooldridge Hampshire 1798
† Richard Wyatt Essex 1788–1797
† Wyman MCC 1791

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† Young Surrey 1801

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Any match listed in the ACS' Important Match Guide (1981) is historically important, and therefore of the highest standard, whether or not a scorecard might exist. The same applies to numerous matches discovered by researchers since 1981.[1] For further information, see First-class cricket.
  2. ↑ Surviving match records to 1825 are incomplete, and any statistical compilation of a player's career in that period is based on known data only, which means the compilation must be incomplete, and therefore false if presented as fact. In addition, match scorecards were not always created, or have been lost, and the matches themselves were not always recorded in the press or other media. Scorecard data was not comprehensive: e.g., bowling analyses lacked balls bowled and runs conceded; bowlers were not credited with wickets when the batsman was caught or stumped; in many matches, the means of dismissal were omitted.
  3. 1 2 3 The Leicestershire and Rutland Cricket Club played several games as a combined team (Leics & Rutland), but was also active under the titles of both Leicester and Leicestershire (and in one minor 1814 match as Rutland). Several of the players in this list were members of teams using more than one of these titles. In that event, they are allocated primarily to Leicestershire & Rutland if one of their teams had that title; secondly to Leicestershire, again if they played under that title; and to Leicester if they did not play in a county match. Those who played only for the combined Nottinghamshire & Leicestershire team in 1803 are noted separately.

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  1. 1 2 ACS 1981, pp. 1–40.
  2. ↑ "Samuel Bullock". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  3. ↑ Haygarth 1996, pp. 70–71.
  4. ↑ Buckley 1935, pp. 110–115.
  5. ↑ Major 2007, pp. 106–107.

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