1728 English cricket season

1728 English cricket season

In the 1728 English cricket season, it is possible to discern the existence of an inter-county rivalry between teams representative of Kent and Sussex. Details of four matches are known.

A Swiss traveller in southern England recorded county cricket as "a commonplace" and wrote that it unites "the common people and men of rank". Teams of county strength were being formed as the patrons sought stronger combinations to help them in the serious, for them, business of winning wagers. Easily the most successful in 1728 was Edwin Stead whose Kent was "too expert" for Sussex, led by the 2nd Duke of Richmond and Sir William Gage.


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