1729 English cricket season

There are signs of increasing media interest in the 1729 English cricket season as reports of seven matches have survived, compared with four in each of the two previous years.

Although the source information is confusing, Sir William Gage's XI achieved the earliest known innings victory when they defeated Edwin Stead's XI at Penshurst Park in August. The best of the known professional players at this time was the all-rounder Thomas Waymark, who was a groom employed by the 2nd Duke of Richmond.

Cricket continued to spread throughout England, and is known to have reached both Gloucestershire and Norfolk in 1729; also, its popularity at the University of Oxford was attested by Dr Samuel Johnson, a student there at the time. The oldest known bat, now on display in the Kennington Oval pavilion, is dated 1729.