1741 English cricket season

1741 English cricket season

The earliest known tie in an eleven-a-side match was recorded in the 1741 English cricket season. Details of 14 matches are known.

Among primary sources for the season are letters written by the Duke and Duchess of Richmond to each other, and to the Duke of Newcastle. One example is a gloating letter from Richmond to Newcastle after "poor little Slyndon (sic)" beat "almost your whole county of Surrey".

Meanwhile, the spread of cricket from the southeastern counties had continued into the south Midlands with three counties mentioned for the first time in surviving records.


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