1771 English cricket season

1771 English cricket season

The 1771 English cricket season is notable for the wide bat incident resulting in an amendment to the Laws of Cricket which limited the maximum width of the bat to four and a quarter inches. Details of 14 matches are known, including the historically significant Nottingham v Sheffield match in August.


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