1789 English cricket season

1789 English cricket season

The 1789 English cricket season was played against the backdrop of the French Revolution, which escalated after the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July when cricket patron John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset, was the British ambassador in Paris. Dorset was reportedly planning a goodwill visit to France, but the crisis forced him to return home, and the venture was cancelled before his team could leave England. Details of 25 matches are known, but few were important.


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