1734 English cricket season


The 1734 English cricket season was the 38th cricket season since the earliest recorded eleven-aside match was played. Details have survived of seven matches.
Four counties and two clubs took part in all the known games. Records have been found of the earliest known match at the Vine Cricket Ground in Sevenoaks.

Recorded matches

Records have survived of seven matches:

Other events

A match between London and Sevenoaks arranged for 8 July on Kennington Common, was not played due to the non-appearance of the Sevenoaks team. The Whitehall Evening Post reported that according to the Articles of Agreement their deposit money was forfeited. Articles of Agreement are first known to have been drawn up in 1727.
London issued a challenge "to play with any eleven men in England, with this exception only, that they will not admit of one from Croydon". No surviving post-match report has been found and so there is no evidence that the game took place. There was a dispute between London and Croydon after the latter apparently failed to attend an arranged match between the two clubs. London were especially aggrieved that Croydon did this after "having been regaled with a good dinner".
The St James Evening Post reported two injuries in a private match at the Artillery Ground: "...a stander-by had the misfortune to have his knee-pan put out by a blow from the ball, and another was much bruised in the face by a like accident".

First mentions

Players