1736 English cricket season


The 1736 English cricket season was the 40th cricket season since the earliest recorded eleven-aside match was played. Details have survived of 17 top-class matches and two notable single wicket matches.
One of the single wicket matches resulted in a tie, the earliest known instance of this result in cricket history.

Recorded matches

Records have survived of 17 matches:

Single wicket matches

On 24 June two London players, Wakeland and George Oldner played against two "famous" Richmond players who were "esteemed the best two in England" whose names are not known. One of the Richmond players suffered facial injuries in the game when the ball came off his bat and hit his nose. The report rails against "human brutes" who insisted he should play on despite his injuries.
A "threes" match between London and Surrey on 1 September ended in cricket's earliest known tie. Different versions of the scores have been reported, but each team scored 23 runs from their two innings. In one version, London scored 4 and 19 against Surrey's 18 and 5; in the other, London scored 5 and 18 against Surrey's 17 and 6.

First mentions

Clubs and teams