List of English cricketers (1851–1860)

This is a list of cricketers who played first-class cricket in England in matches between the 1851 and 1860 seasons. The sport of cricket had acquired most of its modern features by this time and roundarm bowling was firmly established, although overarm bowling was not accepted until 1863.

The players included are those known to have played in matches which were given retrospective first-class status between 1851 and 1860 inclusive.[upper-alpha 1]

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See also

Notes
  1. Details of players are not always complete for this period. In some cases cricket historians have made assumptions regarding the identity of players where just a surname was recorded on original scorecards. Although scorecard information is generally complete from this period, bowling analyses are not always provided in the detail which modern scorecards would do so.
  1. Christened in 1822 at Sheffield, Barber played once for a Yorkshire XI in 1855.[1]
  2. Bartlett played a single first-class match for a Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex side in 1860.[2]
  3. A single match for MCC in 1859. Other than a surname nothing is known about Blanchard.[3]
  4. A single first-class match for a Middlesex XI in 1851. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known.[4]
  5. Chapman is known to have played for Liverpool sides between 1855 and 1867. He made a single first-class appearance for the Gentlemen of the North. Other than a surname and initials no biographical details are known.[5]
  6. A single first-class match for the United All-England Eleven against a side of 16 Sussex players. Cheesman also played three other matches for Sussex based sides between 1848 and 1853. Other than an initial and surname no biographical details are known.[6]
  7. Clarkson played in a single match for MCC in 1855. Nothing more is known of his cricket career and, other than an initial and surname, no biographical details are known.[7]
  8. Played two first-class matches, one in 1860 for the Gentlemen of the South and one in 1871 for MCC. Was a teacher at Brecon, but no forenames are recorded.[8]
  9. Dean is known to have played in only one cricket match, a first-class match against Cambridge University in 1851. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known.[9]
  10. A single first-class match for Sheffield in 1852 is all that is known of Eadon's cricket career. Other than a surname and initials, no biographical details are known.[10]
  11. Eager played just once in first-class cricket in a match for Sussex in 1854. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known.[11]
  12. Galloway played two first-class matches for Manchester, one in 1852 and one in 1854. He played in other matches for the side between 1852 and 1858 and also for Sheffield in 1853, but other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known.[12]
  13. Grant played in only one first-class match for MCC in 1851. Other than a name there is no biographical information known about him.[13]
  14. Green played in s single match for the Surrey Club in 1859.[14]
  15. Hayes is known to have played only a single game of cricket - a first-class match for the Cambridge Town Club in 1851. Other than a surname there is no biographical information known about him.[15]
  16. Two matches for the Surrey Club in 1853 and 1854. Other than a name and initial no biographical information is known.[16]
  17. A single first-class match for a Lancashire XI in 1851. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known.[17]
  18. A single match for Sheffield in 1852. Other than a surname and initial, no biographical information is known.[18]
  19. Jiggins, who lived between 1938 and 1909, played four first-class matches, all for Cambridgeshire or the Cambridge Town Club between 1854 and 1861.[19]
  20. Three of Kaye's four first-class matches were for Sheffield. He was born in Hull, but there are no other biographical details known.[20]
  21. Lisney played in just one match, a first-class match for the Surrey Club against MCC in 1853. He scored three runs but took eight wickets, including five in MCC's first innings. Other than a surname and initial no biographical information is known.[21]
  22. Little played eight first-class matches for the Surrey Club and Gentlemen of the South sides. He is also known to have played club matches for a variety of sides, generally in the Surrey area. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known.[22]
  23. Maxwell played a single match for the Gentlemen of the North in 1859 as well as playing other matches for Liverpool. Other than a surname and initials no biographical details are known.[23]
  24. Paget played a single match for a Lancashire side in 1851, having played for Liverpool Cricket Club between 1847 and 1853. Other than his surname and initial no biographical details are known.[24]
  25. Played a single first-class match and one other match for a Yorkshire side in 1851. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known.[25]
  26. Price is only known to have ever played in one cricket match: for Manchester in a first-class match in 1852. Other than a surname and initials no biographical details are known.[26]
  27. Sell made two appearances for Cambridge Town Club in 1851 and 1852, scoring 26 runs.[27]
  28. Shaw is known only to have played a single match for a Lancashire side in 1851. Other than a surname and initial no biographical information is known.[28]
  29. Spencer played a single game for the Gentlemen of England in 1855. He is known to have played other matches for Bishop's Stortford, but other than a surname and initials no biographical details are known.[29]
  30. Played in 11 first-class matches, most frequently for MCC. Other than a surname and initial, no biographical details are known.[30]
  31. Watson played three matches for the Gentlemen of the North between 1858 and 1862 as well as playing for the Nottingham Commercial Club in the 1850s. Other than an initial and surname no biographical details are known.[31]
  32. No biographical details other than a surname are known about Wilde who played a single match for Cambridge University in 1859.[32]
  33. Played in five first-class matches, once for a Yorkshire XI in 1845 and then on four occasions for Manchester sides. Other than a surname and initial, no biographical details are known.[33]
  34. Played in two matches for the Surrey Club. Other than a surname and initial, no biographical details are known.[34]
  35. Wright played a single match for the Gentlemen of the MCC in 1860, taking six wickets in an innings against the Gentlemen of Kent. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known.[35]
  36. Yates played in four first-class matches between 1851 and 1854, two for Surrey XIs and two for the Surrey Club. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known.[36]

References
  1. Joseph Barber, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-26. (subscription required)
  2. ER Bartlett, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-07-04. (subscription required)
  3. Blanchard, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-07-02. (subscription required)
  4. William Burden, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-26. (subscription required)
  5. TH Chapman, CricketArchive/ Retrieved 2020-07-02. (subscription required)
  6. R Cheesman, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-27. (subscription required)
  7. H Clarkson, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-27. (subscription required)
  8. GA Dawson, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-07-02. (subscription required)
  9. J Dean, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-27. (subscription required)
  10. JE Eadon, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-24. (subscription required)
  11. W Eager, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-26. (subscription required)
  12. W Galloway, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-27. (subscription required)
  13. Francis Grant, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-27. (subscription required)
  14. J Green, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-07-02. (subscription required)
  15. Hayes, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-27. (subscription required)
  16. FJ Heseltine, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-27. (subscription required)
  17. A Hutton, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-09-03. (subscription required)
  18. C Jeffcock, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-24. (subscription required)
  19. James Jiggins, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-02-20. (subscription required)
  20. EB Kaye, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-24. (subscription required)
  21. J Lisney, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-28. (subscription required)
  22. W Little, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-07-03. (subscription required)
  23. EG Maxwell, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-07-03. (subscription required)
  24. J Paget, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-09-03. (subscription required)
  25. G Powell, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-29. (subscription required)
  26. JE Price, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-29. (subscription required)
  27. Walter Sell, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-02-20. (subscription required)
  28. G Shaw, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-09-03. (subscription required)
  29. TA Spencer, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-29. (subscription required)
  30. S Taylor, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-08-27. (subscription required)
  31. S Watson, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-07-04. (subscription required)
  32. Wilde, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-07-04. (subscription required)
  33. J Womack, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-08-27.(subscription required)
  34. J Wood, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-08-27. (subscription required)
  35. C Wright, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-07-04. (subscription required)
  36. G Yates, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-26.(subscription required)

Bibliography
  • Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 4 (1849–1854). Lillywhite.
  • Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 5 (1855–1857). Lillywhite.
  • Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 6 (1858–1860). Lillywhite.
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