- Source: 1778 English cricket season
The 1778 English cricket season was the seventh in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status. The scorecards of five first-class matches have survived.
Matches
Five first-class match scorecards survive from 1778, four of them involving Hampshire XIs.
29–30 June - England v Hampshire XI - Sevenoaks Vine
6–7 July - Hampshire XI v England - Itchin Stoke Down
10–11 September - Chertsey v England - Laleham Burway
24–25 September - Hampshire XI v Surrey XI - Broadhalfpenny Down
6–8 October - Surrey XI v Hampshire XI - Laleham Burway
Three other matches are known to have been played during the season, including a return match between Chertsey and an England side.
First-class debutants
The following players made their first known appearance during the 1778 season.
Boltwood
Henry Bonham (Hampshire)
Irons
Mansfield
Mills (Surrey)
Polden
Thomas Swayne (Chertsey/Surrey)
References
Further reading
Altham, H. S. (1962). A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914). George Allen & Unwin.
Birley, Derek (1999). A Social History of English Cricket. Aurum.
Bowen, Rowland (1970). Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development. Eyre & Spottiswoode.
Major, John (2007). More Than A Game. HarperCollins.
Underdown, David (2000). Start of Play. Allen Lane.