• Source: 1810 English cricket season

    • In the 1810 English cricket season, William Ward made his top-class debut and The Bs were dismissed for a total of only 6.


    Honours


    Most runs – William Lambert 396 (HS 132*)
    Most wickets – William Lambert 31


    Events


    The Bs were bowled out for 6 in the second innings of their match against England at Lord's Old Ground on 14 June: the innings contained only three scoring strokes, with E. H. Budd unable to bat due to injury. This total of 6 remains the record for the lowest innings total in top-class cricket.
    The match in August between Captain Blagrave's XI and Colonel Byng's XI is the last known to have been played on Lord's Old Ground.
    An American visitor drew a sharp distinction between cricket as played in England and "our cricket", referring especially to the "old long low wicket" still used in America.
    The impact of the Napoleonic War had been felt by cricket since 1797, when inter-county matches simply ceased, and there had been a steady decline in both number and quality of major matches during the first decade of the 19th century until they became few and far between after 1810. Nevertheless, the impact of this war was less severe than that of the Seven Years' War because of the existence this time of MCC and other well-organised clubs like Brighton and Montpelier. These clubs managed to co-ordinate cricket activities during the war emergency and, as it were, keep the game going. Only 7 top-class matches were recorded in 1810:
    29–31 May — Lord F Beauclerk's XI v E Bligh's XI @ Lord's Old Ground
    12–14 June — All-England v The Bs @ Lord's Old Ground
    19–21 June — All-England v Surrey @ Lord's Old Ground
    2–4 July — Over 38 v Under 38 @ Lord's Old Ground
    16–18 July — All-England v Surrey @ Lord's Old Ground
    24–25 July — Over 38 v Under 38 @ Lord's Old Ground
    13–15 August — Captain Blagrave's XI v Colonel Byng's XI @ Lord's Old Ground


    Debutants


    1810 debutants included:

    William Ward (MCC)
    John Bowyer (Surrey)
    James Sherman (Surrey)


    References




    Bibliography


    Bowen, Rowland (1970). Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development. Eyre & Spottiswoode.
    Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826). Lillywhite.


    Further reading


    ACS (1981). A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
    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.
    Major, John (2007). More Than A Game. HarperCollins.

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