Hambledon scored 104 and 105; Caterham replied with 74 and 78. No other details are known. The scores were recorded by Sussex lawyer John Baker, who was a spectator, in his diary.[9]
Tuesday, 26 June. TheMiddlesex Journal on Thursday, 29 June reported the death of a Mr Johnson, who was a goldsmith at London Wall. His death was "occasioned by a blow which he received from a cricket ball on Thurs 21 June nearIslington".[5]
There was a notice in theGeneral Evening Post dated Tuesday, 7 August that "His Majesty (i.e.,George III) has given a silver cup to be played for at cricket on the 20th inst. onRichmond Green, on account of the Princes having been much pleased with a Cricket match there on Mon. last".[8] No details of either match have been found.
In the year of the so-called "Boston Massacre", which occurred on Monday, 5 March, there was a report in theMiddlesex Journal on Thursday, 16 August that: "about three days before the meeting of Parliament, a grand Cricket Match will be played by 11 of the Ministry against 11 of the Patriots, when great sport is expected".[5]
^Some eleven-a-side matches played from 1772 to 1863 have been rated "first-class" by certain sources.[1] However, the term only came into common use around 1864, whenoverarm bowling was legalised. It was formally defined as a standard by a meeting atLord's, in May 1894, ofMarylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and thecounty clubs which were then competing in theCounty Championship. The ruling was effective from the beginning of the1895 season, but pre-1895 matches of the same standard have noofficial definition of status because the ruling is not retrospective.[2] Matches of a similar standard since the beginning of the 1864 season are generally considered to have anunofficial first-class status.[3] Pre-1864 matches which are included inthe ACS' "Important Match Guide" may generally be regarded as important or, at least, historically significant.[4] For further information, seeFirst-class cricket.
