Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p This is a list of English cricketers who took part in matches designated first-class by CricketArchive between the 1787 and 1825 seasons. It is believed to be a complete list and contains no redlinks, though it can be improved by additional information such as teams and dates.The principal cricket club throughout the period was Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) which was founded in 1787. MCC organised the early Gentlemen v Players matches and most of the games played by occasional XIs such as those led by Colonel Lennox, Lord Frederick Beauclerk, George Osbaldeston and others. Inter-county cricket was rare during the Napoleonic Wars and there were no formally constituted county clubs at the time, but the main centres at county level were Berkshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex. Towards the end of the period, Cambridge University became prominent, especially through its series of matches against the Cambridge Town Club which ultimately formed the basis of Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club. In the north of England, cricket was developing through town clubs which became the focal points of the game in their respective counties, especially Nottingham Cricket Club and Sheffield Cricket Club.The game of cricket in this period had already acquired most of its modern features such as eleven-a-side, the three-stump wicket, the lbw law and so on, though pitch preparation was rudimentary and play was largely dictated by the weather. The main difference was in bowling which was still mostly underarm, the key development of the time being the movement towards roundarm which began in the late 18th century and had gathered pace by 1826.. }
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- List_of_English_cricketers_(1787–1825) abstract "This is a list of English cricketers who took part in matches designated first-class by CricketArchive between the 1787 and 1825 seasons. It is believed to be a complete list and contains no redlinks, though it can be improved by additional information such as teams and dates.The principal cricket club throughout the period was Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) which was founded in 1787. MCC organised the early Gentlemen v Players matches and most of the games played by occasional XIs such as those led by Colonel Lennox, Lord Frederick Beauclerk, George Osbaldeston and others. Inter-county cricket was rare during the Napoleonic Wars and there were no formally constituted county clubs at the time, but the main centres at county level were Berkshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex. Towards the end of the period, Cambridge University became prominent, especially through its series of matches against the Cambridge Town Club which ultimately formed the basis of Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club. In the north of England, cricket was developing through town clubs which became the focal points of the game in their respective counties, especially Nottingham Cricket Club and Sheffield Cricket Club.The game of cricket in this period had already acquired most of its modern features such as eleven-a-side, the three-stump wicket, the lbw law and so on, though pitch preparation was rudimentary and play was largely dictated by the weather. The main difference was in bowling which was still mostly underarm, the key development of the time being the movement towards roundarm which began in the late 18th century and had gathered pace by 1826.".