1735 English cricket season
The 1735 English cricket season was the 39th cricket season since the earliest recorded eleven-aside match was played. Details have survived of 10 top-class matches, nine played eleven-a-side and one single wicket match.
Kent patron Edwin Stead died in August and the leading patron of Kent teams became the Sackvilles of Knole House in Sevenoaks. County teams of which records exist in 1735 were Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex whilst London and Croydon remained the major town clubs.Recorded matches
Records have survived of nine eleven-a-side matches:The General Evening Post of 7 August, announced a single wicket match would be played at Kennington Common on 11 August involving seven players of the London Club.Other events
Other matches known to have been played include ones between an Acton & Brentford team and Harrow on Willesden Green "for a guinea a man" and between Romford and Brentwood on Shenville Common. Westminster Cricket Club played in three known matches during the year, one against Greenwich Cricket Club in June and two against London in August. The match against Greenwich was for a stake of £500 with Prince of Wales, the Earl of Middlesex and Lord John Philip Sackville expected to attend the match.
The death of Edwin Stead on 28 August was reported in the Grub Street Journal of 4 September. He was a noted patron of the game from the mid-1720s from Maidstone who did much to promote the game in Kent.First mentions
Clubs and teams
