Cricket matches in 1841

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Date of
Match Venue Teams Result Status &
Format Source

not known Llangollen v Wrexham XI v XI
2 inns Contributor: BH

May 13th Parker's Piece, Cambridge Cambridge Town Club v Cambridge University Cambridge Town Club won by inns and 51 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

May 20th Parker's Piece, Cambridge Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club Marylebone Cricket Club won by 56 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

May 31st Moss Lane, Manchester Married v Single Married won by 14 runs XI v XI
2 inns Manchester Match Book volume 2 (partial card)
Contributor: WDA

May 31st Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Marylebone Cricket Club v North North won by 66 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jun 7th Royal New Ground, Brighton Sussex v Kent Kent won by inns and 16 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jun 11th Magdalen Ground, Oxford Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club Oxford University won by 5 wkts first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jun 14th Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Marylebone Cricket Club v Sussex Marylebone Cricket Club won by 3 wkts first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jun 21st Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Fast Bowlers v Slow Bowlers Slow Bowlers won by 60 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jun 28th Moss Lane, Manchester Manchester v L Birch's XI L Birch's XI won by 2 wkts XI v XI
1 inns Manchester Match Book volume 2 (partial card)
Contributor: WDA

Jul not known Carmarthen v Llanelly Llanelly won XI v XI
2 inns Contributor: BH

Jul 1st Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Marylebone Cricket Club v Cambridge University Marylebone Cricket Club won by 4 wkts first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jul 5th Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Fast Bowlers v Slow Bowlers Fast Bowlers won by 38 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jul 7th Moss Lane, Manchester Manchester v Liverpool Drawn XI v XI
2 inns Manchester Match Book volume 2 (partial card)
Contributor: WDA
Scores & Biographies volume 3 page 26 (partial card)
Contributor: WDA

Jul 12th Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Gentlemen v Players Players won by 3 wkts first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jul 14th Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Oxford University v Cambridge University Cambridge University won by 8 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jul 16th Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Marylebone Cricket Club v Oxford University Marylebone Cricket Club won by 6 wkts first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jul 16th Newport Newport v Rifle Brigade Rifle Brigade won by concession XI v XI
2 inns Monmouthshire Merlin
Contributor: BH

Jul 19th Edge Hill, Liverpool Liverpool v Manchester Manchester won by 50 runs XI v XI
2 inns Manchester Match Book volume 2 (partial card)
Contributor: WDA
Scores & Biographies volume 3 page 35 (partial card)
Contributor: WDA

Jul 19th Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Marylebone Cricket Club v Cambridge Town Club Drawn first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jul 22nd Old County Ground, Town Malling Kent v Sussex Kent won by 6 wkts first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jul 26th Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood England v Kent Kent won by 70 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jul 29th Old County Ground, Town Malling Kent v England Kent won by 2 wkts first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Aug 2nd Royal New Ground, Brighton Sussex v Marylebone Cricket Club Marylebone Cricket Club won by 11 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Aug 4th Moss Lane, Manchester Manchester v Manchester Victoria Manchester won by 11 runs XI v XI
2 inns Manchester Match Book volume 2 (partial card)
Contributor: WDA

Aug 6th Pontarddulais Llanelly v Swansea Swansea won by 28 runs XI v XI
2 inns Carmarthen Journal (line scores)
Contributor: BH

Aug 6th Newport Newport v Rifle Brigade Drawn XI v XI
2 inns Monmouthshire Merlin
Contributor: BH

Aug 10th Beverley Ground, Canterbury Kent v England England won by 74 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Aug 17th Parker's Piece, Cambridge Cambridge Town Club v Marylebone Cricket Club Marylebone Cricket Club won by 65 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Aug 20th Usk Usk v Rifle Brigade Usk won by 54 runs XI v XI
2 inns Monmouthshire Merlin (full card)
Contributor: BH

Aug 24th Burton-on-Trent North v Marylebone Cricket Club Marylebone Cricket Club won by inns and 1 run first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Aug 26th Trent Bridge, Nottingham Nottinghamshire v Kent Kent won by 22 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Aug 27th Ferryside Carmarthen v Llanelly Llanelly won by 9 wkts XI v XI
1 inns Carmarthen Journal (full card)
Contributor: BH

Sep 13th White Hart Field, Bromley Kent v England Kent won by inns and 10 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

In the source column:
full card means details of how each batsman was dismissed
partial means incomplete details of how each batsman was dismissed with some entries missing
line scores means just team totals givem, without any details of how each batsman was dismissed

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