Cricket matches in 1847

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Date of
Match Venue Teams Result Status &
Format Source

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

May 13th Parker's Piece, Cambridge Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club Drawn first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

May 20th Parker's Piece, Cambridge Cambridge Town and County Club v Cambridge University Cambridge University won by 7 wkts first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

May 27th Bury Cricket Club Ground Bury v Blackburn Bury won by 47 runs XI v XI
2 inns Blackburn Standard 2nd June (full card, full report)
Contributor: WDA

May 27th Magdalen Ground, Oxford Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club Marylebone Cricket Club won by 68 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

May 31st Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Marylebone Cricket Club v Surrey Marylebone Cricket Club won by 4 wkts first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jun Moss Lane, Manchester Manchester v The Garrison Manchester won by 64 runs XI v XI
2 inns Manchester Match Book volume 2 (partial card)
Contributor: WDA

Jun 7th Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Marylebone Cricket Club v Sussex Sussex won by 108 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jun 10th Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Marylebone Cricket Club v Cambridge University Cambridge University won by 6 wkts first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jun 14th Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Marylebone Cricket Club v North Marylebone Cricket Club won by 5 wkts first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jun 16th Tewitt Hall, Accrington Accrington v Darwen Accrington won by 5 wkts XI v XI
2 inns Blackburn Standard 23rd June (line scores)
Contributor: WDA

Jun 16th Lampeter Lampeter v Llandovery Lampeter won XI v XI
2 inns Carmarthen Journal
Contributor: BH

Jun 17th Higher Ouze Booth, Blackburn Blackburn v Bury Blackburn won by 40 runs XI v XI
2 inns Blackburn Standard 23rd June (line scores, full report)
Contributor: WDA

Jun 17th Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Oxford University v Cambridge University Cambridge University won by 138 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jun 21st Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Gentlemen of England v Gentlemen of Kent Gentlemen of England won by 156 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jun 24th Royal New Ground, Brighton Sussex v Kent Kent won by inns and 9 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jun 28th Darwen Darwen v Accrington Darwen won by 13 runs XI v XI
2 inns Blackburn Standard (line scores)
Contributor: WDA

Jun 28th Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood England v Kent Kent won by 95 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jun 30th Moss Lane, Manchester Manchester v Sheffield Sheffield won by 3 wkts XI v XI
2 inns Manchester Match Book volume 2 (partial card)
Contributor: WDA
Scores & Biographies volume 3 page 509 (partial card)
Contributor: WDA

Jul Birkenhead Park Cricket Club Ground Birkenhead Park v Liverpool Birkenhead Park won by 68 runs XI v XI
2 inns Matches of the Liverpool Cricket Club, 1847-1864 page 2 (partial card)
Contributor: WDA

Jul Chester Cestrian Club v Liverpool Drawn XI v XI
2 inns Matches of the Liverpool Cricket Club, 1847-1864 page 71 (partial card)
Contributor: WDA

Jul Wavertree Road Ground, Liverpool Liverpool v Birkenhead Park Liverpool won by 5 runs XI v XI
2 inns Matches of the Liverpool Cricket Club, 1847-1864 page 1 (partial card)
Contributor: WDA

Jul Wavertree Road Ground, Liverpool Liverpool v Cestrian Club Liverpool won by 129 runs XI v XI
2 inns Matches of the Liverpool Cricket Club, 1847-1864 page 70 (partial card)
Contributor: WDA

Jul 1st Kennington Oval Surrey v Kent Tied first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jul 3rd The Links, Aberdeen Civilians v 76th Regiment Civilians won by 103 runs XI v XI
2 inns Aberdeen Herald - July 10th 1847 (full card)
Contributor: DM

Jul 5th Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Marylebone Cricket Club v Suffolk Marylebone Cricket Club won by 136 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jul 12th Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Marylebone Cricket Club v Cambridge Town Club Marylebone Cricket Club won by 67 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jul 15th Preston Hall Ground, Aylesford Kent v Surrey Kent won by 101 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jul 17th not known Civilians v 76th Regiment Civilians won by 28 runs XI v XI
2 inns Aberdeen Herald - July 24th 1847 (full card)
Contributor: DM

Jul 19th Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Gentlemen v Players Players won by 147 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jul 20th Penwortham Marsh, Preston Mr Crankshaw v Mr Spratley Mr Spratley won by inns and 4 runs I v I
2 inns Blackburn Standard 28th July (partial card)
Contributor: WDA

Jul 20th Penwortham Marsh, Preston Preston v Blackburn Preston won by 8 runs IV v IV
2 inns Blackburn Standard 28th July (line scores)
Contributor: WDA

Jul 21st Aurora Club Ground Aurora Club First XI v Aurora Club Second XI XI v XI
2 inns Sixty Years of Canadian Cricket by John E Hall and RO McCulloch page 32
Contributor: PDG

Jul 22nd Kennington Oval Surrey v Marylebone Cricket Club Marylebone Cricket Club won by 9 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jul 24th Turf Moor, Burnley Burnley v Heywood Heywood won by 13 runs XI v XI
2 inns Blackburn Standard 28th July (line scores)
Contributor: WDA

Jul 26th Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood England v Kent Kent won by 7 wkts first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jul 29th Higher Common Ground, Tunbridge Wells Kent v Sussex Kent won by 86 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Jul 29th Hyde Park Ground, Sheffield Sheffield v Manchester Sheffield won by inns and 13 runs XI v XI
2 inns Manchester Match Book volume 2 (partial card)
Contributor: WDA
Scores & Biographies volume 3 page 534 (partial card)
Contributor: WDA

Aug not known Hamilton v Toronto Toronto won by 6 wkts XI v XI
2 inns Sixty Years of Canadian Cricket by John E Hall and RO McCulloch page 32 (line scores)
Contributor: PDG

Aug Crumlyn Burrows, Swansea Swansea v Neath XI v XI
2 inns The Cambrian
Contributor: BH

Aug 2nd St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Kent v England Kent won by 3 wkts first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Aug 4th Turf Moor, Burnley Burnley v Halifax Halifax won by 17 runs XI v XI
2 inns Blackburn Standard 11th August (full report)
Contributor: WDA

Aug 5th St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Gentlemen of Kent v Gentlemen of England Gentlemen of England won by 7 wkts first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Aug 9th Wavertree Road Ground, Liverpool Liverpool v Manchester Drawn XI v XI
2 inns Manchester Match Book volume 2 (partial card)
Contributor: WDA
Matches of the Liverpool Cricket Club, 1847-1864 page 35 (partial card)
Contributor: WDA
Scores & Biographies volume 3 page 544 (partial card)
Contributor: WDA

Aug 9th Trent Bridge, Nottingham Nottinghamshire v England Nottinghamshire won by 10 wkts first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Aug 9th Royal New Ground, Brighton Sussex v Marylebone Cricket Club Sussex won by inns and 34 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Aug 12th Barker's Ground, Leicester Leicestershire v All England Eleven All England Eleven won by inns and 71 runs XX v XI
2 inns

Aug 16th Parker's Piece, Cambridge Cambridge Town and County Club v Marylebone Cricket Club Cambridge Town and County Club won by inns and 34 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Aug 19th Turf Moor, Burnley Burnley v Blackburn Blackburn won by 5 wkts XI v XI
2 inns Blackburn Standard 25th August (line scores, full report)
Contributor: WDA

Aug 19th Bury St Edmunds Suffolk v Marylebone Cricket Club Marylebone Cricket Club won by inns and 68 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Aug 19th Caer Howell, Toronto Toronto v Hamilton Hamilton won by 2 wkts XI v XI
2 inns Sixty Years of Canadian Cricket by John E Hall and RO McCulloch page 34 (line scores)
Contributor: PDG

Aug 23rd Cardigan Common Married and Officers of 87th Regiment v Single Single won by 8 runs XI v XI
2 inns Carmarthen Journal (full card)
Contributor: BH

Aug 23rd Toft Green Ground, York Yorkshire v All England Eleven Yorkshire won by 6 wkts XVIII v XI
2 inns

Aug 26th Moss Lane, Manchester Manchester v All England Eleven Drawn XVIII v XI
2 inns Lillywhite's Guide 1851 page 28 (partial card)
Contributor: WDA
Manchester Match Book volume 2 (partial card)
Contributor: WDA
Scores & Biographies volume 3 page 562 (partial card)
Contributor: WDA

Aug 30th Edgbaston Reservoir Ground, Birmingham Birmingham v All England Eleven Birmingham won by 5 runs XXII v XI
2 inns

Aug 31st Caer Howell, Toronto Upper Canada v Upper Canada College Upper Canada won by 23 runs XI v XI
2 inns Sixty Years of Canadian Cricket by John E Hall and RO McCulloch page 33 (line scores)
Contributor: PDG

Sep Higher Ouze Booth, Blackburn Blackburn v Preston Drawn XI v XI
2 inns Blackburn Standard 15th September (partial card, full report)
Contributor: WDA

Sep Moss Lane, Manchester Manchester Slow Bowlers v Manchester Fast Bowlers Manchester Slow Bowlers won by 20 runs XII v XII
2 inns Scores & Biographies volume 3 page 578 (partial card)
Contributor: WDA

Sep 2nd Wavertree Road Ground, Liverpool Liverpool v All England Eleven Drawn XVI v XI
2 inns Matches of the Liverpool Cricket Club, 1847-1864 page 215 (partial card)
Contributor: WDA

Sep 6th Hyde Park Ground, Sheffield Sheffield v All England Eleven Sheffield won by 17 wkts XVIII v XI
2 inns

Sep 9th Victoria Ground, Leeds Yorkshire v All England Eleven All England Eleven won by 8 wkts XVI v XI
2 inns

Sep 13th Higher Ouze Booth, Blackburn Blackburn v Darwen Blackburn won by 76 runs XI v XI
2 inns Blackburn Standard 15th September (line scores)
Contributor: WDA

Sep 20th Bath Road Ground, Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland Club v All England Eleven Drawn XX v XI
2 inns

Sep 23rd Murray's Farm, Stockton-on-Tees Stockton and North Yorkshire v All England Eleven All England Eleven won by 44 runs XXII v XI
2 inns

Sep 27th Royal New Ground, Brighton Sussex v England Sussex won by 27 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns

Sep 30th Penwortham Marsh, Preston Preston v Darwen Preston won XI v XI
2 inns Blackburn Standard 6th October
Contributor: WDA

Oct Ontario Reformatory, Guelph Guelph v Hamilton Hamilton won by 9 wkts XI v XI
2 inns Sixty Years of Canadian Cricket by John E Hall and RO McCulloch page 33 (line scores)
Contributor: PDG

Oct Hamilton Hamilton v Guelph Hamilton won by 9 wkts XI v XI
2 inns Sixty Years of Canadian Cricket by John E Hall and RO McCulloch page 33 (line scores)
Contributor: PDG

Oct 4th Amblecote, Stourbridge Stourbridge v All England Eleven Drawn XVIII v XI
2 inns

Oct 5th Darwen Darwen v Preston Darwen won by 42 runs XI v XI
2 inns Blackburn Standard 13th October (line scores)
Contributor: WDA

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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