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Cricket matches in 1850

Note that only matches that are on our database are listed here.
If you have other matches or information, please email earlycricketproject@acscricket.com

Date of
Match
Venue Teams Result Status &
Format
Source
Apr 30th Edenside, Carlisle Carlisle v All England Eleven All England Eleven won by inns and 25 runs XXII v XI
2 inns
 
May 6th Sparks' Ground, Grove Park, Edinburgh Scotland v All England Eleven Drawn XXII v XI
2 inns
 
May 9th Botanical Gardens, Manchester Manchester v All England Eleven Manchester won by 3 wkts XVIII v XI
2 inns
 
May 13th Rifle Corps Ground, Huddersfield Huddersfield and Dalton v All England Eleven All England Eleven won by concession XVIII v XI
2 inns
 
May 16th FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club Marylebone Cricket Club won by 41 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns
 
May 16th Christ Church Ground, Oxford Oxfordshire v All England Eleven Oxfordshire won by 187 runs XVIII v XI
2 inns
 
May 20th Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Middlesex v Surrey Surrey won by 9 wkts first-class
XI v XI
2 inns
 
May 23rd Magdalen Ground, Oxford Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club Drawn first-class
XI v XI
2 inns
 
May 24th The Links, Aberdeen Aberdeenshire v Arbroath Club Aberdeenshire won by 79 runs XI v XI
2 inns
 
May 30th Rugby Cricket Club Ground Rugby v All England Eleven Drawn XXII v XI
2 inns
 
Jun 6th Magdalen Ground, Oxford Oxford University v Cambridge University Oxford University won by 127 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns
 
Jun 6th Kennington Oval Surrey v Middlesex Surrey won by 6 wkts first-class
XI v XI
2 inns
 
Jun 7th Caer Howell, Toronto J Sams v G French G French won by 1 wkt XI v XI
2 inns
Sixty Years of Canadian Cricket by John E Hall and RO McCulloch page 36 (partial card)
Contributor: PDG
Jun 10th Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Marylebone Cricket Club v Cambridge University Cambridge University won by 167 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns
 
Jun 10th Hyde Park Ground, Sheffield Yorkshire v All England Eleven Yorkshire won by 11 wkts first-class
XIV v XI
2 inns
 
Jun 13th St Ives Cricket Club Ground St Ives v All England Eleven All England Eleven won by inns and 154 runs XXII v XI
2 inns
 
Jun 15th not known Aberdeen Union Club v Combined Universities   by 8 wkts XI v XI
2 inns
 
Jun 17th Royal Brunswick Ground, Hove Sussex v Kent Kent won by 5 wkts first-class
XI v XI
2 inns
 
Jun 22nd The Links, Aberdeen Balgownie v Albion Balgownie won by 76 runs XI v XI
2 inns
 
Jun 24th Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Marylebone Cricket Club v Sussex Sussex won by 7 wkts first-class
XI v XI
2 inns
 
Jun 27th Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Marylebone Cricket Club v Oxford University Marylebone Cricket Club won by 38 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns
 
Jun 27th Kennington Oval Surrey v Sussex Surrey won by inns and 77 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns
 
Jun 29th Peterculter Peterculter v Cothal Mills Cothal Mills won by 11 runs XI v XI
2 inns
 
Jul 1st Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Gentlemen of England v Gentlemen of Kent Gentlemen of England won by inns and 32 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns
 
Jul 3rd not known Aberdeen Union Club v Albion and Balgownie Aberdeen Union Club won XI v XI
2 inns
 
Jul 4th Montrose Aberdeen Union Club v Dundee Aberdeen Union Club won by 3 wkts XI v XI
2 inns
 
Jul 4th Higher Common Ground, Tunbridge Wells Kent v Sussex Drawn first-class
XI v XI
2 inns
 
Jul 8th Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood England v Kent England won by 6 wkts first-class
XI v XI
2 inns
 
Jul 11th Kennington Oval Surrey v Kent Surrey won by inns and 110 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns
 
Jul 13th The Links, Aberdeen Albion v Balgownie Tied XI v XI
2 inns
 
Jul 15th Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood South v North North won by inns and 19 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns
 
Jul 18th School Field, Cranbrook Kent v All England Eleven Drawn first-class
XI v XI
2 inns
 
Jul 22nd Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Gentlemen v Players Players won by inns and 48 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns
 
Jul 25th Kennington Oval Surrey v All England Eleven Drawn first-class
XIV v XI
2 inns
 
Jul 27th Cothal Mills Cothal Mills v Peterculter Peterculter won by inns and 56 runs XI v XI
2 inns
 
Jul 29th Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Over 36 v Under 36 Under 36 won by 11 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns
 
Aug not known Aberdeen Union Club v Combined Universities Aberdeen Union Club won by 5 wkts XI v XI
2 inns
 
Aug 1st Kelham Road, Newark-on-Trent Newark v All England Eleven Newark won by 1 wkt XXII v XI
2 inns
 
Aug 5th Brecon Brecon v Crickhowell and Hay   by 35 runs XI v XI
1 inns
Brecon scorebook
Contributor: BH
Aug 5th The Holmes Ground, Derby Derbyshire v All England Eleven Drawn XXII v XI
2 inns
 
Aug 8th Parr and Wisden's Ground, Leamington Spa North v South North won by inns and 118 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns
 
Aug 8th not known Upper Canada College v Upper Canada Upper Canada College won by 4 wkts XI v XI
2 inns
Sixty Years of Canadian Cricket by John E Hall and RO McCulloch page 312 (partial card)
Contributor: PDG
Aug 8th Upper Canada College Ground, Toronto Upper Canada College v Ontario Upper Canada College won by 4 wkts XI v XI
2 inns
 
Aug 10th not known Feryside v Llandeilo Llandeilo won by 149 runs XI v XI
1 inns
Carmarthen Journal (full card)
Contributor: BH
Aug 12th St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Kent v England England won by 15 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns
 
Aug 15th St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Gentlemen of Kent v Gentlemen of England Gentlemen of Kent won by 1 wkt first-class
XI v XI
2 inns
 
Aug 15th Widemarsh Common, Hereford Herefordshire v All England Eleven Herefordshire won by 14 wkts XXII v XI
2 inns
Carmarthen Journal (full card)
Contributor: BH
Aug 17th The Links, Aberdeen Aberdeen Union Club v Albion and Balgownie Aberdeen Union Club won by 4 runs XI v XI
2 inns
 
Aug 19th Pymore Dorset v All England Eleven Drawn XVIII v XI
2 inns
 
Aug 19th Royal Brunswick Ground, Hove Sussex v Marylebone Cricket Club Marylebone Cricket Club won by inns and 40 runs first-class
XI v XI
2 inns
 
Aug 22nd Day's (Itchen) Ground, Southampton Hampshire v All England Eleven All England Eleven won by 9 wkts first-class
XIV v XI
2 inns
 
Aug 23rd not known Kilvey and The Copperworks v Swansea Kilvey and The Copperworks won by inns and 38 runs XI v XI
2 inns
Contributor: BH
Aug 23rd not known Mr Benson's XI v Mr Grenfell's XI Mr Grenfell's XI won by 47 runs XI v XI
2 inns
The Cambrian
Contributor: BH
Aug 26th Town Ground, Peterborough Peterborough v All England Eleven Peterborough won by 13 wkts XXII v XI
2 inns
 
Aug 29th Botanical Gardens, Manchester Manchester v All England Eleven All England Eleven won by 94 runs XVIII v XI
2 inns
 
Aug 30th not known Neath v Swansea Drawn XI v XI
2 inns
The Cambrian
Contributor: BH
Sep Bridgend Bridgend v Maesteg Bridgend won by 9 runs XI v XI
2 inns
The Cambrian
Contributor: BH
Sep 1st Hyde Park Ground, Sheffield Sheffield v All England Eleven All England Eleven won by 2 wkts XV v XI
2 inns
 
Sep 1st not known Swansea v 77th Regiment Drawn XI v XI
2 inns
The Cambrian
Contributor: BH
Sep 2nd not known Brecon v Hay and Chrow Drawn XI v XI
2 inns
Brecon scorebook (full card)
Contributor: BH
Sep 5th Aberaeron Aberaeron v Lampeter Lampeter won by 10 wkts XI v XI
2 inns
Carmarthen Journal (full card)
Contributor: BH
Sep 5th Partk Street Cricket Ground, Darlington Darlington v All England Eleven All England Eleven won by 110 runs XXII v XI
2 inns
 
Sep 5th not known Haverfordwest v Pembroke Dock Garrison Haverfordwest won by 1 wkt XI v XI
2 inns
Carmarthen Journal (full card)
Contributor: BH
Sep 6th Crumlyn Burrows, Swansea Swansea v 77th Regiment   XI v XI
2 inns
Carmarthen Journal
Contributor: BH
Sep 7th The Links, Aberdeen Albion v Balgownie Albion won by 61 runs XI v XI
2 inns
 
Sep 9th Horton Lane, Bradford Bradford v All England Eleven Drawn XX v XI
2 inns
 
Sep 12th Langton Wold Langton Wold v All England Eleven Drawn XXII v XI
2 inns
 
Sep 12th Llangadock Llandovery Second XI v Llandeilo Second XI Llandeilo Second XI won by 4 wkts XI v XI
2 inns
Carmarthen Journal (full card)
Contributor: BH
Sep 12th not known Toronto v Woodstock Drawn XI v XI
2 inns
Sixty Years of Canadian Cricket by John E Hall and RO McCulloch page 36 (line scores)
Contributor: PDG
Sep 16th Royal Brunswick Ground, Hove Gentlemen of Sussex v All England Eleven All England Eleven won by inns and 104 runs XVI v XI
2 inns
 
Sep 20th Crumlyn Burrows, Swansea Swansea v Llanelly Drawn XI v XI
2 inns
The Cambrian
Contributor: BH
Sep 23rd Louth Louth v All England Eleven All England Eleven won by inns and 8 runs XXII v XI
2 inns
 
Sep 30th Edgbaston Reservoir Ground, Birmingham Birmingham v All England Eleven Birmingham won by concession XXII v XI
2 inns
 
Oct 5th Old Lodge Park, Stonehaven Kincardineshire v Culter Culter won by 54 runs X v X
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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