List of historically significant English cricket teams

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The purpose of this list is to identify all historically significant English cricket clubs and teams which played in significant matches, some of which may have been given first-class status. It concentrates on those which are now defunct or not currently significant. The list, therefore, excludes County Championship clubs, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), touring teams and the main university clubs. Clubs in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship or in one of the ECB Premier Leagues are excluded unless they formerly played in important or first-class matches.

Note that some clubs which folded were subsequently refounded as modern league clubs. Many of the teams were ad hoc units or "scratch teams" named after their organiser (e.g., Alfred Shaw's XI) while others are combinations (e.g., London & Surrey).[1] The total column gives the number of matches that the team is known to have played in. In the source column, if only one citation is given, it relates to the earliest known mention of the team in the surviving records.

N.B. The list is believed complete for clubs and teams that were active in significant cricket up to 1825. Many clubs and teams post-1825 are already included but they are not exhaustive.

A

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known dates team name home or used venue total source
1786 A to C Moulsey Hurst 1 [2]
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"A to C" was in fact a Kent Eleven and it was a curiosity that they selected only players whose names began with A, B or C while their D to Z opponents, who were in fact a Hampshire team with given men, selected only players whose names did not begin A, B or C. Haygarth in S&B calls it "Hambledon Club with Lumpy versus Kent". The venue, in Surrey, was neutral. Haygarth says he saw the alphabetical title in other sources.

1831–1833 A to K Lord's 2 [3][4]
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The two "A to K" versus "L to Z" matches in 1831 and 1833 were among the few genuine alphabetical matches. They were both played at Lord's by teams of MCC members supplemented by a few leading professionals including Jem Broadbridge, William Lillywhite, Fuller Pilch and Ned Wenman. The 1833 match was 12-a-side.

1787–1789 A to M Lord's Old Ground and Bourne Paddock 5 [5]
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According to CricketArchive, teams called "A to M" and "N to Z" played each other five times in three seasons from 1787. The main secondary source for the five matches is Scores & Biographies which calls the two teams "Earl of Winchilsea's Side" and "Sir Horace (Horatio) Mann's Side". There is nothing in Scores and Biographies to suggest that the teams were organised alphabetically.[6][7]

See the entries below for Earl of Winchilsea's XI and Sir Horatio Mann's XI.

1733 Acton & Ealing
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1743–1752 Addington
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1746 Addington & Bromley
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1747 Addington & Croydon
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1745–1746 Addington & Lingfield
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1811 Benjamin Aislabie's XI
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1846–1881 All-England Eleven (AEE)
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1775 Alphabetical Artillery Ground and Moulsey Hurst 2 [8]
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This refers to two matches organised by the Duke of Dorset and the Earl of Tankerville in May 1775, the first one played at the Artillery Ground and the return at Moulsey Hurst two days later. Details of the teams are unknown and so it cannot be said which letters of the alphabet applied to each team. All that is known is that the patrons made two "Grand Alphabetical Matches".

1776–1785 Alresford
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1782 Alresford & Odiham
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1780–1784 Alton & Odiham
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1789 S. Amherst's XI
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1919 Army and Navy
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1702 Arundel Bury Hill aka Berry Hill 1 [9]
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It is believed that the Arundel club was formally constituted in 1704 but, two years earlier, an Arundel team took part in a match against a team raised by Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond. The venue for that match is unknown but Arundel's ground at Bury Hill was in use for other important matches through much of the 18th century. The Arundel club remains active at league level in Sussex.

B

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known dates team name home or used venue total source
1805–1832 Bs
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1822 Bakewell
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1907–1909 J. Bamford's XI
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1883 R. G. Barlow's XI
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1802 W. Barton's XI
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1798–1817 Lord Frederick Beauclerk's XI
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1741 Bedfordshire Woburn Park [10]
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First recorded in two matches against a combined Huntingdonshire & Northamptonshire team. The county's first patron and captain was John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford.

1746–1795 Berkshire
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1740 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Hertfordshire
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1743 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Middlesex
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1779 Berkshire & Hampshire
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1810 Captain Blagrave's XI
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1792–1813 E. Bligh's XI
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1766–1773 Bourne
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1747 John Bowra's XI
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1730–1799 Brentford
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1771 Brentford, Hampton & Richmond
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1770–1799 Brentford & Richmond
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1732 Brentford & Sunbury
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1790–1825 Brighton
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1912–1939 British Army (or "Army")
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1940–1945 British Empire XI
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1727 Alan Brodrick's XI Peper Harow 2 [11]
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The earliest known written rules were the Articles of Agreement written by Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Alan Brodrick, two of cricket's foremost patrons, applicable to the two matches in 1727 which they promoted. The results of the matches are unknown.

1742–1808 Bromley
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1743 Bromley & Chislehurst
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1749 Bromley & London
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1747 Bromley & Ripley
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1741–1785 Buckinghamshire [12]
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Richard Grenville was the county's first patron and captain for a match against Northamptonshire.

1816–1818 E. H. Budd's XI
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1795–1796 Bullingdon
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1821–1825 Bury St Edmunds
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1810 Colonel Byng's XI
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C

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known dates team name home or used venue total source
1932–1936 Sir Julien Cahn's XI
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1926 F. S. G. Calthorpe's XI
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1817–1877 Cambridge Town Club
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1826–1833 Cambridge Union Club
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1882–1890 Cambridge University Past & Present
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1857–1871 Cambridgeshire
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1864 Cambridgeshire & Yorkshire
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1803 W. R. Capel's XI
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1923 Capped (in Capped v Uncapped match at Hastings)
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1767–1770 Caterham
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1769 Caterham & Coulsdon
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c.1611 Chalkhill unknown 1 [13]
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A team with this name took part in the world's earliest known organised match at Chevening, Kent against opponents called Weald and Upland.

1731 Thomas Chambers' XI
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1705–1773 Chatham unknown 2 [14][15]
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The first reference to a team from Chatham, Kent, is a match against West of Kent in 1705, one of the earliest known important matches. There is a specific reference to a "Chatham Club" re a single wicket match in 1754.[16] In the last quarter of the 18th century, Chatham was mainly associated with George Louch and is believed to have used a ground owned by him for its home matches, though there are references in 1785 and 1787 to Chatham Lines as a venue.[17] There are some 19th century references but the Chatham club ultimately folded and there is no real modern equivalent, not even in Kent league cricket. The town of Chatham is famous historically for the Royal Dockyard but it is not known if there was any connection between the dockyard and the cricket club.

1731–1789 Chelsea Chelsea Common 4 [18][19]
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Chelsea Common virtually disappeared under building work in the 19th century.[20] Records have survived of five important matches between 1731 and 1789 which involved the Chelsea club and/or were played on the common. The first, played on the common for the high stake of 50 guineas, was Chelsea v Fulham on Tuesday, 13 July 1731. Fulham won. There was a return at Parsons Green on Tuesday, 10 August 1731, which Fulham won by 3 runs. On Tuesday, 26 June 1733, Fulham again hosted Chelsea at Parsons Green, this time for 30 guineas, but the result of this match is unknown. On Monday, 16 August 1736, there was an inter-county match on the common between Middlesex and Surrey. The stake was 50 guineas and Middlesex won by 9 runs.[21] The last match found in the records was on Thursday, 10 and Friday, 11 September 1789 when Chelsea played Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in Marlborough Gardens, Chelsea. This match, which was of dubious status, was probably drawn after a postponement.[22]

1731 Chelsfield
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1736–1784 Chertsey
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1762 Chertsey & Dartford
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1822–1855 Cheshire
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1724–1726 Chingford unknown 1 [23][24]
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In 1724, Edwin Stead's XI v Chingford ended early because the Chingford team refused to play to a finish when Stead's team had the advantage. Lord Chief Justice Pratt presided over the ensuing court case and ordered the teams, as in the London v Rochester match in 1718, to play it out so that all wagers could be fulfilled. The game was completed in 1726 but the final result is not on record. Chingford's involvement is the earliest known reference to Essex cricket but the 1724 venue is uncertain and so not definitely the first match played in the county.

1738–1746 Chislehurst
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1746 Chislehurst & London
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1927 Civil Service
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1920–1946 Combined Services aka Services XI
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1832 Sir St Vincent Cotton's XI
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1771–1784 Coulsdon
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1751 Country XI
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1787–1788 Coventry
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1923–1924 Lord Cowdray's XI
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1707–1798 Croydon Duppas Hill 23 [25]
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A leading club in the 1730s, especially, when it was sometimes representative of Surrey as a county.

D

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known dates team name home or used venue total source
1786 D to Z aka Rest of the Alphabet Moulsey Hurst 1 [2]
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D to Z played against A to C, which was in fact a Kent Eleven and it was a curiosity that they selected only players whose names began with A, B or C while their D to Z opponents, who were in fact a Hampshire team with given men, selected only players whose names did not begin A, B or C. Haygarth in S&B calls it "Hambledon Club with Lumpy versus Kent". The venue, in Surrey, was neutral. Haygarth says he saw the alphabetical title in other sources.

1870–1880 Richard Daft's XI
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1790–1795 Earl of Darnley's XI
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1722–1808 Dartford
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1896 Earl de la Warr's XI
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1896 C. de Trafford's XI
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1919 Demobilised Officers
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1752 Deptford
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1743–1748 Deptford & Greenwich
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1746–1749 Stephen Dingate’s XI
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1769–1790 3rd Duke of Dorset's XI
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1753 Dover
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1895–1926 Dublin University
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1858–1861 Durham & Yorkshire
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E

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known dates team name home or used venue total source
1874–1948 East
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1788 G. East's XI
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1781–1790 East Kent Bourne Paddock 7 [26]
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Although sometimes correctly named "East Kent", some of the teams should more properly be called Sir Horatio Mann's XI. All seven of the matches were against the West Kent equivalent managed by either John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset or Stephen Amherst.

1822 East Kent & Sussex
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1787–1824 East Sussex
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1746–1752 Edmonton
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1881–1883 Tom Emmett's XI
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1731 Enfield
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1814–1823 Epsom
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1737–1808 Essex
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1732 Essex & Hertfordshire
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1731 Ewell
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F

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known dates team name home or used venue total source
1782–1786 Farnham
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1840–1849 Fast bowlers XI (Fast v Slow matches)
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1747–1753 Tom Faulkner's XI
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1846 Nicholas Felix's XI
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1819 First Letters
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1786 Five Parishes
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1912–1919 H. K. Foster's XI
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1809 Four Chosen & Seven Others
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1800 Four Parishes
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1733 Frederick, Prince of Wales' XI
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1912–1968 Free Foresters
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1912 C. B. Fry's XI
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1730–1733 Fulham
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G

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known dates team name home or used venue total source
1725–1737 Sir William Gage's XI Bury Hill, Arundel 11 [27]
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Sir William Gage, 7th Baronet was a noted patron of cricket in Sussex and ran his own team for many years. In a 1729 match against Edwin Stead's XI, Gage's XI is believed to have achieved the earliest known innings victory.

1806–1962 Gentlemen
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1869–1879 Gentlemen & Players XI
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1751–1961 Gentlemen of England
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1771–1889 Gentlemen of Hampshire
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1771–1892 Gentlemen of Kent
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1855 Gentlemen of Kent & Surrey
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1857 Gentlemen of Kent & Sussex
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1729 Gentlemen of London 1 [28]
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Played a single match against the Gentlemen of Middlesex. Result unknown.

1853–1906 Gentlemen of MCC
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1729 Gentlemen of Middlesex The "Woolpack", Islington 1 [28]
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Played a single match against the Gentlemen of London. Result unknown.

1844–1880 Gentlemen of the North
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1842–1846 Gentlemen of Nottinghamshire
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1844–1920 Gentlemen of the South
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1846 Gentlemen of Southwell
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1840–1932 Gentlemen of Surrey
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1856 Gentlemen of Surrey & Sussex
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1771–1910 Gentlemen of Sussex
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1800 J. Gibbon's XI
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1925; 1958–66 A. E. R. Gilligan's XI Central Recreation Ground, Hastings 12 [29]
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An occasional team formed by Arthur Gilligan which played in one match against L. H. Tennyson's XI in 1925 during Gilligan's playing career. Gilligan reformed the team in 1958 for a match against the international tourists (New Zealand in 1958) at Hastings. This became an annual fixture at Hastings until 1966 and Gilligan's team also played against Sussex.

1877 Gloucestershire & Yorkshire
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1821–1825 Godalming
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1871–1907 W. G. Grace's XI
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1730–1767 Greenwich
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1762 Guildford
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H

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known dates team name home or used venue total source
1747–1751 Hadlow
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1885–1891 L. Hall's XI
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1756–1908 Hambledon
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Teams raised by Hambledon are generally termed Hampshire (sometimes Hampshire & Sussex) but there were occasions when a Hambledon team was specifically town- rather than county-orientated.

1790 John Hammond's XI
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1766–1863 Hampshire
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1826 Hampshire & Surrey
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1729 Hampshire, Surrey & Sussex Lewes (unspecific) 2 [28]
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Possibly organised by Sir William Gage, 7th Baronet, the team played against Edwin Stead's XI.

1772–1786 Hampshire & Sussex
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1726–1770 Hampton
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1751 Hampton & Kingston
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1924–1928 Harlequins
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1793 David Harris' XI
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1885–1930 Lord Hawke's XI
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1785–1814 Hertfordshire
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1892 H. T. Hewett's XI
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1796 Highgate
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1824 H. Hoare's XI
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1745–1747 William Hodsoll's XI
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1818–1822 Holt (Norfolk)
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1899 Home Counties
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1800–1808 Homerton
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1785–1791 Hornchurch
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1743– Horsmonden
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Sometimes played under the title of "Horsmonden & Weald".

1741 Huntingdonshire & Northamptonshire [10]
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Formed to play two matches against Bedfordshire, and won both. The patrons were George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax (Northants) and John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (Hunts).

1890 Hurst Park
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I

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known dates team name home or used venue total source
1866–1904 I Zingari
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J

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known dates team name home or used venue total source
1911 G. L. Jessop's XI
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1926 V. W. C. Jupp's XI
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K

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known dates team name home or used venue total source
1796 Kennington
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1709–1842 Kent
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1874–1876 Kent & Gloucestershire
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1775 Kent & London
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1775 Kent, London & Surrey
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1771 Kent, Middlesex & Surrey
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1864 Kent & Nottinghamshire
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1746–1859 Kent & Surrey
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1836–1902 Kent & Sussex
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1742 Kent, Surrey & Sussex
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1913 Kent & Yorkshire
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1720–1767 Kingston
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1739 Kingston & Moulsey
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1743 Kingston & Richmond
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1814 D. J. W. Kinnaird's XI
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L

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known dates team name home or used venue total source
1831–1833 L to Z Lord's 2 [3][4]
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See A to K entry above.

1809 F. C. Ladbroke's XI
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1745–1748 Lambeth
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1849–1864 Lancashire
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1883–1909 Lancashire & Yorkshire
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1852–1869 Lansdown
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1819 Last Letters
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1890 W. H. Laverton's XI
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1761–1765 Leeds
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1790–1870 Left-handed XI (Left-handed v Right-handed matches)
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1781–1825 Leicester
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1781–1800 Leicestershire & Rutland
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1793–95 R. Leigh's XI
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1795–1802 Charles Lennox's XI
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1902–1946 H. D. G. Leveson-Gower's XI
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1802 George Leycester's XI
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1739–1785 Lingfield
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1821–1824 Liverpool
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1882–1894 Liverpool and District
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1825 H. J. Lloyd's XI
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1886–1913 Lord Londesborough's XI
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1707–1800 London Artillery Ground numerous [14]
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There is mention of a London club in 1722 but its foundation date is unknown and the teams which represented London in the early 18th century could have been ad hoc formations. London from the 1730s to the 1750s should be considered the equivalent of a county team as it was different to the Middlesex and Surrey teams it sometimes opposed. It is most famously associated with the Artillery Ground and was especially prominent in the heyday of single wicket cricket in the 1740s. The original London club faded in the 1760s and 1770s when it was superseded by Hambledon as the focal point of the sport; its last known important match was against its old rivals Dartford in 1778. From 1788, there was another London team, possibly unconnected with the original club, which competed against MCC and Middlesex in several matches to 1798. After that, there is a sole reference to a team called London playing a one-off match against Thames Ditton in 1800. Few details have survived of London's players but they included Ellis (accredited the club's "best bowler"); leading batsmen Little and Tall Bennett; and the noted single wicket players Thomas Jure and John Capon.

1940–1945 London Counties
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1900–1904 London County
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1735–1770 London & Middlesex
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1743 London, Middlesex & Surrey
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1726–1758 London & Surrey Kennington Common 7 [30]
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Teams called London & Surrey were formed occasionally in the 18th century, playing as a combined team, mostly against Kent sides at times when Kent was deemed to be the strongest county. The combined team played one match versus Addington & Lingfield in 1746.

1744–1749 Long Robin's XI
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1793 George Louch's XI
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1890 Lyric Club
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M

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known dates team name home or used venue total source
1775–1781 Maidenhead
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1774 Maidstone
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1816–1864 Manchester
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1768–1795 Sir Horatio Mann's XI
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1886 Lord March's XI
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1733–1892 Married XI (Married v Single matches)
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1777 Sir H. W. Marten's XI
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1753 Marylebone
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1913 J. R. Mason's XI
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1904–1937 MCC Australia XI
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1910–1931 MCC South African XI
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1935 MCC West Indies XI
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1791 MCC & Hertfordshire
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1804 MCC & Homerton
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1801–1807 T. Mellish's XI
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1780s Melton Mowbray
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1772–1789 Meopham
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1730–1863 Middlesex
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1733–1912 Middlesex & Surrey
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1896–1899 Midland Counties
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1912–1994 Minor Counties XI
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1707–1825 Mitcham
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1796–1813 Montpelier
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1796–1797 Montpelier Thursday
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1802 Montpelier Saturday
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1793 E. G. Morant's XI
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1787–1789 Moulsey Hurst
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1740 Moulsey & Richmond
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N

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known dates team name home or used venue total source
1787–1789 N to Z Lord's Old Ground and Bourne Paddock 5 [31]
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See A to M entry above.

1862 New All England Eleven
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1862 New England Eleven
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1744–1745 Richard Newland's XI
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1793 R. Newman's XI
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1739 – Non-international England cricket teams ("All England", "The Rest", etc.) various many [32]
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Non-international England teams are often referred to simply as "England" or as "All England" but the term typically means "The Rest of England" (often abbreviated to "The Rest") vis-à-vis their opponents who might be MCC or a county club. There were specific variations on the "All England" theme, especially William Clarke's All-England Eleven (1846–1881), which was commonly known as the All-England Eleven or AEE. Others were the United All-England Eleven (UEE; 1852–1869), the United North of England Eleven (UNEE; 1870–1881) and the United South of England Eleven (USEE; 1865–1880).

1884 Non-smokers XI (Smokers v Non-smokers match)
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1764–1851 Norfolk
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1836–1961 North
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1741 Northamptonshire [10][12]
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First recorded as part of the combined Northants/Hunts team in two matches against Bedfordshire and then, shortly afterwards, singly against Buckinghamshire. The first Northants patron and county captain was George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax.

1771–1840 Nottingham
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1803 Nottingham & Leicester
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1829–1840 Nottinghamshire
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1883 Nottinghamshire & Lancashire
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1803 Nottinghamshire & Leicestershire
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1839 Nottinghamshire & Sussex
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1872–1883 Nottinghamshire & Yorkshire
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O

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known dates team name home or used venue total source
1781 Odiham
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1791–1819 Old Etonians
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1881 Old Oxford University
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1793 Old Westminster
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1817 Old Wykehamists
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1878–1883 Orleans Club
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1811–1816 George Osbaldeston's XI
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1879–1937 Over 30 (Over 30 v Under 30 matches)
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1850 Over 36 (Under 36 v Over 36)
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1810 Over 38 (Over 38 v Under 38)
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1888–1899 Oxford University Past & Present
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1839–1911 Oxford & Cambridge Universities (see British Universities)
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1874–1893 Oxford and Cambridge Past & Present (see British Universities)
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1779–1781 Oxfordshire
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P

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known dates team name home or used venue total source
1933–1935 L. Parkinson's XI
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1951–1978 T. N. Pearce's XI
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1724 Penshurst, Tonbridge & Wadhurst Penshurst Park 1 [33]
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A combination of three Kent village teams for a match against Dartford. No other instances have been discovered.

1776 Petersfield and Catherington
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1784–1845 Petworth
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1891 H. Philipson's XI
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1846 Fuller Pilch's XI
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1889 R. Pilling's XI
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1806–1962 Players
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1826–1892 Players of Kent
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1871–1887 Players of the North
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1842–1845 Players of Nottinghamshire
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1864–1920 Players of the South
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1845–1864 Players of Surrey
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1838–1880 Players of Sussex
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1741 Portsmouth unknown 1 [34]
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Opponents of Slindon in their first important match.

1788 Charles Powlett's XI
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1816–1818 Prince's Plain Club
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1730 Putney
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R

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known dates team name home or used venue total source
1762 Rest of Surrey
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1702 1st Duke of Richmond's XI Goodwood 1 [9]
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Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, is believed to have been active in cricket patronage for several years but the only match in which he is definitely known to have been involved was one against Arundel in 1702, which his team apparently won.

1725–1731 2nd Duke of Richmond's XI 12 [27]
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Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, was a significant cricket patron, especially in his native Sussex. He ran his own team for many years and was later involved with Slindon.

1720–1805 Richmond
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1749 Richmond & Ripley
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1879 A. W. Ridley's XI
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1790–1870 Right-handed XI (Left-handed v Right-handed matches)
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1802 Ripley
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1775 Risborough
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1912–1913 L. Robinson's XI
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1800 Rochester, Surrey
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1764 Romford
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1922–1946 Royal Air Force ("RAF")
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1912–1929 Royal Navy ("Navy")
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1814 Rutland
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S

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known dates team name home or used venue total source
1893 Second Class Counties
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1830 Seven Gentlemen with Four Players
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1731–1803 Sevenoaks Vine Cricket Ground, Sevenoaks 8 [35]
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1923 J. Sharp's XI
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1881–1885 Alfred Shaw's XI
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1757–1862 Sheffield
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1826 Sheffield & Leicester
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1881–1896 Lord Sheffield's XI
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1889–1891 M. Sherwin's XI
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1888–1893 A. Shrewsbury's XI
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1733–1892 Single XI (Married v Single matches)
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1830 Six Gentlemen with Five Players
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1741–1747 Slindon
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1840–1849 Slow bowlers XI (Fast v Slow matches)
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1787–1796 T. A. Smith's XI
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1884 Smokers XI (Smokers v Non-smokers match)
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1836–1961 South
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1912 South Wales
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1864–1868 Southgate
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1810–1814 St John's Wood
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1886–1890 Staffordshire England XI
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1724–1729 Edwin Stead's XI Dartford Brent 7 [25]
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Stead was a patron of teams in Kent in the 1720s and ran his own team as well as leading Kent teams.

1895–1898 A. E. Stoddart's XI
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1800–1811 Storrington
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1832 Lord Strathavon's XI
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1783 Strood
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1731 Sudbury
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1764–1847 Suffolk
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1709–1845 Surrey
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1846–1873 Surrey Club
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1793–1900 Surrey & Sussex
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1729–1838 Sussex
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T

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known dates team name home or used venue total source
1923–1926 L. H. Tennyson's XI
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1800 Thames Ditton
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1882–1929 C. I. Thornton's XI
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1795–1802 The Thursday Club
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1786 Thursley
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1723 Tonbridge venue unknown 1 [36]
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Tonbridge alone played Dartford in 1723 but combined with Penshurst and Wadhurst to play them in 1724.

1801 W. Turner's XI
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1790 Tunbridge Wells
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1798 John Tufton's XI
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U

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known dates team name home or used venue total source
1923 Uncapped (Capped v Uncapped match at Hastings)
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1879–1937 Under 30 (Over 30 v Under 30 matches)
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1850 Under 36 (Under 36 v Over 36)
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1810 Under 38 (Over 38 v Under 38)
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1852–1869 United All-England Eleven
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1870–1881 United North of England Eleven
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1865–1880 United South of England Eleven
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1789 Uxbridge
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W

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known dates team name home or used venue total source
1800 Ws & Hs with Lawrell
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1790 Wadhurst and Lamberhurst
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1866 R. D. Walker's XI
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1793 Tom Walker's XI
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1755–1791 Waltham
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1801 Waltham Abbey
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1799 Waltham & Hertfordshire
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1815–1825 William Ward's XI
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1786 Warfield
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1903–1938 P. F. Warner's XI
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c.1611 Weald and Upland unknown 1 [13]
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A team with this name took part in the world's earliest known organised match at Chevening, Kent against opponents called Chalkhill.

1885–1901 A. J. Webbe's XI
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1904–1914 G. J. V. Weigall's XI
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1896 Wembley Park
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1844–1948 West
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1705–1790 West Kent aka West of Kent Sevenoaks Vine 9 [26]
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Although sometimes correctly named "West Kent", some of the teams should more properly be called the Duke of Dorset's XI or S. Amherst's XI. Apart from early games against Chatham and Surrey, seven of the matches were between 1780 and 1790 against the East Kent equivalent managed by Sir Horatio (Horace) Mann and also called Sir Horatio Mann's XI.

1822 West Kent and Surrey
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1787 West Sussex
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1746–1752 Westminster
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1784–1788 White Conduit Club
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1799 R. Whitehead's XI
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1787–1797 Earl of Winchilsea's XI
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1785 Windsor
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1791 Windsor and Eton
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1788 Windsor Forest
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1757 Wirksworth
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1803 H. C. Woolridge's XI
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1754–1806 Woolwich
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1769 Wrotham
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1886 G. N. Wyatt's XI
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Y

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known dates team name home or used venue total source
1799 Lord Yarmouth's XI
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1833–1862 Yorkshire Hyde Park and Bramall Lane many [37]
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Yorkshire was first used as a team name when Sheffield Cricket Club organised a match against Norfolk at Hyde Park from 2 to 5 September 1833. Most of Sheffield's matches were against other town clubs, notably Manchester and Nottingham, but they called themselves Yorkshire when facing county opposition. The first "Roses Match" against Lancashire took place on 23–25 July 1849, Yorkshire winning by 5 wickets.[38] Yorkshire County Cricket Club was formed on 8 January 1863 at a meeting of the Match Fund Committee which had been established two years earlier by the Sheffield club for the promotion of inter-county matches.[39]

1828 Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire & Leicestershire Darnall New Ground 1 [40]
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An ad hoc team which was formed to play one match only against All-England at Darnall on 8 to 10 September 1828, All-England winning by 242 runs. The match arose from a challenge made by William Woolhouse on behalf of the northern counties to the rest of England. It backfired as the combined team, which featured Tom Marsden, could manage only 92 runs in the entire match against the roundarm bowling of Jem Broadbridge and William Lillywhite, while Fuller Pilch scored 49 and 56 for a personal match total of 105.

References

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  1. ^ ACS Guides
  2. ^ a b Haygarth, S&B volume 1, p. 67.
  3. ^ a b Haygarth, S&B volume 2, p. 152.
  4. ^ a b Haygarth, S&B volume 2, p. 213.
  5. ^ "A to M". CricketArchive.
  6. ^ Haygarth, S&B volume 1, pp. 77–91
  7. ^ ACS, Important Cricket Matches, p. 27.
  8. ^ Buckley, FL18C, p. 70.
  9. ^ a b McCann, p. 1.
  10. ^ a b c Waghorn, Cricket Scores, p. 27.
  11. ^ McCann, pp. 6–7.
  12. ^ a b Buckley, FL18C, p. 16.
  13. ^ a b Underdown, p. 4.
  14. ^ a b Waghorn, Dawn of Cricket, p. 4.
  15. ^ Buckley, FL18C, p. 62.
  16. ^ Waghorn, Cricket Scores, p. 53.
  17. ^ Waghorn, Dawn of Cricket, pp. 70–71 & 106–114.
  18. ^ Waghorn, Dawn of Cricket, p. 9.
  19. ^ Buckley, FL18C, p. 8.
  20. ^ Chelsea Common
  21. ^ Buckley, FL18C, p. 13.
  22. ^ Buckley, FLPVC, p. 22.
  23. ^ Maun, Volume One, p. 33.
  24. ^ Waghorn, pp. 5–6.
  25. ^ a b Waghorn, Dawn of Cricket, p. 5.
  26. ^ a b Haygarth, S&B volume 1, pp. 47–48.
  27. ^ a b McCann, p. 4.
  28. ^ a b c Waghorn, Dawn of Cricket, p. 7.
  29. ^ "A. E. R. Gilligan's XI". CricketArchive.
  30. ^ Waghorn, Dawn of Cricket, p. 6.
  31. ^ "N to Z". CricketArchive.
  32. ^ The earliest known use of the term was in 1739 as recorded in Waghorn, Cricket Scores, p. 23.
  33. ^ Maun, Volume One, p. 28.
  34. ^ McCann, p. 18.
  35. ^ Waghorn, Dawn of Cricket, p. 8.
  36. ^ Maun, Volume One, p. 27.
  37. ^ Haygarth, S&B volume 2, pp. 240–241.
  38. ^ Haygarth, S&B volume 4, p. 55.
  39. ^ Hodgson, p. 14.
  40. ^ Haygarth, S&B volume 2, pp. 67–68.

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