Early Days Of English Cricket

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1. The oldest surviving written version of the Laws of Cricket dates from which year? 1744 1774 1755 1788

2. Towards the end of the eighteenth century, a village in Hampshire had a famous cricket club, which was prepared to take on all-comers and could boast of beating "all England" more than once. What was the name of this village? Hambledon New Milton Petersfield Nether Wallop

3. Which London cricket ground was first opened in 1787? Leytonstone Kennington Oval Lord's The Artillery Ground

4. On July 7 to 9, 1806, a match was played at Lord's which was in due course to become an annual fixture, and an important event in the English sporting and social calendar. What game was this? Gentlemen v Players Oxford v Cambridge Eton v Harrow North v South

5. John Willes, a Kentish cricketer in the early nineteenth century, is traditionally associated with which development in the game? Batsmen's pads The invention of the scoreboard Wicket-keepers' gloves Round-arm bowling

6. The earliest English cricket festival was established in 1842 at which town in Kent? Canterbury Tunbridge Wells Maidstone Sevenoaks

7. The earliest sporting club to adopt distinctive colours is generally supposed to be a "wandering" cricket club, formed in 1845 in London. What is the name of this club? Band of Brothers Free Foresters I Zingari Incogniti

8. Professional touring XIs played a prominent part in mid-19th century English cricket. Who formed the All-England XI in 1846? William Clarke Richard Daft William Caffyn John Lillywhite

9. John Wisden, the founder of the famous Cricketers' Almanack, was himself a great cricketer in his time. His name still appears in the records section of the Almanac. What feat did he achieve at Lord's on July 15, 1850? 4 wickets in 4 balls 10 wickets in an innings (all clean bowled) A hat-trick on his first-class début A century and a hat-trick in the same match

10. In which year did Wisden's Almanac first appear? 1849 1888 1873 1864