1746 English cricket season

The 1746 cricket season was the 149th in England since the earliest known definite reference to cricket in January 1597 (i.e., Old Style – 1598 New Style). Details have survived of thirteen important eleven-a-side and two single wicket matches. The Jacobite Rebellion was effectively over by the time the cricket season got under way, the battle of Culloden having been fought on 16 April.

The following matches are classified as important:

Addington won "with great difficulty". A return match was arranged (see below): "On Monday next they play their second match at Mr Smith's, Pyd-Horse" (a reference to the pub adjacent to the Artillery Ground).

This is the return match referred to above. No match details were reported.

This is the return match referred to above. No match details were reported.

The report says: "A Kent man (unidentified) assisted Surrey & London as a given man". The match was reported in the General London Evening Mercury as "Middlesex v Surrey" but the above title seems to be more accurate. Addington & Lingfield (aka Middlesex) won "by a considerable number of notches".

The Kent team consisted entirely of players from Bromley, Bexley and Eltham.

No information is known.

The crowd was reported as "nearly ten thousand". Kipps of Eltham, the well-known wicketkeeper, played as a given man for Addington & Bromley. The title of the fixture indicates the strength of the Addington and Bromley clubs at this time. The London Evening Post on Thursday, 3 July announced: "No person allowed to bring any liquour that don’t (sic) live in the parish".

This was a return fixture. Kipps of Eltham again played as a given man for Addington & Bromley.

No information is known.

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