1748 English cricket season

The 1748 English cricket season was the fifth season following the earliest known codification of the Laws of Cricket. Details have survived of six significant eleven-a-side and 18 single wicket matches. 1748 was the halcyon season of single wicket, perhaps never so popular before or since.

Matches
Six matches between significant teams are known to have taken place.


 * 10 June – Kent v England XI – Dartford Brent
 * 13 June – England XI v Kent – Artillery Ground
 * 14 June – Lambeth v London – Peckham Rye Common
 * 18 July – London v Croydon – Artillery Ground
 * 15 August – London v Deptford & Greenwich – Artillery Ground
 * 23 August – Deptford & Greenwich v London – Upper Fountain, Deptford

Single wicket matches
A total of 18 significant single wicket matches are known to have taken place during 1748.

Clubs and teams

 * The Rest – earliest known use of this name by a team in a single wicket match on 6 June. The team was made up of Stephen Dingate, Little Bennett, Maynard, Collins and Thomas Waymark. The other team involved in the match was Addington.

Players

 * John Colchin (Bromley)