1778 English cricket season

The 1778 English cricket season was the seventh in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status. The scorecards of five first-class matches have survived.

Matches
Five first-class match scorecards survive from 1778, four of them involving Hampshire XIs.


 * 29–30 June - England v Hampshire XI - Sevenoaks Vine
 * 6–7 July - Hampshire XI v England - Itchin Stoke Down
 * 10–11 September - Chertsey v England - Laleham Burway
 * 24–25 September - Hampshire XI v Surrey XI - Broadhalfpenny Down
 * 6–8 October - Surrey XI v Hampshire XI - Laleham Burway

Three other matches are known to have been played during the season, including a return match between Chertsey and an England side.

First-class debutants
The following players made their first known appearance during the 1778 season.


 * Boltwood
 * Henry Bonham (Hampshire)
 * Irons
 * Mansfield
 * Mills (Surrey)
 * Polden
 * Thomas Swayne (Chertsey/Surrey)