Talk:1744 English cricket season

Stevens
There is no evidence I think that these players were related to Edward Stevens. W Rhodes was not related to the allrounder who appeared in the thirties bearing the name Rhodes and the various Smiths who played in the sixties were not related. You can't guess at something like that. If you check the electoral roles you might get something but you'd have to go to Sussex and you might not. I know that people who live near the Hamilton Arms in Stedham call that 'Hamilton' and there is a cricket ground - in fact one and a soccer pitch close by. It is only a mile from Midhurst. Hambledon is fairly close to Sussex but although it may be 'Hambledon', it may equally be Hamilton, Stedham and that is in Sussex. Oh Mr E Steed or Stead - the Stead comes from the contemporaneous pronunciation of Steed as Stayed - this is still common locally I'm told and common in the Carolinas which still mimick English pronunciation from that period. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.139.175.228 (talk) 15:37, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Fair comment. The surmises shouldn't be in the WP article but it was written six years ago and we had different standards then. Nearly all of these seasonal articles need updating to comply with current standards. Time is the problem. Jack | talk page 17:21, 24 November 2011 (UTC)