1772 English cricket season

The three Hampshire v England matches have been unofficially recognised by certain sources as first-class, although no such standard existed at the time.

Two involved a combined Hampshire and Sussex team playing against Kent and it has been suggested that Hambledon may have been a two counties club.

[3] Three scorecards exist from top-class matches played in 1772, when completion became normal practice, and there are surviving cards from every subsequent season.

[8] Yalden was a noted wicket-keeper and Hampshire's regular keeper Tom Sueter was also playing, but it is not known which of them kept wicket in this match.

[11][8] The match at Guildford Bason on 23–24 July[7] was also won by Hampshire, this time by 62 runs and again for a stake of 500 guineas.

[7] England won by two wickets and the scorecard shows that Joseph Miller and John Boorman were the not out batsmen when the match ended, while Dick May did not bat.

Hampshire's captain, all-rounder Richard Nyren, missed this match and was replaced by Thomas Ridge.

[15][13] Many scorecards in the 18th century lack details and so it is difficult to create any analysis of playing performances.

[16] A top-class five-a-side match was played under single wicket rules at the Artillery Ground on Tuesday, 2 June between teams representing Hampshire and Kent.

The Hampshire players were John Small, Tom Sueter, George Leer, Thomas Brett and Richard Nyren.

A pre-match announcement appeared in the (Nottingham) Daily Messenger on Tuesday, 25 May, and the paper followed up with a report on Friday, 12 June.

[note 2] The bets placed seem to have been mainly around how many runs the Duke of Dorset would score compared with one Mr Ellis, a now unknown player.