[2] The leg before wicket (lbw) Law no longer mentioned the batsman's intention:[3] (The striker is out) if with his foot or leg he stops the ball, which the bowler, in the opinion of the umpire at the bowler's wicket,shall have pitched in straight line to the wicket, and would have hit it.Another change was the provision that no run is allowed when the batsman is caught.
This had been one of the rules in the 1727 Articles of Agreement which said: "When a Ball is caught out, the Stroke counts nothing".
[4] The 1788 version ended with a section called "Bets", an attempt to regulate gambling at cricket matches.
[5][6][7] This is the earliest match involving an MCC team to leave a surviving scorecard and so, although it was "gentlemen only", it is of great historical importance.
It is also the last match in which a White Conduit team is known to have taken part, and so the merger of the two clubs may have been completed soon afterwards.
He explains his view by reference to the Lord's pavilion fire in 1825 which caused the loss of "many old scores and other valuable records".
[11][6] Played 29–31 July at Coxheath Common, England won by an innings and 80 runs.
George Louch, who was from Chatham and usually played for Kent, took six catches in the match for England.
Surrey bowlers Lumpy Stevens and Butcher dismissed Hampshire for 59 and 63.
[15][6] Both teams were listed in full by the newspaper which announced the match but there is no surviving scorecard and the result is unknown.
[17][6] The match was briefly pre-announced a week earlier for a stake of 100 guineas.
Andrew Freemantle made his first known appearance in senior cricket for Hampshire.
David Harris, playing for Mann's XI, took ten wickets (bowled) in the match.
George Louch, noted for his close fielding skills, took five catches for East's XI.
There is no surviving scorecard for this match between two scratch teams whose patrons wagered 500 guineas.
[24] A partial score exists of a game between Eastbourne and Alfriston that was played on or about 26 July.