In English cricket, the years 1826–1845 were dominated by the roundarm bowling issue, which was resolved when the style was legalised in 1835, and by the formation of the first modern county clubs between 1839 and 1845.
Cricket had been badly impacted by the Napoleonic Wars with a significant loss of both investment and manpower.
While a recovery began in 1815, and a more widespread return to normality can be observed, it was not until 1825 that inter-county matches resumed.
The controversy surrounding roundarm bowling came to a head before the 1827 season began and three trial matches were played between Sussex and an England XI.
No firm conclusions were drawn in the immediate aftermath of the trials and it was many years before roundarm was formally legalised.
In practice, however, Sussex bowlers William Lillywhite and Jem Broadbridge continued to bowl at shoulder height and the umpires did not no-ball them.
In 1835, powerless to prevent the use of roundarm, MCC finally amended the Laws of Cricket to make it legal.
The relevant part of the Law stated: "if the hand be above the shoulder in the delivery, the umpire must call No Ball".
Mainstays of the Kent team in those years included Alfred Mynn, Fuller Pilch, Nicholas Felix, Ned Wenman and William Hillyer.
The new Sussex club played its first top-class match versus MCC at Lord's on 10 & 11 June 1839.
In 1841, the Duke of Wellington issued an order that a cricket ground must be made as an adjunct to every military barracks.
The Canterbury club played its first top-class match against an England XI at the White Hart Ground, Bromley on 25, 26 & 27 August 1842.
Surrey County Cricket Club was officially founded by a meeting which took place at the new Kennington Oval during a match between two local teams on 21 & 22 August 1845.
On 22 August 1827, George Rawlins playing for Sheffield against Nottingham[3] became the first batsman to be out hit the ball twice in a first-class game.
The Lord's Pavilion, gutted by fire in July 1825, was rebuilt in time for MCC's annual dinner on Thursday, 11 May.
These works were written from Nyren's recollections by Charles Cowden Clarke and had been serialised in The Town during the previous year.
The period saw an increasing number of good amateur players come through the education system and make their mark in first-class cricket.
[6] In 1835, in addition to legalising roundarm, the Laws of Cricket were amended to enforce a compulsory follow on if the team batting second was 100 runs behind on first innings.
Wigs went out with the 18th century and men followed the lead of Napoleon Bonaparte by having their long hair cut short.
By 1830, the tall "beaver" hats familiar in pictures of William Lillywhite and Fuller Pilch had become common.