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The 1772 English cricket season is notable in cricket statistics because it is from then that surviving scorecards are common. Scorecards have survived of three major cricket matches played in 1772. These were all organised, in part at least, by the Hambledon Club and were between Hampshire and All-England. Hampshire twice defeated All-England but lost the third of the three scorecarded matches before defeating Surrey in a match with no known scorecard. The leading bowlers of the day are understood to have been Thomas Brett of Hampshire and Lumpy Stevens of Chertsey and Surrey, although the scorecards of 1772 have not preserved any bowling or fielding data. The outstanding batsman of the season in terms of known runs scored was John Small of Hampshire, while William Yalden of Chertsey and Surrey also achieved good scores. Re the matches on 10–11 and 26–27 August, the sources occasionally refer to teams raised by the Hambledon Club as being representative of both Hampshire and Sussex. Sussex as a county team is rarely mentioned during the "Hambledon Era".〔Buckley (FLPVC), p. 7.〕 ==List of major matches== There are surviving scorecards from every English season since 1772 and these provide a continuous statistical record, albeit an incomplete one till the mid-19th century, that is now the basis of first-class cricket statistics. The two main online archives begin their first-class statistics in 1772, the match at Broadhalfpenny Down on 24 and 25 June numbered "first-class no. 1" by ''ESPNcricinfo'' and "f1" by ''CricketArchive''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=ESPNcricinfo )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=CricketArchive )〕 It is necessary to note, however, that "first-class" in the context of matches played in Great Britain before 1895, and in the rest of the world before 1947, is a ''statistical'' term only, with no official status, and does not infer any ''historical'' importance over matches without a scorecard. Although there were three matches in 1772 that are now adjudged "statistically first-class", they were three among ''seven'' major cricket matches known to have been played that season: the difference is that the other four have left no known scorecards. Furthermore, it must be noted that the designation of a pre-1895 match as "first-class" is ''a matter of opinion only'' that could be (and sometimes is) contested by other reliable sources; therefore, it is necessary to decide by reference to all reputable sources if the match has historical significance and so should be classified as major cricket, rather than merely statistically first-class. The four matches without scorecards in 1772 are classified by ''CricketArchive'' as "other matches" only,〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=CricketArchive )〕 but their historical importance is attested by the references (see below) in the works of Arthur Haygarth, H. T. Waghorn and G. B. Buckley, all recognised cricket historians, and so there is no doubt that they were major cricket matches and equally as notable in historical terms as the three statistically first-class ones. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1772 English cricket season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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