List of Middlesex county cricketers to 1863
This is a list of cricketers who represented the Middlesex county team in important matches before the creation of Middlesex County Cricket Club in December 1863, and its formal constitution in February 1864.[note 1] The county club played its first matches in the 1864 season, and this list is limited to those who played for the county until 1863. Some players listed here played for the county both before and after December 1863, so they also appear in List of Middlesex County Cricket Club players. For example, all seven brothers in the Walker family are in this list, and the four who played for the county club are in the other list as well.
This list uses the same layout style as the county club list with the player's usual name followed by the seasons he was active at county level, and then his name in scorecard format with any useful notes in brackets.[5]
A
- Atkinson () : Atkinson
B
- Briden (1826) : Briden[6]
- A. Brooks () : A. Brooks
C
- Christie () : Christie
F
- Fidler () : Fidler
G
- Guyett () : Guyett
L
- Lewis () : Lewis
- Loftus () : Loftus
- Lowe () : Lowe
M
- Main () : Main
- Miller () : Miller
P
- F. Parry () : F. Parry
- Picard () : Picard
R
- Rose () : Rose
S
- Smeed () : Smeed
W
- Alfred Walker (1851–1859) : A. Walker[7]
- Arthur Henry Walker (1859–1862) : A. H. Walker[8]
- Frederic Walker (1859) : F. Walker[9]
- Isaac Walker (1862–1863) : I. D. Walker (played for the county club 1864–1884)[10]
- John Walker (1850–1863) : J. Walker (played for the county club 1864–1866)[11]
- Russell Walker (1862) : R. D. Walker (played for the county club 1864–1877)[12]
- Vyell Walker (1859–1863) : V. E. Walker (played for the county club 1864–1877)[13]
Notes
- ^ Some eleven-a-side matches played from 1772 to 1863 have been rated "first-class" by certain sources.[1] However, the term only came into common use around 1864, when overarm bowling was legalised. It was formally defined as a standard by a meeting at Lord's, in May 1894, of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the county clubs which were then competing in the County Championship. The ruling was effective from the beginning of the 1895 season, but pre-1895 matches of the same standard have no official definition of status because the ruling is not retrospective.[2] Matches of a similar standard since the beginning of the 1864 season are generally considered to have an unofficial first-class status.[3] Pre-1864 matches which are included in the ACS' "Important Match Guide" may generally be regarded as important or, at least, historically significant.[4] For further information, see First-class cricket.
References
- ^ "First-Class Matches in England in 1772". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ^ Wisden (1948). Preston, Hubert (ed.). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (85th ed.). London: Sporting Handbooks Ltd. p. 813. OCLC 851705816.
- ^ ACS 1982, pp. 4–5.
- ^ ACS 1981, pp. 1–40.
- ^ "Middlesex Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
- ^ "Briden". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
- ^ "Alfred Walker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
- ^ "Arthur Walker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
- ^ "Frederic Walker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
- ^ "Isaac Walker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
- ^ "John Walker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
- ^ "Russell Walker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
- ^ "Vyell Walker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
Bibliography
- ACS (1981). A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709–1863. Nottingham: ACS. OCLC 85045528.
- ACS (1982). A Guide to First-class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles. Nottingham: ACS. OCLC 10586869.
- Haygarth, Arthur (1996) [1862]. Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826). Kennington: Frederick Lillywhite. ISBN 978-19-00592-23-9.
- Haygarth, Arthur (1997) [1862]. Scores & Biographies, Volume 2 (1827–1840). Kennington: Frederick Lillywhite. ISBN 978-19-00592-23-9.