1745 English cricket season

The 1745 cricket season was the 148th in England since the earliest known definite reference to cricket in January 1597 (i.e., Old Style – 1598 New Style). Details have survived of 22 important eleven-a-side and one single wicket match. The Jacobite Rebellion began in August but had little if any impact on cricket in south-east England, the season being nearly over when the battle at Prestonpans took place on 21 September.

The following matches are classified as important:

Reported in the Penny London Post dated Monday, 6 May. Stakes were one guinea a man and the wickets were to be pitched by 1 pm.

No details are known except the result.

The precise venue was "behind the Bell Inn".

The return game to the one on 23 May. The matches were probably arranged as a pair in advance.

The return game to the one on 24 May. It was originally arranged for Monday, 3 June but was rained off. London scored 23 and 75; Bromley scored 52 and 36.

Probably arranged after 10 June as a "decider". The prize was 200 guineas. Bromley scored 65 and 29; London scored 48 and then "got the match and had only three hands out".

The teams are known but no details of the scores.

Long Robin’s XI: Robert Colchin, Tom Faulkner, James Bryant, Joseph Harris, Broad, Hodge, Val Romney, George Jackson, Robert Lascoe, John Harris, John Bowra.

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