Chelsea Cricket Club

The purpose of this list is to identify all historically significant English cricket clubs and teams which played in matches that had either important or first-class status. It concentrates on those which are now defunct or, although extant, not currently significant. Therefore, the list excludes County Championship clubs, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), touring teams and the main university clubs. Clubs in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship or in one of the ECB Premier Leagues are excluded unless they formerly played in important or first-class matches. Note that some clubs which folded were subsequently refounded as modern league clubs. Many of the teams are ad hoc units or "scratch teams" named after their organiser (e.g., A. Shaw's XI) while others are combinations (e.g., London & Surrey). Teams using the organiser's name are sorted by his or her surname or title (i.e., Shaw's XI is under S; Winchilsea's XI is under W). The total column gives the number of matches that the team is known (i.e., given that many early records have been lost) to have played in. In the source column, if only one citation is given, it relates to the earliest known mention of the team in the surviving records.

N.B. The list is believed complete re all clubs and teams that were active in important matches up to 1825. Many clubs and teams post-1825 are already included but they are not exhaustive.

"A to C" was in fact a Kent Eleven and it was a curiosity that they selected only players whose names began with A, B or C while their D to Z opponents, who were in fact a Hampshire team with given men, selected only players whose names did not begin A, B or C. Haygarth in S&B calls it "Hambledon Club with Lumpy versus Kent". The venue, in Surrey, was neutral. Haygarth says he saw the alphabetical title in other sources.

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