List of Players cricketers (1806–40)

The Gentlemen v Players first-class cricket fixture was first played in 1806 and, despite many difficulties in the early years, it had by 1840 become an established annual event in the English cricket calendar. Apart from the years of the two World Wars, it remained so until 1962. The purpose of the fixture was to match the best of the amateur cricketers (the Gentlemen) against the best of the paid professionals (the Players). The table below summarises the full career record in the fixture of everyone who made their debuts for the Players team in the matches played to 1840.

Key

• club denotes the player's usual team when he represented the Players (note there were no county clubs until Sussex in 1839).
• debut denotes the year of the player's debut appearance for the Players.
• final denotes the year of the player's final appearance for the Players.
• M denotes the number of matches in which the player represented the Players.
• runs denotes the total number of runs scored by the player in all his matches for the Players.
• HS denotes the highest score made by the player in one innings when batting for the Players (* signifies not out).
• wkts denotes the total number of wickets taken by the player in all his matches for the Players.
• BB denotes the best bowling performance by the player in one innings for the Players (e.g., 3–30 means he took 3 wickets in the innings and conceded 30 runs; to 1840, runs conceded by bowlers are usually unknown, hence "?").
• players are initially listed according to the date of their debut for the Players.
• players in bold were known amateurs who represented the Players as "given men".

List

NB: this table is a work in progress, currently complete re the 1806 Players only.

List of Players cricketers to 1840

name	nation	club	debut	final	M	runs	HS	wkts	BB	references
Ayling, WilliamWilliam Ayling	England	Kent	1806	1806	2	15	8	0	0–0	[1][2][3]
Beldham, BillyBilly Beldham	England	Surrey	1806	1821	4	57	23*	0	0–0	[4][5][6]
Bennett, JohnJohn Bennett	England	Hampshire	1806	1806	2	20	13	1	1–?	[7][8][9][10]
Bentley, HenryHenry Bentley	England	Middlesex	1806	1822	4	37	15*	0	0–0	[11][12][13]
Fennex, WilliamWilliam Fennex	England	Middlesex	1806	1806	1	5	5	0	0–0	[14][15][16]
Freemantle, AndrewAndrew Freemantle	England	Hampshire	1806	1806	2	44	26	0	0–0	[17][18][19]
Hammond, JohnJohn Hammond	England	Sussex	1806	1806	2	12	8	1	1–?	[20][21][22][23]
Hampton, J.J. Hampton	England	Surrey	1806	1806	1	22	18	0	0–0	[24][25][26]
Howard, ThomasThomas Howard	England	Hampshire	1806	1829	6	56	17	28	4–?	[27][28][29][30]
Robinson, RobertRobert Robinson	England	Surrey	1806	1819	3	63	19	2	2–?	[31][32][33][34]
Small, JackJack Small	England	Hampshire	1806	1806	2	24	21*	0	0–0	[35][36][37]
Sparks, JohnJohn Sparks	England	Surrey	1806	1827	7	152	63	8	3–?	[38][39][40][41]
Walker, TomTom Walker	England	Surrey	1806	1806	2	61	24	1	1–?	[42][43][44][45]
Wells, JohnJohn Wells	England	Surrey	1806	1806	1	5	5	4	2–?	[46][47][48][49]
Strathavon, LordLord Strathavon	England		1819	1819
Powell, JamesJames Powell	England		1819	1821
Sherman, JamesJames Sherman	England		1819	1821
Thumwood, JamesJames Thumwood	England		1819	1821
Sherman, JohnJohn Sherman	England		1819	1821
Beagley, ThomasThomas Beagley	England		1819	1836
Wells, G.G. Wells	England		1820	1820
Bowyer, JohnJohn Bowyer	England		1820	1825
Brown, GeorgeGeorge Brown	England		1820	1830
Thumwood, JohnJohn Thumwood	England		1821	1821
Dyer, W. C.W. C. Dyer	England		1821	1821
Holloway, CharlesCharles Holloway	England		1821	1822
Ashby, WilliamWilliam Ashby	England		1821	1830
Smith, –– Smith	England		1822	1822
Jordan, JamesJames Jordan	England		1822	1824
Flavel, ThomasThomas Flavel	England		1822	1827
Saunders, JamesJames Saunders	England		1822	1831
Searle, WilliamWilliam Searle	England		1822	1832
Broadbridge, JemJem Broadbridge	England		1822	1835
Slater, WilliamWilliam Slater	England		1823	1827
Hooker, WilliamWilliam Hooker	England		1823	1830
Mathews, WilliamWilliam Mathews	England		1824	1830
Thwaites, EdwardEdward Thwaites	England		1827	1827
Marsden, TomTom Marsden	England		1827	1838
Caldecourt, WillWill Caldecourt	England		1827	1840
Pilch, FullerFuller Pilch	England		1827	1849
Wenman, NedNed Wenman	England		1829	1846
Adams, JamesJames Adams	England		1830	1830
Mills, GeorgeGeorge Mills	England		1831	1831
Lillywhite, WilliamWilliam Lillywhite	England		1831	1849
Freemantle, GeorgeGeorge Freemantle	England		1832	1832
Mills, RichardRichard Mills	England		1832	1837
Cobbett, JamesJames Cobbett	England		1832	1841
Hayward senior, DanielDaniel Hayward senior	England		1833	1833
Beagley, HenryHenry Beagley	England		1833	1833
Lanaway, CharlesCharles Lanaway	England		1834	1834
Wells, FrederickFrederick Wells	England		1834	1834
Wenman, GeorgeGeorge Wenman	England		1834	1834
Barker, ThomasThomas Barker	England		1834	1845
Box, ThomasThomas Box	England		1834	1853
Dark, JamesJames Dark	England		1835	1835
Buckingham, WilliamWilliam Buckingham	England		1835	1835
Good, BillyBilly Good	England		1835	1842
Bayley, JohnJohn Bayley	England		1836	1836
Wenman, JohnJohn Wenman	England		1836	1836
Jarvis, GeorgeGeorge Jarvis	England		1836	1839
William CliffordWilliam Clifford	England		1836	1839
Redgate, SamSam Redgate	England		1836	1843
Taylor, JamesJames Taylor	England		1837	1837
Millyard, GeorgeGeorge Millyard	England		1837	1838
Garrat, WilliamWilliam Garrat	England		1837	1839
Hillyer, WilliamWilliam Hillyer	England		1838	1851
Guy, JoeJoe Guy	England		1838	1852
Adams, TomTom Adams	England		1838	1854
Sewell senior, TomTom Sewell senior	England		1839	1847
Fenner, FrancisFrancis Fenner	England		1840	1842
Hawkins, CharlesCharles Hawkins	England		1840	1843

See also

• List of Gentlemen v Players matches
• List of Gentlemen cricketers (1806–40)
• List of Players cricketers (1841–1962)

Notes and sources