1816 was the 30th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Manchester Cricket Club was founded and became the forerunner of Lancashire County Cricket Club (founded in 1864). Details of eight historically important eleven-a-side matches are known.
Events The 1816 season saw the formation of the Manchester Cricket Club which took part in a number of major matches until Lancashire CCC was established in 1864. Manchester was representative of Lancashire as a county in the same way that Sheffield Cricket Club and Nottingham Cricket Club represented Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. The issue of roundarm bowling was already controversial enough in 1816 for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) to amend the Laws of Cricket to prohibit it:Haygarth, p.385–387. The ball must be bowled (not thrown or jerked), and be delivered underhand, with the hand below the elbow. But if the ball be jerked, or the arm extended from the body horizontally, and any part of the hand be uppermost, or the hand horizontally extended when the ball is delivered, the Umpires shall call "No Ball". With cricket recovering from the effects of the Napoleonic War, a total of eight matches were recorded in 1816: 10–11 June — Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) v Hampshire @ Lord's Cricket GroundHaygarth, p.388. 17–19 June — E H Budd's XI v G Osbaldeston's XI @ Lord's Cricket GroundHaygarth, p.389. 24–25 June — Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) v Hampshire @ Lord's Cricket GroundHaygarth, p.390. 3–6 July — England v The Bs @ Lord's Cricket Ground 29 July–2 August — Sussex v Epsom @ Lord's Cricket GroundHaygarth, p.393. 5–6 August — Gentlemen of England v Old Etonians @ Lord's Cricket GroundHaygarth, p.394. 14–16 August — Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) v Middlesex @ Lord's Cricket GroundHaygarth, p.395. 21–23 August — Epsom v Hampshire @ Epsom DownHaygarth, p.396.
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