Frindall's Proposed Inaugural Match
- When
- 31 May – 1 June 1815
- Where
- Lord's (named venue; not admitted as exact site)
Bill Frindall identified the opening game of the 1815 season between MCC and Middlesex as the inaugural first-class match.
In Frindall's view, the inaugural first-class match should have been the opening game of the 1815 season between MCC and Middlesex at Lord's on 31 May and 1 June, Middlesex winning by 16 runs. This specific match serves as the anchor for the 1815 statistical start date. The venue Lord's is a named historical referent only; no supplied passage states a city-level locality for it, so the structured place is recorded as England in regional context rather than an exact site.
Sources
- First-class cricket Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-19
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