1821 English cricket season
1821 was the 35th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club. The Gentlemen v Players match was ended in controversial circumstances. Details of five matches are known.
Events
- In the Gentlemen v Players match at Lord's Cricket Ground, the Gentlemen conceded the game having gone well behind on 1st innings. Derek Birley commented that it was a "Coronation Match" to celebrate the accession of King George IV and was "a suitably murky affair".
- With cricket still recovering from the effects of the Napoleonic War, only a few matches were recorded in 1821:
- * 24 May – Cambridge University v Cambridge Town Club @ University Ground, Cambridge
- * 3 July – Marylebone Cricket Club v Godalming @ Lord's Cricket Ground
- * 9 July – Godalming v MCC @ The Burys, Godalming
- * 16–18 July – MCC v Hampshire @ Lord's Cricket Ground
- * 23–24 July – Gentlemen v Players @ Lord's Cricket Ground
- The Gentlemen v Players match marked the final first class appearance of Billy Beldham in a career lasting from 1787.