#challenge

2 incidents tagged

George Osbaldeston's All-Comers Single-Wicket Challenge — Lord's, June 1819

Osbaldeston vs all comers

1819-06-09

In June 1819 George Osbaldeston — angered by his MCC ban of the previous year — posted an open single-wicket challenge at Lord's: he would play any one man in England for 100 guineas a side, to take place at any neutral ground. Beldham, Lambert and Beauclerk all declined; the challenge was eventually taken up by William Ward in a low-key match in August. Osbaldeston won. The challenge is one of the great public-relations gestures of Regency cricket.

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Lord Frederick Beauclerk's All-Comers Single-Wicket Challenge — Lord's, May 1806

Beauclerk vs all comers

1806-05-19

On 19 May 1806 Lord Frederick Beauclerk — Regency cricket's swaggering amateur — posted an open single-wicket challenge at Lord's: he would play any man in England for 50 guineas a side. The challenge was nailed to the pavilion door and ran in the cricket press for three weeks. Beldham accepted, and the resulting match in June became one of the famous fixtures of the season.

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