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William Caffyn — The Reigate Professional and Surrey's Star All-Rounder of the 1850s

Surrey and United All-England Eleven

1858-08-15

By the late 1850s the Reigate-born William Caffyn had emerged as the leading all-rounder in the strongest county side in England, scoring runs in the middle order for Surrey and bowling effective right-arm medium-fast roundarm. Caffyn was on the 1859 North America tour, both 1860s Australian tours, and after emigrating in 1864 became the foundational professional coach of Australian cricket.

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⭐Mild

All-England Eleven v United All-England Eleven — The First Annual Fixture, Lord's, June 1857

All-England Eleven (AEE) vs United All-England Eleven (UAEE)

1857-06-01

On 1-3 June 1857 the All-England Eleven and the United All-England Eleven met for the first time at Lord's, the boycott of the previous five years lifted by William Clarke's death the previous August. George Parr's AEE beat John Wisden's UAEE; the fixture became the most heavily attended annual match in English cricket and continued every summer until 1869.

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🥊Moderate

Wisden and Dean Break Away — The Founding of the United All-England Eleven, 1852

United All-England Eleven (UAEE) split from All-England Eleven (AEE)

1852-08-07

In August 1852, John Wisden of Sussex and Jemmy Dean of Surrey, the two leading professional cricketers in the south of England, broke from William Clarke's All-England Eleven over Clarke's autocratic management and the meagre share of takings he allowed his players. With several discontented colleagues they founded the United All-England Eleven, which from 1857 would meet the parent AEE every summer in fixtures that drew the largest crowds in English cricket.

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