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In cricket, the term All-England Eleven has been used for various non-international England teams since the 1739 English cricket season and it indicates that the "Rest of England" is playing against, say, MCC or an individual county side. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries In the 1739 English cricket season, there were again very few match reports Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC is a private members' club founded in 1787

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Origin of the name

The term was first used in reports of two Kent v All-England matches in July 1739. Kent county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in Cricket goes back much further than that

The first match was at Bromley Common in Kent on Monday 9 July 1739. Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1739 ( MDCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a It was billed as between "eleven gentlemen of that county (i. e. , Kent) and eleven gentlemen from any part of England, exclusive of Kent". Kent, described as "the Unconquerable County" won by "a very few notches".

The second match was at the Artillery Ground in Bunhill Fields, Finsbury on Monday 23 July 1739. The Artillery Ground in Finsbury is one of London 's most centrally located Cricket grounds situated just off the City Road immediately north Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Year 1739 ( MDCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a This game was drawn and a report includes the phrase eleven picked out of all (sic) England.

Generic usage

The term then became a generic one and was used on countless occasions over the next hundred years.

William Clarke's All-England Eleven

But it took on a specific meaning in 1846 when William Clarke formed the All-England Eleven as a touring team of leading players to play matches at big city venues, mainly in the North of England. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display William Clarke (born 24 December 1798 in Nottingham; died 25 August 1856 in Wandsworth, Surrey) was a famous English Cricketer Clarke's team was indeed a top-class side worthy of its title. The players in 1846 were himself, Joe Guy, George Parr (all Notts), William Lillywhite, Jemmy Dean (both Sussex), William Denison, Will Martingell (both Surrey), Fuller Pilch, Alfred Mynn, Nicholas Wanostrocht (aka "Felix") and William Hillyer (all Kent). George Parr (22 May 1826 Radcliffe on Trent, Nottinghamshire – 23 June 1891 was an English Cricketer whose first-class career lasted from Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic county of Frederick William Lillywhite (born 13 June 1792 in Westhampnett Sussex; died 21 August 1854 in Islington, London) was a famous James Dean (born 4 January 1816 at Duncton, Sussex; died 25 December 1881 at Duncton was an English Cricketer who played for Sussex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic county of William Denison (born 13 January 1801 at South Lambeth, Surrey; died 9 March 1856 at Lee Kent) was involved in English Cricket Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic county of Fuller Pilch ( March 17, 1804, Horningtoft, Norfolk - May 1, 1870, Canterbury, Kent) was an English Alfred Mynn ( 19 January 1807 - 1 November 1861) was an English Cricketer during the game's "Roundarm Era". Nicholas "Felix" Wanostrocht (born 5 October 1804 at Camberwell, London; died 3 September 1876 at Wimborne William Richard Hillyer (born March 5, 1813 at Leybourne and died January 8, 1861 at Maidstone) was a prominent Cricketer Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing Their matches in Sheffield, Manchester and Leeds were a huge success and very profitable, especially for Clarke himself who was careful to pay his players more than MCC did and so keep them interested. He kept the surplus for himself.

Clarke's touring team continued for several years to showcase the best players of the day. Subsequent additions to the squad included John Wisden of Sussex, William Dorrinton of Kent and Tom Sewell of Surrey. John Wisden ( 5 September 1826 &ndash 5 April 1884) was an English Cricketer who played 190 First-class cricket Tom Sewell (born March 11, 1962 in Pensacola Florida) is an American former professional Basketball player Because of its strength the AEE generally played sides composed of twenty-two men, though these odds were reduced when opposed to such sides as Sheffield, Manchester and some county teams.

The AEE lasted until 1880. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year In all matches George Parr with 10,404 runs (av 16. 78) was the leading batsman for the side and William Clarke himself took the most wickets (2,385).

United All-England Eleven

In 1852, several players set up the United All England Eleven as a rival to the AEE. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The United All-England Eleven was an English Cricket team formed in 1852 by players breaking away from William Clarke 's All England XI. Clarke would have nothing to do with the UAEE, but he died in 1856, and from 1857 to 1866 the matches between these two teams were perhaps the most important contests of the English season - certainly judged by the quality of the players.

All-England Eleven players

The following are players who represented the All-England Elevens:

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Further reading

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