The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-28 00:00:00

CRICKET.

The present week will witness the meeting of every
cricket club in the United Kingdom.
Hitherto it has been the custom ter all arrangements to
remain in abeyance until the anniversary dinner of the
Marylebone Club, which event has occurred on the first '
Thursday in May, when an announcement was put forth
by the rub as to what grand inatelits it was intended to
play at Lord's. Ily the programme then issued all
other clubs were guided in re-qwet of their own respec-
tive arnaigements. So great. however, has been the in-
crease in the number of clubs throughout the kingdom ; so
large has been the addition to the number of persons who
now actively participate in this healthful and scientific pas-
time, not merely in the vicinity of the metropolis, but in
every corner of the country, and so anxious are the followers
of the game to have matches, that it has become necessary in
the present year to make the final arrangements for such
contests some weeks prior to the ordinary period of thc com-
mencement of practice, in order that the wishes of the
public may not is disappointed. Thus,_ some month since
the comuuttee of the Alarylelaine Club put forth a list of
grand matches which that club propcned to play at Lord's
in the fortlicomiug season. The committee. of the Surrey
Club also adopted the like step. This proceeding, however,
had become the more imperative in consequence of the vast
accession to the demands upon the England Eleven to pay pro-
fessional visits in various parts of the provinces. So great has
been that demand that no...)er had the lists of the proposed
matches of the two great metropolitan clubs appeared than
the committee of the England Eleven promulgated as many
a. 2$ matches which they had already contracted to play.
From that list it will be Mund that they will play matches
at the following places, in addition to their contests at
Lord's and the Oval:—May S. at St. Ives; May 12, at
Sheffield; May 15, at Stockton; May 19, at Newcastle-
upon-Tyne ; May 22, at Think • May 26, at Gainsborough •
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lay 29, at Manchester; June, 22, at Wisbeach ; June 5,'
at Oxford; June 16, at Banbury; June 19, at Sloss; June
26, at Shuford ; June 30, at lle:rbv • July 31, at Newark;
August 4, at Bull; August 11, at lliuutiugdon ; August 18,
at Sherburne; August 31, at ; August 25, at Bir-
' mingham ; August 28, at Ilkeston; Sept. I, at Sheffield;
Sept. 4, at Huddersfield ; Sept. 8, at Bradford ; Sept. 15, at
Edinburgh.
The matches proposed by the Marylebone Club, and to be
finally settled at their anniversary gathering on Thursday
next, arc these
At L 0.11.1, airy 3.—Veren of E4and v. littera Gentlemen rod

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rt=te.—The X.C.C. with Four Nigeria the Grmind r. Cama ty
of Ilandleoes.
Juan S. -Wares of England v. Fourteen of the Club and 6,1419 d.
Jim 111.— M. C. C. and Ground v. County 44 numex.
for 13.-7'ha Geweemen r. the Puyent.
Jan 110.—Owstimen of Enitand v. Gentlemen of lieut.
fewdretsitie• of Oxford and Cacubr‘dge v. Gentleman of
E
July 7.—Pent v. Eng:and.
July 14 Not th v. euuth.
July 21.—Gendemen r. ;return match).
Judy 21.—The Old r. The loung—OTer SU and under 30—gentle-
mai and playtts c .mblned.