1778 English cricket season
The 1778 English cricket season was the seventh in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status. The scorecards of five first-class matches have survived. Matches. Five first-class match scorecards survive from 1778, four of them involving Hampshire XIs. Three other matches are known to have been played during the season, including a return match between Chertsey and an England side. First-class debutants. The following players made their first known appearance during the 1778 season.