Dunn (London cricketer)

Dunn (first name and dates unknown) was an English cricketer who played for London Cricket Club in first-class cricket during the 1730s. He was evidently a top order batsman.

Career

Dunn is mentioned in 1735 re two matches and in 1739 re one other. On Saturday, 7 June 1735, he played for London versus Surrey at Moulsey Hurst, London winning the game by 9 wickets with Dunn and "Mr Wheatley, the distiller" the two not out batsmen at the end.^[1] He played in a single wicket match on Monday, 11 August 1735 for Three of London against Four of London at Kennington Common.^[2]

Dunn was not mentioned by contemporary sources again until 1739 when he played for London versus Kingston & Moulsey at Kennington Common on Thursday, 19 July. His team lost by 3 runs. Dunn was brought in as a replacement for this game along with Lord John Philip Sackville and John Bowra after London had lost its previous match. The selection of the trio was described as "the Londoners turning out three bad men who played on Moulsey Hurst" while Dunn and his colleagues were called "three very good gamesters".^[3]

References

External links

• From Lads to Lord's; The History of Cricket: 1300 – 1787

Bibliography

• G B Buckley, Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket, Cotterell, 1935
• H T Waghorn, Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730-1773), Blackwood, 1899