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Married v Single (cricket)

cricket fixture (1829–1892)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 26, 2025
Entity authorityQ16147212 ↗
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Married v Single was a cricket fixture played sporadically between 1829 and 1892. The teams were, as the name of the fixture suggests, made up of players who were married and those who were single.

The first match was held in June 1829 at Lord's with the Married winning by 27 runs. There were seven occurrences of the fixture until the last in May 1892.

References

Bibliography

ACS (1982). A Guide to FC Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles.

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The public source identifies “Married v Single (cricket)” as cricket fixture (1829–1892). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Married, Single and cricket.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1829, 1892, 1982—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Married, Single and cricket providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Married v Single (cricket)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.