1737 English cricket season  The 1737 English cricket season was the 41st cricket season since the earliest recorded eleven-aside match was played. Details have survived of seven significant matches. Frederick, Prince of Wales had become one of the sport's main patrons by this year. Records have survived of seven matches:  Two unnamed players, one from Wandsworth and one from Mitcham, described as "two of the most celebrated sportsmen in the game", played a match on Kennington Common in August. The Mitcham man was hit by the ball in his first innings and concussed for a time. He continued but was "beaten by a considerable number of notches". During a local match at Newick in May in Sussex, John Boots was killed after he collided with his partner whilst going for a run. A match in July between Stansted and Hertford is the earliest known match in Hertfordshire.