High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1772 English cricket season was notable in English cricket history because it is from then that surviving scorecards are common. There are three scorecards from 1772, all recording matches that were organised by the Hambledon Club. There are surviving scorecards for every single season since 1772 and these provide a continuous statistical record (albeit an incomplete one till the mid-19th century) that is now the basis of first-class cricket statistics.