# Samuel Britcher

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**Samuel Britcher** (date of birth unknown; died c. 1805, probably in London) was a [cricket](/source/Cricket) [scorer](/source/Scorer) and archivist who recorded the full scorecards of numerous matches played in the early years of [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club) after its official foundation during the [1787 English cricket season](/source/1787_English_cricket_season).

Britcher is believed to have been MCC's first official scorer and he published an annual set of scorecards from 1790 to 1805 under the title of *A list of all the principal Matches of Cricket that have been played in the year ccyy* (i.e., annual series where ccyy = 1790 to 1805).[1][2]

Little is known of Samuel Britcher personally but his scorecards are considered important to the study of [cricket history](/source/History_of_cricket) and especially its statistics. Britcher's work lay mostly undiscovered for two centuries and it is only in the 21st century that a full study of his records has been possible.

Keith Warsop of the Association of Cricket Statisticians published two articles in *The Cricket Statistician*, the quarterly journal of the ACS, during 2006 which outlined the importance of Britcher's scores to knowledge of the period.[citation needed]

## References

1. ["Britcher’s Scores 1790 – 1805 | Cricket Web"](https://www.cricketweb.net/books/britchers-scores-1790-1805/). *www.cricketweb.net*. Retrieved 2023-07-15.

1. ["One of the world’s rarest cricket books to be offered for sale in UK"](https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/sports/one-of-the-worlds-rarest-cricket-books-to-be-offered-for-sale-in-uk-501551). *The Tribune*. Retrieved 2023-07-14.

## Bibliography

- Samuel Britcher, *A list of all the principal Matches of Cricket that have been played* (1790 to 1805), annual series
- [David Rayvern Allen](/source/David_Rayvern_Allen), *Samuel Britcher, The Hidden Scorer*, 1982
- *Britcher's Scores 1790-1805*, 2002 reprint (ed. Christopher Saunders) with accompanying volume by David Rayvern Allen

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