# Samuel Colchin

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**Samuel Colchin** ([fl.](/source/Fl.) 1747 – 1779) was an English [cricketer](/source/Cricket) who played in the 1770s.

A nephew of [Robert Colchin](/source/Robert_Colchin),[1] a noted [single wicket cricketer](/source/Single_wicket_cricket) of the first half of the 18th century,[2] he played in a total of 10 important matches,[3] four of which were for [Kent](/source/Kent_county_cricket_team_(pre-1843)), all as a [given man](/source/Given_man)[a] against [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire_county_cricket_team_(pre-1864)). He played five matches for England (i.e., the "rest" of England), and one top-level appearance for [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire_county_cricket_team_(pre-1864)).[1]

Colchin was christened at [Bromley](/source/Bromley) in [Kent](/source/Kent) in June 1747.[1] He is last mentioned in June 1779 playing in a five-a-side single wicket match at the [Artillery Ground](/source/Artillery_Ground) for [John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset](/source/John_Sackville,_3rd_Duke_of_Dorset)'s team against [Sir Horatio Mann](/source/Sir_Horatio_Mann)'s team.[4]

## Notes

1. A given man was a player who would not usually play for a team and was generally not qualified by either birth or residence to do so. They were either recruited to play for it or "given" by the opposition, to produce a more balanced contest and, in some cases, to attract a bigger crowd.[5]

## References

1. [Samuel Colchin](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/79/79324/79324.html), CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2022. (subscription required)

1. Ashley-Cooper, F. S. (26 April 1900). ["At the Sign of the Wicket"](https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1900/89/). *Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game*. **XIX** (535): 83–85. London: Merritt & Hatcher Ltd. – via ACS.

1. [Samuel Colchin](https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/samuel-colchin-532860), [ESPNcricinfo](/source/ESPNcricinfo). Retrieved 12 January 2023.

1. [G. B. Buckley](/source/G._B._Buckley) (1935) *Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket*, p. 87. Birmingham: Cotterell & Co. ISBN 978-19-00592-48-2

1. Moore, Dudley (1988). *The History of Kent County Cricket Club*, p. 21. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 0-7470-2209-7

## Bibliography

- Carlaw, Derek (2020). [*Kent County Cricketers, A to Z: Part One (1806–1914)*](https://archive.acscricket.com/books/Kent_Cricketers_A_to_Z_Part_One_Revised_Expanded.pdf). Cardiff: [ACS](/source/Association_of_Cricket_Statisticians_and_Historians)
- Lewis, Paul (2014). *For Kent and Country*. Eastbourne: Reveille Press. ISBN 978-19-08336-63-7.

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