The 1783 English cricket season was the 12th in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status. The scorecards of four first-class matches have survived.

Matches

Four first-class match scorecards survive from 1783, including two matches between Kent XIs and Hampshire XIs.^[1][2] One of these matches, played in July at Windmill Down, is the first first-class match known to have finished as a tie.^[3]

Other events

A portrait of Edward "Lumpy" Stevens was probably executed this year. The picture is at Knole House, seat of the Duke of Dorset in Sevenoaks.^{[citation needed]}

First mentions

• Stephen Amherst
• Couchman (Kent)
• James Wells