The 1794 English cricket season was the 23rd in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status and the eighth after the foundation of the Marylebone Cricket Club. The season saw 16 top-class matches played in the country.
A total of 16 top-class matches were played during the season.[1][2][3] These included matches played by teams from Kent, Middlesex and Surrey as well as Oldfield Cricket Club from Berkshire which played in five first-class matches, four of them against MCC.[2][3]
Cricket is first known to have been played in Shropshire in 1794. A number of players made first-class debuts, including: