In 1852, several players set up the United All England Eleven as a rival to the AEE and from 1857 to 1866 the annual match between these two teams was perhaps the most important contest of the English season-certainly judged by the quality of the players.
In 1852, several players set up the United All England Eleven as a rival to the AEE. Clarke would have nothing to do with the UAEE, but he died in 1856, and from 1857 to 1866 the annual match between these two teams was perhaps the most important contest of the English season-certainly judged by the quality of the players.