1826 English cricket season

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In the 1826 English cricket season, Sussex was widely acclaimed as the “Champion County” although no formal league structure existed. It was the earliest known instance of a county championship being proposed. A situation similar to boxing developed in that another contender could challenge the champion.

1 Honours
2 First-class matches
3 Events
4 Leading batsmen
5 Leading bowlers
6 References

[edit] Honours

Champion County - Sussex

[edit] First-class matches

1826 match list

[edit] Events

A significant event that would in time accelerate the spread of cricket throughout England was the passage of an Act of Parliament on Friday 5 May that authorised creation of the Liverpool to Manchester Railway and effectively began the “railway boom”.

The Lord’s pavilion had been rebuilt in time for MCC’s annual dinner on Thurs 11 May.

Arthur Haygarth closed his Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 at the end of the 1826 season.

[edit] Leading batsmen

Tom Marsden was the leading runscorer with 227 runs @ 227.00. He played just the one innings for Sheffield and Leicester v Nottingham at the Darnall New Ground in Sheffield on 24, 25 and 26 July 1826. A report said that Marsden batted over eight hours, approximately 4½ hours on the 25th and 3½ hours on the 26th.