1852 English cricket season
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The 1852 English cricket season saw the introduction of a rival to the All-England Eleven
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[edit] Honours
- Champion County - Nottinghamshire and Sussex (shared title)
[edit] First-class matches
[edit] Events
The United All England Eleven was established as a rival to the AEE. J Dean and J Wisden were the main organisers and other players to represent the UEE in its early years included John Lillywhite, T Lockyer, J Grundy, F P Miller, W Mortlock and T Sherman.
27 July. John Sherman made his final first-class appearance for Manchester v. Sheffield at Hyde Park, Sheffield. His career had spanned 44 seasons from his debut at Lord’s on 20 Sept 1809 when he played for Beauclerk’s XI v. Ladbroke’s XI. His was the longest first-class career span, equalled only by WG Grace.
[edit] Leading batsmen
N Felix was the leading runscorer with 529 @ 18.24
Other leading batsmen were: W Nicholson, G Parr, J Guy, T Box, W Caffyn, J Dean, J Caesar, W Martingell
[edit] Leading bowlers
J Grundy was the leading wicket-taker 103
Other leading bowlers were: W Clarke, J Wisden, W Martingell, T Nixon, T Sherman, J Bickley, J Dean, A Mynn
[edit] References
- Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
- Scores & Biographies by Arthur Haygarth
- A Social History of English Cricket by Derek Birley
- Cricket: History of its Growth and Development by Rowland Bowen
- From the Weald to the World by Peter Wynne-Thomas (PWT)
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