1869 English cricket season

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The 1869 English cricket season saw the demise of the Cambridgeshire club. A team called Cambridgeshire played in two specially arranged matches, one in 1869 v. Yorkshire and one in 1871 v. Surrey. After that, Cambridgeshire ceased to be a first class team.

Contents 1 Honours 2 Events 3 Leading batsmen 4 Leading bowlers 5 References

[edit] Honours

• Champion County - Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire (shared title)

[edit] Events

[edit] Leading batsmen

WG Grace was the leading runscorer with 1320 @ 57.39

[edit] Leading bowlers

James Southerton was the leading wicket-taker with 136 @ 15.36

[edit] References

• Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
• A Social History of English Cricket by Derek Birley
• Scores & Biographies by Arthur Haygarth
• The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records by Peter Wynne-Thomas (PWT)
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)

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