1876 English cricket season
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1876 English cricket season saw WG Grace became the first player to score 2000 runs and take 100 wickets in a season: 2622 runs and 130 wickets in 26 matches.
Contents |
[edit] Honours
- Champion County - Gloucestershire
[edit] Events
14 January. Formation of Essex CCC at a meeting in the Shire Hall, Chelmsford. There had been previous county organisations in Essex going back to the 18th century, mainly around the famous Hornchurch club.
[edit] Leading batsmen
WG Grace was the leading runscorer with 2622 @ 62.42
[edit] Leading bowlers
Alfred Shaw was the leading wicket-taker with 191 @ 13.61
[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)
| English cricket seasons: 1864 to 1889 |
|
1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 |
|
to 1815 • 1816-1863 • 1864-1889 • 1890-1918 • 1919-1945 • 1946-1968 • 1969-2000 • from 2001 |
