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.
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[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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