1849 English cricket season

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The 1849 English cricket season saw the first-ever Roses Match.

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[edit] Honours

  • Champion County - Kent

[edit] First-class matches

[edit] Events

23, 24 & 25 July. Yorkshire v Lancashire at Hyde Park Ground, Sheffield was the first match to involve a Lancashire county team and also, therefore, the first Roses match. Yorkshire won by 5 wickets.

[edit] Leading batsmen

George Parr was the leading runscorer with 529 @ 31.11

Other leading batsmen were: N Felix, T Box, J Dean, A Mynn, W Nicholson, F Pilch, RT King, TM Adams, WR Hillyer, W Martingell

[edit] Leading bowlers

WR Hillyer was the leading wicket-taker with 141

Other leading bowlers were: J Wisden, W Clarke, FW Lillywhite, J Dean, E Hinkly, EW Blore, W Martingell

[edit] External sources

[edit] Annual reviews

  • Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 4 (1849-1854), Lillywhite, 1862