1856 English cricket season

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The 1856 English cricket season saw the first of four successive title wins by a Surrey side that featured William Caffyn, Tom Lockyer, Edgar Willsher, HH Stephenson and Julius Caesar

Contents 1 Honours 2 First-class matches 3 Events 4 Leading batsmen 5 Leading bowlers 6 External sources 7 Annual reviews

[edit] Honours

• Champion County - Surrey

[edit] First-class matches

• 1856 match list

[edit] Events

[edit] Leading batsmen

John Lillywhite was the leading runscorer with 620 @ 24.80

Other leading batsmen were: J Wisden, J Caesar, E Napper, WS Norton, J Grundy, ET Drake, J Dean, W Caffyn, J Makinson, W Nicholson

[edit] Leading bowlers

John Wisden was the leading wicket-taker with 73

Other leading bowlers were: E Willsher, J Dean, W Martingell, E Hinkly, WSTW Fiennes, CDB Marsham, J Grundy, J Lillywhite

[edit] External sources

• CricketArchive – season summaries

[edit] Annual reviews

• Fred Lillywhite, The Guide to Cricketers, Lillywhite, 1857
• Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 5 (1855-1857), Lillywhite, 1862

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