1870 English cricket season

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The 1870 English cricket season saw the first-class debut of WG Grace's Gloucestershire CCC.

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[edit] Honours

[edit] Events

Gloucestershire CCC played its initial first-class match v. Surrey at Durdham Downs, near Bristol, on 2, 3 & 4 June. Gloucestershire joined the County Championship.

4 November. Formation of Derbyshire CCC at a meeting in the Guildhall, Derby.

[edit] Leading batsmen

WG Grace was the leading runscorer with 1808 @ 54.78

[edit] Leading bowlers

JC Shaw was the leading wicket-taker with 96 @ 10.31

[edit] External sources

[edit] Annual reviews

  • John Lillywhite's Cricketer's Companion (Green Lilly), Lillywhite, 1871
  • Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 11 (1869-1870), Lillywhite, 1871


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