1840 English cricket season

The 1840 English cricket season saw William Lillywhite regain his place as leading wicket taker

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

First-class matches

Events

Leading batsmen

C Hawkins was the leading runscorer with 274 @ 14.42 Other leading batsmen were: J Guy, F Pilch, T Box, CG Taylor, FP Fenner, J Cobbett, S Redgate

Leading bowlers

William Lillywhite was the leading wicket-taker with 83 Other leading bowlers were: J Cobbett, S Redgate, WR Hillyer, A Mynn, J Dean, W Clarke, JH Kirwan, CG Taylor

External sources

CricketArchive – season summaries

Annual reviews

Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 2 (1827–1840), Lillywhite, 1862

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