1845 English cricket season

The 1845 English cricket season saw the official foundation of Surrey CCC.

Contents

First-class matches

1845 match list

Events

Although several earlier county organisations had existed going back to 1709, the present Surrey CCC was formed at a meeting which took place at the new Kennington Oval during a match between two local teams on 21 & 22 August.

Leading batsmen

Fuller Pilch was the leading runscorer with 569 @ 21.07

Other leading batsmen were: W Dorrinton, T Box, N Felix, CG Taylor, T Sewell, T Barker, WR Hillyer

Leading bowlers

WR Hillyer was the leading wicket-taker with 174

Other leading bowlers were: J Dean, FW Lillywhite, W Clarke, A Mynn

External sources

Annual reviews