1880 English cricket season
The 1880 English cricket season saw the second tour by a representative Australian side, who took part in the first Test Match to be played in England. County cricket was dominated by the Notts bowlers Alfred Shaw and Fred Morley.
Champion County[1]
Events
The Test, played at The Oval from 6 - 8 September, was won by England by 5 wickets. For fuller details see History of Test cricket (to 1883) and Australian cricket team in England in 1880.
Leading batsmen
Billy Barnes was the leading runscorer with 1220 @ 28.37. W.G. Grace had the best average of those playing in more than a single match, 39.62, though he narrowly missed reaching one thousand runs for the season.
Leading bowlers
Alfred Shaw was the leading wicket-taker with 186 @ 8.54 and his Notts colleague Fred Morley took 184 @ 12.26.
References
- ^ An unofficial seasonal title sometimes proclaimed by consensus of media and historians prior to December 1889 when the official County Championship was constituted. Although there are ante-dated claims prior to 1873, when residence qualifications were introduced, it is only since that ruling that any quasi-official status can be ascribed.
External sources
Annual reviews
- John Lillywhite's Cricketer's Companion (Green Lilly), Lillywhite, 1881
- James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1881
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1881
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