1882 English cricket season
The 1882 English cricket season is memorable for the match which gave rise to the Ashes.
Champion County[1]
Events
8 April (approx.). Formation of Warwickshire CCC at a meeting in Coventry.
10 May. Formation of Durham CCC.
Somerset CCC played its initial first-class match v. Lancashire at Old Trafford on 8, 9 & 10 June and joined the County Championship, but for only four seasons initially.
28 & 29 August. England v. Australia at The Oval (only Test of the season). Australia won the most famous match in history by 7 runs with F R Spofforth, the original Demon Bowler, taking 7-46 and 7-44. Soon afterwards, The Sporting Times printed its legendary obituary notice:
- In Affectionate Remembrance
- of
- ENGLISH CRICKET,
- which died at the Oval
- on
- 29th AUGUST, 1882,
- Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing
- friends and acquaintances
- ----
- R.I.P.
- ----
- N.B.—The body will be cremated and the
- ashes taken to Australia.
Further details can be found in the articles History of Test cricket (to 1883) and The Ashes.
Leading batsmen
Billy Murdoch was the leading runscorer with 1582 @ 31.64
Leading bowlers
Ted Peate was the leading wicket-taker with 214 @ 11.52
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, 1883
- James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1883
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1883
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