1864 English cricket season

1864 English cricket season
Cricket formats major, including inter-county

The 1864 English cricket season was an important year in cricket history, as it saw the legalisation of overarm bowling and the first edition of John Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanac.

Inter-county cricket

The first-class county teams in 1864 were Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, Kent, Middlesex, Notts, Surrey, Sussex and Yorkshire. The unofficial concept of a "champion county" took a new turn when periodicals began publishing tables of inter-county results, although there was still no formal or agreed method of deciding positions in the table. Haygarth usually refers to 'generally agreed' when announcing the Champion County.[1]

Table[2]
Team P W L D Pts[3]
1 Surrey 86026
2 Cambridgeshire 33003
Sussex 85213
4 Middlesex 43102
5 Nottinghamshire 7340-1
6 Yorkshire 7241-2
7 Hampshire 4040-4
8 Kent 7070-7

Events

Leading batsmen (qualification 10 innings)

1864 English season leading batsmen[8]
Name Team Matches Innings Not outs Runs Highest score Average 100s 50s
George Anderson Yorkshire 6 11 5 255 99 not out 42.50 0 1
Heathfield Stephenson Surrey
All England Eleven
15 25 4 824 119 39.23 2 3
Will Mortlock Surrey County Cricket Club 18 25 0 855 105 34.20 1 6
Tom Hayward senior Cambridgeshire 8 12 0 355 66 29.58 0 2
Bob Carpenter Cambridgeshire 8 11 1 270 52 27.00 0 1

Leading bowlers (qualification 800 balls)

1864 English season leading bowlers[9]
Name Team Balls bowled Runs conceded Wickets taken Average Best bowling 5 wickets
in innings
10 wickets
in match
George Tarrant Cambridgeshire 1610 590 67 8.80 7/30 8 4
James Grundy MCC
Nottinghamshire
3466 1109 99 11.31 9/19 10 2
William Maitland Oxford University 1117 521 48 11.84 8/48 4 2
Edward Walker Middlesex
Southgate
1054 519 42 12.35 9/63 4 2
Edgar Willsher Kent
All England Eleven
3486 1065 79 13.48 7/47 6 0

References

  1. First Class Cricket Matches 1864 - ACS - Nottingham
  2. Table of inter-county results according to Rowland Bowen: see CricInfo
  3. "wins minus losses", as used during the first few official County Championship seasons
  4. Wynne-Thomas, Peter; The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records; p. 93 ISBN 072701868X
  5. Nottingham v Sheffield in 1827
  6. Marylebone Cricket Club v Oxford University in 1864
  7. Scorecard of Surrey Club and Ground v South Wales Cricket Club.
  8. First Class Batting in England in 1864
  9. First Class Bowling in England in 1864

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