1865 English cricket season

1865 English cricket season
Cricket formats major, including inter-county

The 1865 English cricket season saw the first-class debuts of WG Grace and Lancashire CCC, who were both to play very important roles in the development of the game for the remainder of the century. It also saw the first four-figure first-class batting aggregate, and the first multiple ten-wicket innings in one season.

Events

Playing record (by county)[8]

County Played Won Lost Drawn
Cambridgeshire 3 1 1 1
Hampshire 3 1 2 0
Kent 7 2 3 2
Lancashire 2 1 1 0
Middlesex 5 3 1 1
Nottinghamshire 7 6 1 0
Surrey 12 7 3 2
Sussex 7 1 4 2
Yorkshire 8 0 6 2

Leading batsmen (qualification 10 innings)

1865 English season leading batsmen[9]
Name Team Matches Innings Not outs Runs Highest score Average 100s 50s
William Oscroft Nottinghamshire 9 13 1 518 107 43.16 1 4
Richard Mitchell Oxford University 7 11 1 390 80 39.00 0 3
Lord Cobham MCC
Southgate
7 11 0 418 129 38.00 1 2
Richard Daft Nottinghamshire
All England Eleven
7 12 1 359 78 32.63 0 4
George Parr Nottinghamshire
All England Eleven
8 11 0 353 78 32.09 0 3

Leading bowlers (qualification 800 balls)

1865 English season leading bowlers[10]
Name Team Balls bowled Runs conceded Wickets taken Average Best bowling 5 wickets
in innings
10 wickets
in match
Jem Shaw Nottinghamshire 1495 476 44 10.81 8/32 3 2
John Jackson Nottinghamshire
All England Eleven
1105 340 29 11.72 7/25 3 0
George Wootton MCC
Nottinghamshire
All England Eleven
2527 977 84 11.91 10/54 8 5
Thomas Hearne MCC
Middlesex
1072 370 30 12.33 5/31 3 1
James Lillywhite Sussex 3959 1147 87 13.18 7/30 8 2

References

  1. Wynne-Thomas, Peter; The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records; p. 182 ISBN 072701868X
  2. Green, Benny; Wisden Anthology 1864-1900 p. 604 ISBN 0354085557
  3. Webber, Roy; The Playfair Book of Cricket Records; p. 18. Published 1951 by Playfair Books
  4. 4.0 4.1 Webber, Roy; The Playfair Book of Cricket Records; p. 148
  5. Lancashire v Middlesex in 1865
  6. Surrey v Hampshire in 1865
  7. First-Class Bowling by Wickets in 1865
  8. Wynne-Thomas; The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records; p. 53
  9. First Class Batting in England in 1865
  10. First Class Bowling in England in 1865

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