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1873 English cricket season

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1873 was the 87th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). In only their fourth season as a first-class team, Gloucestershire was proclaimed joint Champion County by the media and went on to claim the still unofficial title four times in five seasons (1873, 1874, 1876 and 1877).

Player qualification rules came into force, with players having to decide at the start of a season whether they would play for the county of their birth or the county of residence. Before this, it was quite common for a player to play for two counties during the course of a single season, with by far the best-known case being star slow bowler James Southerton who played for his birth county Sussex when they had a match on and otherwise for Surrey. It is only since the residence qualifications were introduced that any quasi-official status can be ascribed to the oft-claimed Champion County title.

Champion County

Gloucestershire, Nottinghamshire (shared)

Playing record (by county)

County	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn
Derbyshire	2	0	2	0
Gloucestershire	6	4	0	2
Kent	5	3	2	0
Lancashire	7	4	3	0
Middlesex	3	2	1	0
Nottinghamshire	7	5	1	1
Surrey	14	2	10	2
Sussex	10	2	6	2
Yorkshire	12	7	4	1

Leading batsmen (qualification 15 innings)

1873 English season leading batsmen	Name	Team	Matches	Innings	Not outs	Runs	Highest score	Average	100s
WG Grace	Gloucestershire
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)	20	32	7	1805	192 not out	72.20	6	8
Isaac Walker	Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
Middlesex	11	20	3	587	64	34.52	0	2
Fred Grace	Gloucestershire	15	22	3	593	165 not out	31.21	1	3
William Oscroft	Nottinghamshire	17	30	1	758	96	26.13	0	5
Harry Jupp	Surrey	24	45	3	1052	94	25.04	0	8

Leading bowlers (qualification 800 balls)

1873 English season leading bowlers	Name	Team	Balls bowled	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Average	Best bowling	5 wickets
in innings	10 wickets
in match
William McIntyre	Lancashire	1517	528	63	8.38	7/37	7	4
Alec Watson	Lancashire	1119	445	48	9.27	6/38	5	1
Arnold Rylott	Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)	1772	664	69	9.62	9/30	6	4
Fred Morley	Nottinghamshire	1235	375	35	10.71	6/62	3	1
John Maude	Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
Oxford University	844	255	23	11.08	6/14	2	0

Labels

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.

Includes the "County Cup" match at Lord's between Kent and Sussex

Includes a third Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire match organised privately by Nottinghamshire captain Richard Daft

Hampshire, though regarded until 1885 as first-class, played no inter-county matches between 1868 and 1869 or 1871 and 1874

Notes

References

Bibliography

Annual reviews

John Lillywhite's Cricketer's Companion (Green Lilly), Lillywhite, 1874
James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1874
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1874

References

"First-Class matches in England in 1772". CricketArchive.
Wisden. (1948). "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack". Sporting Handbooks Ltd.
Birley, Derek. (1999). "A Social History of English Cricket". Aurum.
Wynne-Thomas, Peter; ''The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records''; p. 53 {{ISBN. 072701868X
[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/ENG/1873_f_Batting_by_Average.html First Class Batting in England in 1873]
[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/ENG/1873_f_Bowling_by_Average.html First Class Bowling in England in 1873]

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