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1875 English cricket season

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1875 was the 89th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Nottinghamshire regained its place as the unofficial "Champion County". It was in many ways the last season before pitches began to improve and produce much heavier scoring: it was definitely the last season where "dead shooters" were frequently seen at Lord's before the heavy roller made for regular bounce there.

Champion County

Nottinghamshire

Playing record (by county)

County	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn
Derbyshire	6	2	3	1
Gloucestershire	8	3	4	1
Hampshire	4	1	3	0
Kent	8	2	6	0
Lancashire	6	4	1	1
Middlesex	6	0	4	2
Nottinghamshire	10	6	1	3
Surrey	10	3	5	2
Sussex	8	5	2	1
Yorkshire	10	6	3	1

Leading batsmen (qualification 20 innings)

1875 English season leading batsmen	Name	Team	Matches	Innings	Not outs	Runs	Highest score	Average	100s
Lord Harris	Kent
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)	13	22	3	682	92	35.89	0	5
W. G. Grace	Gloucestershire
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)	26	48	2	1498	152	32.56	3	5
A. N. Hornby	Lancashire
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)	13	22	1	646	78 not out	30.76	0	4
Fred Grace	Gloucestershire	22	39	4	978	180 not out	27.94	3	2
Ephraim Lockwood	Yorkshire	22	39	4	968	74	27.65	0	5

Leading bowlers (qualification 800 balls)

1875 English season leading bowlers	Name	Team	Balls bowled	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Average	Best bowling	5 wickets
in innings	10 wickets
in match
William Mycroft	Derbyshire	2284	664	90	7.37	9/80	13	6
Alfred Shaw	Nottinghamshire
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)	7021	1495	160	9.34	8/25	16	5
Alec Watson	Lancashire	893	331	28	11.82	5/57	1	0
William Clarke	Nottinghamshire	919	281	23	12.21	5/19	3	0
WG Grace	Gloucestershire
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)	6765	2473	191	12.94	9/48	22	8

Events

Hampshire County Cricket Club returned to first-class county cricket after four seasons absence.
18 August: formation of Somerset County Cricket Club by a team of amateurs at a meeting in Sidmouth, Devonshire, immediately after a match against a local team.

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.

Notes

References

Bibliography

Annual reviews

John Lillywhite's Cricketer's Companion (Green Lilly), Lillywhite, 1876
James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1876
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1876

References

[https://archive.org/stream/memorialbiograph00maryuoft/memorialbiograph00maryuoft_djvu.txt "The Memorial Biography of Dr. W.G. Grace"]
"First-Class matches in England in 1772". CricketArchive.
Wisden. (1948). "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack". Sporting Handbooks Ltd.
Wynne-Thomas, Peter; ''The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records''; p. 53 {{ISBN. 072701868X
[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/ENG/1875_f_Batting_by_Average.html First Class Batting in England in 1875]
[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/ENG/1875_f_Bowling_by_Average.html First Class Bowling in England in 1875]

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