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1877 English cricket season
Cricket season review
Cricket season review
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| previous_year | 1876 |
| previous_tournament | 1876 English cricket season |
| next_year | 1878 |
| next_tournament | 1878 English cricket season |
1877 was the 91st season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
Champion County
- Gloucestershire
Playing record (by county)
| County | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derbyshire | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Gloucestershire | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Hampshire | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Kent | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Lancashire | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Middlesex | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Nottinghamshire | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Surrey | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Sussex | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Yorkshire | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
Leading batsmen (qualification 20 innings)
| 1877 English season leading batsmen | Name | Team | Matches | Innings | Not outs | Runs | Highest score | Average | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. G. Grace | Gloucestershire | |||||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) | 24 | 40 | 3 | 1477 | 261 | 39.83 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Bunny Lucas | Cambridge University | |||||||||
| Surrey | 17 | 28 | 4 | 832 | 115 | 34.66 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Frank Penn | Kent | |||||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) | 19 | 33 | 3 | 930 | 148 not out | 31.00 | 2 | 3 | ||
| A. N. Hornby | Lancashire | |||||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) | 18 | 29 | 3 | 787 | 144 | 30.26 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Isaac Walker | Middlesex | |||||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) | 17 | 29 | 2 | 788 | 95 | 29.18 | 0 | 5 |
Leading bowlers (qualification 1,000 balls)
| 1877 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 | 2796 | 949 | 85 | 11.16 | 8/31 | 11 | 3 | |
| Robert Miles | Gloucestershire | 1054 | 258 | 23 | 11.21 | 5/88 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tom Armitage | Yorkshire | 1424 | 490 | 42 | 11.66 | 7/58 | 6 | 1 | |
| George Gibbons Hearne | Kent | ||||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) | 3596 | 1281 | 108 | 11.86 | 8/78 | 11 | 5 | ||
| William Mycroft | Derbyshire | ||||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) | 5496 | 1927 | 157 | 12.27 | 8/47 | 19 | 5 |
Events
15 - 19 March. Australia v. England at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Afterwards recognised as the first-ever Test Match. Australia won by 45 runs with Charles Bannerman scoring 165*: the first Test century. William Midwinter, with 5–78 in England's first innings, was the first bowler to take five wickets in a Test innings.
31 March - 4 April. Australia v. England: Second Test, also at MCG. England won by 4 wickets.
27 July - 28 July. Gloucestershire beats an "unrepresentative" (Wisden) England team by five wickets. Since 1877 only Yorkshire in 1905 and 1935 has equalled this feat.
10 & 12 November. South Australia v. Tasmania at Adelaide was the earliest first class match played by South Australia. They won by an innings and 13 runs, their team including George Giffen.
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, 1878
- James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1878
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1878
References
- "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/1877_f_Batting_by_Average.html First Class Batting in England in 1877]
- [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/ENG/1877_f_Bowling_by_Average.html First Class Bowling in England in 1877]
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