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1885 English cricket season

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1885 was the 99th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). It was the third in succession in which Nottinghamshire was proclaimed the champion county.

Champion County

Nottinghamshire

Playing record (by county)

County	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn
Derbyshire	9	3	4	2
Gloucestershire	14	6	7	1
Hampshire	10	2	8	0
Kent	11	6	3	2
Lancashire	11	6	3	2
Middlesex	10	2	7	1
Nottinghamshire	12	6	1	5
Somerset	6	1	5	0
Surrey	20	12	4	4
Sussex	14	3	9	2
Yorkshire	16	7	2	7

Leading batsmen (qualification 20 innings)

1885 English season	Name	Team	Matches	Innings	Not outs	Runs	Highest score	Average	100s
Arthur Shrewsbury	Nottinghamshire	16	24	4	1130	224 not out	56.50	4	3
Walter Read	Surrey	27	42	0	1880	163	44.76	6	9
WG Grace	Gloucestershire	25	42	3	1688	221 not out	43.28	4	10
William Gunn	Nottinghamshire
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)	27	43	3	1451	203	36.27	1	9
Maurice Read	Surrey	24	35	2	1137	186 not out	34.45	1	6

Leading bowlers (qualification 1,000 balls)

1885 English season	Name	Team	Balls bowled	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Average	Best bowling	5 wickets
in innings	10 wickets
in match
Johnny Briggs	Lancashire	2596	921	67	13.74	9/29	8	2
William Attewell	Nottinghamshire
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)	5204	1218	87	14.00	6/27	6	1
George Lohmann	Surrey	5069	2037	142	14.34	8/18	9	3
Alec Hearne	Kent	2574	928	64	14.50	8/35	4	1
William Roller	Surrey	1666	537	37	14.51	5/34	1	0

Notable events

1 June – Kent captain Lord Harris writes a letter to Lancashire concerning the "unfair" bowling of Nash and Crossland and decides not to play Lancashire unless they refrain from employing those two bowlers – the refusal is maintained even when the pair drop out.
On 17 July, Johnny Briggs and Dick Pilling playing for Lancashire against Surrey set a record stand for the tenth wicket of 173, which stands until 1899.

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.

The return match between Kent and Lancashire was cancelled because Lord Harris objected to the bowling of two Lancashire players

Notes

References

Bibliography

Annual reviews

James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1887
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1887

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. 54 {{ISBN. 072701868X
[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/ENG/1885_f_Batting_by_Average.html First Class Batting in England in 1885]
[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/ENG/1885_f_Bowling_by_Average.html First Class Bowling in England in 1885]
Green, Benney; ''Wisden Anthology 1864-1900''; pp. 333-338; {{ISBN. 978-0-354-08555-7
Webber, Roy; ''The Playfair Book of Cricket Records''; p. 127. Published 1951 by Playfair Books.

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