1875 English cricket season

Cricket season review March 2015 May 2026 1874 1874 English cricket season 1876 1876 English cricket season The 1875 English cricket season was the 12th since the legalisation of overarm bowling. 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"The Memorial Biography of Dr. W.G. Grace" before the heavy roller made for regular bounce there.note status Some eleven-a-side matches played from 1772 to 1863 have been rated "first-class" by certain sources.https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/ENG/1772_f_Match_List.html First-Class matches in England in 1772 CricketArchive 29 November 2025 subscription However, the term only came into common use around 1864, when overarm bowling was legalised. It was formally defined as a standard by a meeting at Lord's, in May 1894, of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the county clubs which were then competing in the County Championship. The ruling was effective from the beginning of the 1895 season, but pre-1895 matches of the same standard have no official definition of status because the ruling is not retrospective.Wisden Preston Hubert Hubert Preston Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 85th Sporting Handbooks Ltd London 1948 813 851705816 Matches of a similar standard since the beginning of the 1864 season are generally considered to have an unofficial first-class status.ACS 1982 4–5 Pre-1864 matches which are included in the ACS' "Important Match Guide" may generally be regarded as top-class or, at least, historically significant.ACS 1981 1–40 For further information, see First-class cricket. Champion County unofficial a a 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 Wynne-Thomas, Peter; The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records; p. 53 072701868X Leading batsmen (qualification 20 innings) 1875 English season leading batsmenFirst Class Batting in England in 1875 Name Team Matches Innings Not outs Runs Highest score Average 100s 50sLord Harris KentMarylebone Cricket Club (MCC) 13 22 3 682 92 35.89 0 5W. G. Grace GloucestershireMarylebone Cricket Club (MCC) 26 48 2 1498 152 32.56 3 5A. N. Hornby LancashireMarylebone Cricket Club (MCC) 13 22 1 646 78 not out 30.76 0 4Fred Grace Gloucestershire 22 39 4 978 180 not out 27.94 3 2Ephraim Lockwood Yorkshire 22 39 4 968 74 27.65 0 5 Leading bowlers (qualification 800 balls) 1875 English season leading bowlersFirst Class Bowling in England in 1875 Name Team Balls bowled Runs conceded Wickets taken Average Best bowling 5 wicketsin innings 10 wicketsin matchWilliam Mycroft Derbyshire 2284 664 90 7.37 9/80 13 6Alfred Shaw NottinghamshireMarylebone Cricket Club (MCC) 7021 1495 160 9.34 8/25 16 5Alec Watson Lancashire 893 331 28 11.82 5/57 1 0William Clarke Nottinghamshire 919 281 23 12.21 5/19 3 0WG Grace GloucestershireMarylebone 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 unofficial a aAn 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 note References Bibliography ACS Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709–1863 1981 ACS Nottingham https://archive.acscricket.com/online_library/match_guides/bi_imp_match_guide/index.html 85045528 ACS 1982 A Guide to First-class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles ACS Nottingham https://archive.acscricket.com/online_library/match_guides/bi_match_guide/index.html 10586869 Warner Pelham Pelham Warner Lords: 1787–1945 1946 Harrap London 877106024 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 Further reading Altham H. S. Harry Altham E. W. Swanton E. W. Swanton A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914) 5th 1962 George Allen & Unwin London 894274808 Birley Derek Derek Birley A Social History of English Cricket 1999 Aurum Press London 978-18-54107-10-7 https://archive.org/details/socialhistoryofe0000birl_d1n5 Internet Archive Bowen Rowland Rowland Bowen Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development 1970 Eyre & Spottiswoode London 978-04-13278-60-9 Major John John Major More Than A Game 2007 HarperCollins London 978-00-07183-64-7 https://archive.org/details/morethangamestor0000majo_b8t0 Internet Archive Category:1875 in English cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 19th century