1882 English cricket season

Cricket season review March 2015 May 2026 1881 1881 English cricket season 1883 1883 English cricket season The 1882 English cricket season was the 19th since the legalisation of overarm bowling. England lost to Australia in the match which gave rise to the Ashes.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 Lancashire, Nottinghamshire (shared) Playing record (by county) County Played Won Lost Drawn Derbyshire 6 1 5 0 Gloucestershire 11 3 6 2 Hampshire 4 2 2 0 Kent 9 2 6 1 Lancashire 16 12 1 3 Middlesex 11 5 5 1 Nottinghamshire 12 8 1 3 Somerset 5 1 4 0 Surrey 14 4 7 3 Sussex 12 3 8 1 Yorkshire 16 9 5 2 Wynne-Thomas, Peter; The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records; p. 54 072701868X Leading batsmen (qualification 20 innings) 1882 English season leading batsmenFirst Class Batting in England in 1882 Name Team(s) Matches Innings Not outs Runs Highest score Average 100s 50sCT Studd MiddlesexMarylebone Cricket Club (MCC)Cambridge UniversityEngland 25 43 5 1249 126 not out 41.13 4 2Lord Harris KentEngland 14 24 0 787 176 32.79 2 4Bunny Lucas MiddlesexMarylebone Cricket Club (MCC)England 15 25 3 707 145 32.13 2 3Billy Murdoch Australians 32 55 5 1582 286 not out 31.64 2 7Alexander Webbe Middlesex 16 28 6 660 108 not out 30.00 1 3 Leading bowlers (qualification 1,000 balls) 1882 English season leading bowlersFirst Class Bowling in England in 1882 Name Team Balls bowled Runs conceded Wickets taken Average Best bowling 5 wicketsin innings 10 wicketsin matchJohn Crossland Lancashire 3184 1127 112 10.06 7/72 10 2George Nash Lancashire 1639 656 62 10.58 8/14 4 2Dick Barlow LancashireEngland 3576 1009 92 10.96 6/20 7 1Tom Emmett Yorkshire 2929 1044 95 10.98 8/52 8 3Ted Peate YorkshireEngland 7449 2466 214 11.52 8/32 21 8 Events 8 April (approx.): Formation of Warwickshire County Cricket Club at a meeting in Coventry. 10 May: Formation of Durham County Cricket Club. Somerset County Cricket Club played its initial first-class match v. Lancashire at Old Trafford on 8, 9 & 10 June and joined the County Championship, but for only four seasons initially. 14 August: C.T. Studd became the second player after W.G. Grace to accomplish the "double" of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets, which he achieved by dismissing Grace.Gloucestershire v Middlesex in 1882 28 & 29 August. England v. Australia at The Oval (only Test of the season). Australia won the most famous match in history by 7 runs with F R Spofforth, the original "Demon Bowler", taking seven for 46 and seven for 44. Soon afterwards, The Sporting Times printed its legendary obituary notice: 250px|thumb|The death notice which first named the Ashes In Affectionate Remembrance of ENGLISH CRICKET, which died at the Oval on 29th AUGUST, 1882, Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances ---- R.I.P. ---- N.B.—The body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia. 25 September: Ted Peate breaks the late James Southerton’s 1870 record by taking his 211th wicket of the season. His record stands until Charles Turner takes his 215th wicket on 23 August 1888. Further details can be found in the articles History of Test cricket (to 1883) and The Ashes. Label 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, 1883 James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1883 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1883 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:1882 in English cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 19th century