Jump to content

1861 English cricket season

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by BlackJack (talk | contribs) at 20:06, 3 November 2016 (removed non-standard infobox; adds no value). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

The 1861 English cricket season saw the creation of the match fund committee that would become Yorkshire CCC.

First-class matches

Events

7 March. A Match Fund Committee to run Yorkshire county matches was established in Sheffield, which had been the home of Yorkshire cricket for nearly 100 years. It was from this fund that Yorkshire CCC was founded two years later: an exact parallel with the formation of Sussex CCC from a similar fund (1836-1839).

HH Stephenson captained the first English team to tour Australia. No first class matches were played.

Leading batsmen

Robert Carpenter was the leading runscorer with 883 @ 30.44

Leading bowlers

Edgar Willsher was the leading wicket-taker with 87 @ 11.65

References

Annual reviews

Stub icon

This article about an English cricket season is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1861_English_cricket_season&oldid=747685847"