1874 English cricket season explained
| Previous Year: | 1873 |
| Previous Tournament: | 1873 English cricket season |
| Next Year: | 1875 |
| Next Tournament: | 1875 English cricket season |
1874 was the 88th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). W. G. Grace become the first player to perform the “double” in an English season. In 21 first-class matches, he scored 1,664 runs and took 140 wickets.
Champion County
Playing record (by county)
[1]
| County | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
|---|
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| |
Leading batsmen (qualification 15 innings)
| 1874 English season leading batsmen[2] |
|---|
| Name | Team | Matches | Innings | Not outs | Runs | Highest score | Average | 100s | 50s |
|---|
| Gloucestershire
MCC | 21 | 32 | 0 | 1664 | 179 | 52.00 | 8 | 2 |
| Surrey | 21 | 37 | 2 | 1275 | 154 | 36.42 | 3 | 7 |
| Lancashire
MCC | 8 | 15 | 2 | 365 | 72 | 28.07 | 0 | 3 |
| Sussex | 16 | 30 | 5 | 701 | 100 | 28.04 | 1 | 2 |
| | 18 | 27 | 4 | 645 | 103 | 28.04 | 1 | 2 | |
Leading bowlers (qualification 800 balls)
| 1874 English season leading bowlers[3] |
|---|
| Name | Team | Balls bowled | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Average | Best bowling | 5 wickets
in innings | 10 wickets
in match |
|---|
| Oxford University
Gloucestershire | 1351 | 395 | 35 | 11.28 | 6/27 | 4 | 1 |
| | 1002 | 408 | 36 | 11.33 | 6/18 | 3 | 0 |
| | 3075 | 1156 | 105 | 11.44 | 8/48 | 10 | 5 |
| | 3790 | 1243 | 107 | 11.61 | 6/21 | 10 | 2 |
| | 4857 | 1576 | 128 | 12.31 | 8/70 | 13 | 4 | |
Notes
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.
Some sources give Derbyshire and though this was once accepted in some publications, including Wisden on the basis of the "least matches lost" principle, it has been superseded.
Hampshire, though regarded until 1885 as first-class, played no inter-county matches between 1868 and 1869 or 1871 and 1874.Annual reviews
- John Lillywhite’s Cricketer's Companion (Green Lilly), Lillywhite, 1875
- James Lillywhite’s Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1875
- John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack 1875
External links
Notes and References
- Wynne-Thomas, Peter; The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records; p. 53
- http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/ENG/1874_f_Batting_by_Average.html First Class Batting in England in 1874
- http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/ENG/1874_f_Bowling_by_Average.html First Class Bowling in England in 1874
