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| Previous Tournament: | 1876 English cricket season |
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| Next Tournament: | 1878 English cricket season |
1877 was the 91st season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
| County | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 1877 English season leading batsmen[2] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team | Matches | Innings | Not outs | Runs | Highest score | Average | 100s | 50s | |
| Gloucestershire MCC | 24 | 40 | 3 | 1477 | 261 | 39.83 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Cambridge University Surrey | 17 | 28 | 4 | 832 | 115 | 34.66 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Kent MCC | 19 | 33 | 3 | 930 | 148 not out | 31.00 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Lancashire MCC | 18 | 29 | 3 | 787 | 144 | 30.26 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 17 | 29 | 2 | 788 | 95 | 29.18 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 1877 English season leading bowlers[3] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team | Balls bowled | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Average | Best bowling | 5 wickets in innings | 10 wickets in match | |
| 2796 | 949 | 85 | 11.16 | 8/31 | 11 | 3 | |||
| 1054 | 258 | 23 | 11.21 | 5/88 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1424 | 490 | 42 | 11.66 | 7/58 | 6 | 1 | |||
| 3596 | 1281 | 108 | 11.86 | 8/78 | 11 | 5 | |||
| 5496 | 1927 | 157 | 12.27 | 8/47 | 19 | 5 | |||
15 - 19 March. Australia v. England at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Afterwards recognised as the first-ever Test Match. Australia won by 45 runs with Charles Bannerman scoring 165*: the first Test century. William Midwinter, with 5–78 in England's first innings, was the first bowler to take five wickets in a Test innings.
31 March - 4 April. Australia v. England: Second Test, also at MCG. England won by 4 wickets.
27 July - 28 July. Gloucestershire beats an "unrepresentative" (Wisden) England team by five wickets. Since 1877 only Yorkshire in 1905 and 1935 has equalled this feat.
10 & 12 November. South Australia v. Tasmania at Adelaide was the earliest first class match played by South Australia. They won by an innings and 13 runs, their team including George Giffen.