| Previous Year: | 1879 |
| Previous Tournament: | 1879 English cricket season |
| Next Year: | 1881 |
| Next Tournament: | 1881 English cricket season |
1880 was the 94th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). The second tour by a representative Australian team was undertaken and they took part in the (retrospective) first Test match to be played in England. County cricket was dominated by the Nottinghamshire bowlers Alfred Shaw and Fred Morley.
| County | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 1880 English season leading batsmen[2] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team(s) | Matches | Innings | Not outs | Runs | Highest score | Average | 100s | 50s | |
| Gloucestershire England | 16 | 27 | 3 | 951 | 152 | 39.62 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Kent MCC England | 16 | 26 | 2 | 772 | 123 | 32.16 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Middlesex England | 14 | 24 | 1 | 708 | 142 | 30.78 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Cambridge University Kent | 21 | 38 | 5 | 1013 | 105 | 30.69 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Nottinghamshire MCC England | 28 | 47 | 4 | 1220 | 143 | 28.37 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 1880 English season leading bowlers[3] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team | Balls bowled | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Average | Best bowling | 5 wickets in innings | 10 wickets in match | |
| Nottinghamshire MCC England | 8532 | 1589 | 186 | 8.54 | 8/31 | 14 | 5 | ||
| 1045 | 301 | 32 | 9.40 | 7/23 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 1501 | 471 | 49 | 9.61 | 8/31 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 1162 | 394 | 39 | 10.10 | 7/43 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Lancashire | 2439 | 639 | 62 | 10.30 | 7/16 | 4 | 1 | ||
See also: History of Test cricket (to 1883) and Australian cricket team in England in 1880.