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| Previous Tournament: | 1881 English cricket season |
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| Next Tournament: | 1883 English cricket season |
1882 was the 96th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). England lost to Australia in the match which gave rise to the Ashes.
| County | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 1882 English season leading batsmen[2] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team(s) | Matches | Innings | Not outs | Runs | Highest score | Average | 100s | 50s | |
| Middlesex MCC Cambridge University England | 25 | 43 | 5 | 1249 | 126 not out | 41.13 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Kent England | 14 | 24 | 0 | 787 | 176 | 32.79 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Middlesex MCC England | 15 | 25 | 3 | 707 | 145 | 32.13 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Australians | 32 | 55 | 5 | 1582 | 286 not out | 31.64 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Middlesex | 16 | 28 | 6 | 660 | 108 not out | 30.00 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1882 English season leading bowlers[3] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team | Balls bowled | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Average | Best bowling | 5 wickets in innings | 10 wickets in match | |
| 3184 | 1127 | 112 | 10.06 | 7/72 | 10 | 2 | |||
| Lancashire | 1639 | 656 | 62 | 10.58 | 8/14 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 3576 | 1009 | 92 | 10.96 | 6/20 | 7 | 1 | |||
| 2929 | 1044 | 95 | 10.98 | 8/52 | 8 | 3 | |||
| 7449 | 2466 | 214 | 11.52 | 8/32 | 21 | 8 | |||
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
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R.I.P.
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N.B. - The body will be cremated and the
ashes taken to Australia.
Further details can be found in the articles History of Test cricket (to 1883) and The Ashes.