1877 was the 91st season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
Champion County
editPlaying record (by county)
edit| County | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derbyshire | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Gloucestershire | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Hampshire | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Kent | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Lancashire | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Middlesex | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Nottinghamshire | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Surrey | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Sussex | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Yorkshire | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
Leading batsmen (qualification 20 innings)
edit| 1877 English season leading batsmen[2] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team | Matches | Innings | Not outs | Runs | Highest score | Average | 100s | 50s |
| W. G. Grace | Gloucestershire MCC |
24 | 40 | 3 | 1477 | 261 | 39.83 | 2 | 9 |
| Bunny Lucas | Cambridge University Surrey |
17 | 28 | 4 | 832 | 115 | 34.66 | 2 | 4 |
| Frank Penn | Kent MCC |
19 | 33 | 3 | 930 | 148 not out | 31.00 | 2 | 3 |
| A. N. Hornby | Lancashire MCC |
18 | 29 | 3 | 787 | 144 | 30.26 | 2 | 3 |
| Isaac Walker | Middlesex MCC |
17 | 29 | 2 | 788 | 95 | 29.18 | 0 | 5 |
Leading bowlers (qualification 1,000 balls)
edit| 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 |
| William McIntyre | Lancashire | 2796 | 949 | 85 | 11.16 | 8/31 | 11 | 3 |
| Robert Miles | Gloucestershire | 1054 | 258 | 23 | 11.21 | 5/88 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Armitage | Yorkshire | 1424 | 490 | 42 | 11.66 | 7/58 | 6 | 1 |
| George Gibbons Hearne | Kent MCC |
3596 | 1281 | 108 | 11.86 | 8/78 | 11 | 5 |
| William Mycroft | Derbyshire MCC |
5496 | 1927 | 157 | 12.27 | 8/47 | 19 | 5 |
Events
edit15 - 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.
Notes
edita 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.
References
edit- ^ Wynne-Thomas, Peter; The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records; p. 53 ISBN 072701868X
- ^ First Class Batting in England in 1877
- ^ First Class Bowling in England in 1877
Annual reviews
edit- John Lillywhite’s Cricketer’s Companion (Green Lilly), Lillywhite, 1878
- James Lillywhite’s Cricketers’ Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1878
- John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack 1878