1876 English cricket season
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The 1876 English cricket season saw WG Grace became the first player to score 2000 runs and take 100 wickets in a season: 2622 runs and 130 wickets in 26 matches.
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[edit] Honours
- Champion County - Gloucestershire
[edit] Events
14 January. Formation of Essex CCC at a meeting in the Shire Hall, Chelmsford. There had been previous county organisations in Essex going back to the 18th century, mainly around the famous Hornchurch club.
[edit] Leading batsmen
WG Grace was the leading runscorer with 2622 @ 62.42
[edit] Leading bowlers
Alfred Shaw was the leading wicket-taker with 191 @ 13.61
[edit] References
- Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
- A Social History of English Cricket by Derek Birley
- Scores & Biographies by Arthur Haygarth
- The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records by Peter Wynne-Thomas (PWT)
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)
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