1868 English cricket season

1868 was the 82nd season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). It featured the first organised group of Australian sportspeople to travel overseas, being an all-Aboriginal cricket team.

Playing record (by county)

CountyPlayedWonLostTiedDrawn
Cambridgeshire21100
Kent85300
Lancashire51400
Middlesex84310
Nottinghamshire64200
Surrey125610
Sussex62400
Yorkshire74300

Owing to an exceptionally hot and dry summer, and the absence of the forthcoming revolution of the heavy roller,[1] 1868 was to be the last season in which every county match was finished outright. [2]

Leading batsmen (qualification 10 innings)

1868 English season leading batsmen[3]
Name Team Matches Innings Not outs Runs Highest score Average 100s 50s
W. G. GraceGentlemen
South of England
7112588134 not out65.3332
Isaac WalkerMCC
Middlesex
1324566116534.7813
James LillywhiteSussex13246631126 not out30.0414
Henry RichardsonCambridge University
Kent
Middlesex
1016143114328.7313
George SavileCambridge University
Yorkshire
711029410526.7212

Leading bowlers (qualification 800 balls)

1868 English season leading bowlers[4]
Name Team Balls bowled Runs conceded Wickets taken Average Best bowling 5 wickets
in innings
10 wickets
in match
Thomas HearneMCC
Middlesex
957279338.455/2010
Tom EmmettYorkshire1628528608.809/3451
George FreemanYorkshire1560454469.868/1162
Edgar WillsherKent399911281139.987/44126
George HowittMiddlesex
Nottinghamshire
22627347110.336/1762

Events

Notes

a Hampshire, though regarded until 1885 as first-class, played no inter-county matches between 1868 and 1869 or 1871 and 1874.

References

  1. Green, Benny; Wisden Anthology 1864–1900 p. 604 ISBN 0354085557
  2. Wynne-Thomas, Peter; The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records; p. 53 ISBN 072701868X
  3. First Class Batting in England in 1868
  4. First Class Bowling in England in 1868
  5. Wisden, John (editor); John Wisden’s Cricketers' Almanac; Eighth Edition (1871); pp. 148–149
  6. Rae, Simon W. G. Grace: A Life; p. 77. ISBN 978-0-571-17855-1.
  7. Gentlemen of Middlesex v The Clowns in 1868

Annual reviews

  • John Lillywhite's Cricketer's Companion (Green Lilly), Lillywhite, 1869
  • Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 10 (1867–1868), Lillywhite, 1869
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