1948 English cricket season
- 1948 English cricket season
The 1948 English cricket season marked the final appearance in England of Don Bradman, who was shortly to retire. Bradman's team, which included Arthur Morris, a very young Neil Harvey, Ray Lindwall and Keith Miller, went through the tour without being beaten and became known to cricket's folklore as "The Invincibles".
The season was preceded by the first publication of "Playfair Cricket Annual" which has become a mainstay among cricket publications. Playfair is a pocket guide (though in its early years it had a larger page size) providing a mass of potted information about the sport, and is seen by many fans as an essential accessory to watching cricket in England.
Glamorgan won the County Championship for the first time in their history, under the dynamic captaincy of Wilf Wooller.
Honours
*County Championship - Glamorgan
*Minor Counties Championship - Lancashire II
*Wisden (Wisden Cricketers of the Year 1949 for their deeds in the 1948 season) - Lindsay Hassett, Bill Johnston, Ray Lindwall, Arthur Morris, Don Tallon
County Championship Table
Leading bowlers
External sources
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/1948_ENG.html CricketArchive – season summary]
Annual reviews
* Playfair Cricket Annual 1949
* Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1949
Further reading
* Bill Frindall, "The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978", Wisden, 1979
* Chris Harte, "A History of Australian Cricket", Andre Deutsch, 1993
* Ray Robinson, "On Top Down Under", Cassell, 1975
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