1871 English cricket season
- 1871 English cricket season
The 1871 English cricket season saw the first-class debut of Derbyshire CCC.
Honours
*Champion County - Nottinghamshire
Events
Derbyshire CCC played its initial first-class match v. Lancashire at Old Trafford on 26 & 27 May and joined the County Championship.
Cambridgeshire CCC played only one match in the 1871 season and ceased to be a first-class county thereafter.
Leading batsmen
WG Grace was the leading runscorer with 2739 @ 78.25, a staggering feat on the pitches of the time. Richard Daft had the next highest average among batsmen playing 10 innings or more, with 37.66, less than half Grace's figure. Harry Jupp had the next highest runs aggregate, with 1068. Grace made ten hundreds that season, when no other player could manage more than one.
Leading bowlers
James Southerton was the leading wicket-taker with 151 @ 15.72
External sources
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/1871_ENG.html CricketArchive – season summaries]
Annual reviews
* "John Lillywhite's Cricketer's Companion" (Green Lilly), Lillywhite, 1872
* "James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual" (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1872
* Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1872
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