1880 English cricket season
- 1880 English cricket season
The 1880 English cricket season saw the second tour by a representative Australian side, who took part in the first Test Match to be played in England. County cricket was dominated by the Notts bowlers Alfred Shaw and Fred Morley.
Honours
* Champion County - Nottinghamshire
Events
The Test, played at The Oval from 6 - 8 September, was won by England by 5 wickets. For fuller details see History of Test cricket (to 1883) and Australian cricket team in England in 1880.
Leading batsmen
Billy Barnes was the leading runscorer with 1220 @ 28.37. W.G. Grace had the best average of those playing in more than a single match, 39.62, though he narrowly missed reaching one thousand runs for the season.
Leading bowlers
Alfred Shaw was the leading wicket-taker with 186 @ 8.54 and his Notts colleague Fred Morley took 184 @ 12.26.
External sources
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/1880_ENG.html CricketArchive – season summaries]
Annual reviews
* "John Lillywhite's Cricketer's Companion" (Green Lilly), Lillywhite, 1881
* "James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual" (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1881
* Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1881
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