1839 English cricket season
- 1839 English cricket season
The 1839 English cricket season saw Sussex CCC founded as the first county cricket club.
Honours
*Champion County - Kent
First-class matches
[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/ENG/1839_f_Match_List.html 1839 match list]
Events
1 March. Formation of Sussex CCC out of the Sussex Cricket Fund organisation that had been set up in 1836.
Sussex CCC played its initial first-class match v. MCC at Lord’s on 10 & 11 June.
Leading batsmen
Ned Wenman was the leading runscorer with 332 @ 18.44
Other leading batsmen were: CG Taylor, F Pilch, J Cobbett, T Sewell, A Mynn, J Guy, GL Langdon
Leading bowlers
James Cobbett was the leading wicket-taker with 85
Other leading bowlers were: FW Lillywhite, J Bayley, E Sayres, A Mynn, WR Hillyer, GB Lee, S Redgate, J Dean, CG Taylor, JH Kirwan
External sources
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/1826_ENG.html CricketArchive – season summaries]
Annual reviews
* Arthur Haygarth, "Scores & Biographies, Volume 2 (1827-1840)", Lillywhite, 1862
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
1861 English cricket season — The 1861 English cricket season saw the creation of the match fund committee that would become Yorkshire CCC.Honours* Champion County not determined First class matches* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal Averages/ENG/1861… … Wikipedia
1836 English cricket season — The 1836 English cricket season saw the first real move towards setting up a county club. Although Sussex had been a major centre of cricket since the 17th century (at least), there had apparently been no move towards a permanent county… … Wikipedia
Overview of English cricket from 1816 to 1863 — This article presents an overview of English cricket from 1816 to 1863. For more detailed coverage of the period, see the series of season reviews in Category:English cricket seasons from 1816 to 1863. Although the article mentions some events in … Wikipedia
1801 to 1815 English cricket seasons — This article describes the 1801 to 1815 English cricket seasons which were badly hit by the Napoleonic War. Great Britain put enormous manpower and investment into the war effort and this meant that little of either was available for cricket.The… … Wikipedia
Cricket — A bowler bowling to a batsman. The paler strip is the cricket pitch. The two sets of three wooden stumps on the pitch are the wickets. The two … Wikipedia
English public school football games — During the early modern era students, former students and teachers at English public schools developed many unique codes of football. The most well known of these is Rugby football. British public school football also influenced directly the… … Wikipedia
Melbourne Cricket Ground — MCG redirects here. For other uses, see MCG (disambiguation). Melbourne Cricket Ground The MCG … Wikipedia
Yorkshire County Cricket Club — Infobox cricket team county = Yorkshire County Cricket Club oneday = Yorkshire Carnegie secondteam = Yorkshire Colts coach = Martyn Moxon captain = Darren Gough overseas = Rana Naved ul Hasan Morne Morkel (early 2008) founded = 1863 ground =… … Wikipedia
The University Match (cricket) — The University Match First contested June 4, 1827 Number of meetings 165 Most recent meeting July 5, 2011 All time series 58 54 54, Cambridge The University Match in a cricketing context is generally understood to refer to the annual fixture… … Wikipedia
History of cricket — The game of cricket has a known history spanning from the 16th century to the present day, with international matches played since 1844, although the official history of international Test cricket began in 1877. During this time, the game… … Wikipedia
