1826 English cricket season
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Honours
- Most runs – Tom MarsdenTom MarsdenThomas Marsden was a famous English cricketer whose career spanned the 1826 to 1841 seasons....
227 @ 227.00 (HS 227: he had just the one first-class innings) - Most wickets – William LillywhiteWilliam LillywhiteFrederick William Lillywhite was a famous English cricketer during the game's roundarm era...
27 (BB 9–?)
First-class matches
- A total of 7 first-class matches were recorded in 1826, including four inter-county matches.
Events
- The Lord’sLord's Cricket GroundLord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the...
pavilion, gutted by fire in July 1825, was rebuilt in time for MCC’sMarylebone Cricket ClubMarylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
annual dinner on Thursday 11 May. - Inter-county cricket flourished again, mainly through the efforts of the Sussex county organisation based on the Midhurst club. Sussex played matches against KentKent county cricket teamsKent county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. Kent, jointly with Sussex, is the birthplace of the sport...
and a combined HampshireHampshire county cricket teamsHampshire county cricket teams have been traced back to the 18th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that...
/SurreySurrey county cricket teamsSurrey county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. The first definite mention of cricket anywhere in the world is dated c.1550 in Guildford.-17th century:...
team. - 24, 25 and 26 July — Yorkshire's first great player Tom MarsdenTom MarsdenThomas Marsden was a famous English cricketer whose career spanned the 1826 to 1841 seasons....
scored 227 for Sheffield and LeicesterLeicestershire and Rutland Cricket ClubCricket may not have reached the English counties of Leicestershire and Rutland until the 18th century. A notice in the Leicester Journal dated 17 August 1776 is the earliest known mention of cricket in the area.-The original Leicestershire club:...
v Nottingham at the Darnall New GroundDarnall New GroundDarnall New Ground at Darnall, Sheffield was a first-class cricket venue in the 1820s. It was the home ground of Sheffield Cricket Club which played six first-class matches there....
in Sheffield. A report said that Marsden batted over eight hours, approximately 4½ hours on the 25th and 3½ hours on the 26th. - 5 May — a significant event that would in time accelerate the spread of cricket throughout England was the passage of an Act of ParliamentAct of ParliamentAn Act of Parliament is a statute enacted as primary legislation by a national or sub-national parliament. In the Republic of Ireland the term Act of the Oireachtas is used, and in the United States the term Act of Congress is used.In Commonwealth countries, the term is used both in a narrow...
that authorised creation of the Liverpool to Manchester Railway and effectively began the "railway boom". - 31 December — death of John Small, the great HambledonHambledon ClubThe Hambledon Club was a social club that is famous for its organisation of 18th century cricket matches. By the late 1770s it was the foremost cricket club in England.-Foundation:...
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