The 1844 English cricket season saw William Hillyer lead the bowling for the third time in succession

First-class matches

1844 match list

Events

13 March. Foundation of Cambridgeshire CCC which played first-class cricket 1857 to 1871.

28 August. A match on Hartlebury Common

Hartlebury Common

Hartlebury Common is an area of lowland heath in north Worcestershire, England, situated just outside the town of Stourport-on-Severn. It covers an area of 90 hectares...

 between Worcestershire and Shropshire is the earliest known instance of a county team in Worcestershire

Worcestershire

Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...

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Leading batsmen

Fuller Pilch

Fuller Pilch

Fuller Pilch was an English cricketer. Described as "the greatest batsman ever known until the appearance of W. G. Grace", the right-hand batting Pilch played 229 first class cricket matches between 1820 and 1854 for an assortment of counties, including Kent, Hampshire, Surrey and Surrey, as well...

 was the leading runscorer with 517 @ 17.82

Other leading batsmen were: A Mynn, J Dean, W Dorrinton, T Box, E Bushby, T Sewell, CG Taylor, R Kynaston, W Martingell

Leading bowlers

WR Hillyer was the leading wicket-taker with 142

Other leading bowlers were: A Mynn, FW Lillywhite, J Dean, CG Taylor, W Clarke

External sources

• CricketArchive – season summaries

Annual reviews

• Arthur Haygarth
  Arthur Haygarth
  Arthur Haygarth was a noted amateur cricketer who became one of cricket's most significant historians....
  
  , Scores & Biographies, Volume 3 (1841-1848), Lillywhite, 1862