The 1854 English cricket season saw the follow-on differential reduced to 80 (60 in one day).

First-class matches

• 1854 match list

Leading batsmen

J Dean was the leading runscorer with 516 @ 16.12

Other leading batsmen were: T Lockyer, J Lillywhite, W Caffyn, W Nicholson, TM Adams, J Caesar, J Grundy, G Parr

Leading bowlers

John Wisden

John Wisden

John Wisden was an English cricketer who played 190 first-class cricket matches for three English county cricket teams, Kent, Middlesex and Sussex...

 was the leading wicket-taker with 106

Other leading bowlers were: J Grundy, J Dean, ET Drake, T Nixon, W Clarke, HH Stephenson, E Willsher

External sources

• CricketArchive – season summaries

Annual reviews

• Fred Lillywhite
  Fred Lillywhite
  Frederick Lillywhite was a sports outfitter and cricketing entrepreneur, who organised the first overseas cricket tour by an English team and published a number of reference works about cricket.-Cricketing dynasty:...
  
  , The Guide to Cricketers, Lillywhite, 1855
• Arthur Haygarth
  Arthur Haygarth
  Arthur Haygarth was a noted amateur cricketer who became one of cricket's most significant historians....
  
  , Scores & Biographies, Volume 4 (1849–1854), Lillywhite, 1862