1829 English cricket season

1829 English cricket season

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1829 was the 43rd season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). The earliest known reference to cricket in Worcestershire has been found.

First mentions

Counties

• Worcestershire

Leading batsmen

Leading runscorers with 265 apiece were Jem Broadbridge @ 18.92 and William Searle @ 20.38

Leading bowlers

William Lillywhite was the leading wicket-taker with 42

Bibliography

• Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 2 (1827–1840). Lillywhite.

Further reading

• ACS (1981). A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863. Nottingham: ACS.
• Altham, H. S. (1962). A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914). George Allen & Unwin.
• Birley, Derek (1999). A Social History of English Cricket. Aurum.
• Bowen, Rowland (1970). Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development. Eyre & Spottiswoode.
• Major, John (2007). More Than A Game. HarperCollins.

External links

• CricketArchive – 1829 first-class matches list
• CricketArchive – 1829 other matches list