1872 English cricket season

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1872 English cricket season
1871
1873

In the 1872 cricket season, the first experiment in pitch covering was carried out. Prince's Cricket Ground opened in Chelsea, London.

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Playing record (by county)

CountyPlayedWonLostDrawn
Derbyshire 2020
Gloucestershire 7313
Kent 4040
Lancashire 4400
Middlesex 3030
Nottinghamshire [a] 7205
Surrey 12732
Sussex 6321
Yorkshire [a] 9261
[b]

[1]

Leading batsmen (qualification 15 innings)

1872 English season leading batsmen [2]
NameTeamMatchesInningsNot outsRunsHighest scoreAverage100s50s
WG Grace Gloucestershire
MCC
203271485170 not out57.1166
Richard Daft Nottinghamshire 1320358910234.6414
William Yardley Cambridge University
MCC
1119352913033.0612
Henry Charlwood Sussex 162746518028.3005
Frederick Fryer Cambridge University 91504059127.0003

Leading bowlers (qualification 800 balls)

1872 English season leading bowlers [3]
NameTeamBalls bowledRuns concededWickets takenAverageBest bowling5 wickets
in innings
10 wickets
in match
William McIntyre Lancashire 857232415.657/2373
George Wootton MCC 1239359379.707/1452
David Buchanan Gentlemen12103743510.687/7841
Arthur Ridley Oxford University 8443323110.706/2330
George Howitt MCC
Middlesex
12384273811.236/3640

Events

Notes

a Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire played a third match at the short-lived Prince's Cricket Ground, Chelsea
b Hampshire, though regarded until 1885 as first-class, played no inter-county matches between 1868 and 1869 or 1871 and 1874

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