1877 English cricket season
1877 was the 91st season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
Champion County
- Gloucestershire
Playing record (by county)
| County | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derbyshire | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Gloucestershire | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Hampshire | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Kent | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Lancashire | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Middlesex | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Nottinghamshire | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Surrey | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Sussex | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Yorkshire | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
Leading batsmen (qualification 20 innings)
| 1877 English season leading batsmen[2] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team | Matches | Innings | Not outs | Runs | Highest score | Average | 100s | 50s |
| W. G. Grace | Gloucestershire MCC | 24 | 40 | 3 | 1477 | 261 | 39.83 | 2 | 9 |
| Bunny Lucas | Cambridge University Surrey | 17 | 28 | 4 | 832 | 115 | 34.66 | 2 | 4 |
| Frank Penn | Kent MCC | 19 | 33 | 3 | 930 | 148 not out | 31.00 | 2 | 3 |
| A. N. Hornby | Lancashire MCC | 18 | 29 | 3 | 787 | 144 | 30.26 | 2 | 3 |
| Isaac Walker | Middlesex MCC | 17 | 29 | 2 | 788 | 95 | 29.18 | 0 | 5 |
Leading bowlers (qualification 1,000 balls)
| 1877 English season leading bowlers[3] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team | Balls bowled | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Average | Best bowling | 5 wickets in innings |
10 wickets in match |
| William McIntyre | Lancashire | 2796 | 949 | 85 | 11.16 | 8/31 | 11 | 3 |
| Robert Miles | Gloucestershire | 1054 | 258 | 23 | 11.21 | 5/88 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Armitage | Yorkshire | 1424 | 490 | 42 | 11.66 | 7/58 | 6 | 1 |
| George Gibbons Hearne | Kent MCC | 3596 | 1281 | 108 | 11.86 | 8/78 | 11 | 5 |
| William Mycroft | Derbyshire MCC | 5496 | 1927 | 157 | 12.27 | 8/47 | 19 | 5 |
Events
15 - 19 March. Australia v. England at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Afterwards recognised as the first-ever Test Match. Australia won by 45 runs with Charles Bannerman scoring 165*: the first Test century. William Midwinter, with 5-78 in England’s first innings, was the first bowler to take five wickets in a Test innings.
31 March - 4 April. Australia v. England: Second Test, also at MCG. England won by 4 wickets.
27 July - 28 July. Gloucestershire beats an "unrepresentative" (Wisden) England team by five wickets. Since 1877 only Yorkshire in 1905 and 1935 has equalled this feat.
10 & 12 November. South Australia v. Tasmania at Adelaide was the earliest first class match played by South Australia. They won by an innings and 13 runs, their team including George Giffen.
Notes
a An unofficial seasonal title sometimes proclaimed by consensus of media and historians prior to December 1889 when the official County Championship was constituted. Although there are ante-dated claims prior to 1873, when residence qualifications were introduced, it is only since that ruling that any quasi-official status can be ascribed.
References
- Wynne-Thomas, Peter; The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records; p. 53 ISBN 072701868X
- First Class Batting in England in 1877
- First Class Bowling in England in 1877
Annual reviews
- John Lillywhite’s Cricketer’s Companion (Green Lilly), Lillywhite, 1878
- James Lillywhite’s Cricketers’ Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1878
- John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack 1878