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The '''1869 English cricket season''' saw the demise of the Cambridgeshire club. A team called Cambridgeshire played in two specially arranged matches, one in 1869 v. Yorkshire and one in 1871 v. Surrey. After that, Cambridgeshire ceased to be a first class team. |
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1869 was the 83rd season of [[cricket]] in England since the foundation of [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC). The Cambridgeshire club went into demise, though a team called Cambridgeshire later played in two specially arranged matches, in 1869 against Yorkshire and in 1871 against Surrey. After that, Cambridgeshire ceased to be a first-class team. The problem was attributed to the lack of available amateurs to back up the famous trio of [[Robert Carpenter (cricketer)|Bob Carpenter]], [[Thomas Hayward (cricketer)|the first Tom Hayward]] and [[George Tarrant]], along with the absence of useful patronage and the difficulty of obtaining membership which led to a debt deemed unpayable.<ref>''Baily’s Magazine of Sports and Pastimes'', Volume 16 (1869); p. 246</ref> |
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1869 was also the season when [[W. G. Grace]] began a record-setting run of batting triumphs. For the first of three consecutive seasons, he established a new record for most runs in a season, and his six centuries doubled the previous record. |
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==Honours== |
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*'''Champion County''' - [[Nottinghamshire CCC|Nottinghamshire]], [[Yorkshire CCC|Yorkshire]] (''shared title'') |
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== Playing record (by county) == |
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==Events== |
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! County !! Played !! Won !! Lost !! Drawn |
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| [[Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club|Cambridgeshire]] || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 |
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| [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] || 7 || 4 || 2 || 1 |
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| [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] || 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 |
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| [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 |
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| [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]] || 6 || 5 || 1 || 0 |
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| [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] || 12 || 3 || 7 || 2 |
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| [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] || 7 || 1 || 5 || 1 |
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| [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] || 5 || 4 || 1 || 0 |
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| colspan="5"|{{center|{{ref label|Hampshire|a|a}}}} |
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<ref>Wynne-Thomas, Peter; ''The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records''; p. 53 {{ISBN|072701868X}}</ref> |
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== Leading batsmen (qualification 15 innings) == |
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! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="10" | 1869 English season leading batsmen<ref name="batting">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/ENG/1869_f_Batting_by_Average.html First Class Batting in England in 1869]</ref> |
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! Name |
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! Team |
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! Matches |
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! Innings |
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! Not outs |
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! Runs |
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! Highest score |
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! Average |
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! 100s |
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! 50s |
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|[[WG Grace]] || [[Marylebone Cricket Club|MCC]]|| 15 || 24 || 1 || 1320 || 180 || 57.39 || 6 || 3 |
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|[[Roger Iddison]] || [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]]<br/>[[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]]|| 9 || 15 || 5 || 353 || 112 || 35.30 || 1 || 0 |
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|[[Harry Jupp]] || [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]]|| 22 || 41 || 5 || 1129 || 106 not out || 31.36 || 2 || 7 |
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|[[Isaac Walker (cricketer)|Isaac Walker]] || [[Marylebone Cricket Club|MCC]]<br/>[[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]]|| 12 || 18 || 0 || 540 || 90 || 30.00 || 0 || 5 |
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|[[Henry Charlwood]] ||[[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]]|| 10 || 18 || 1 || 483 || 155 || 28.41 || 1 || 2 |
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==Leading |
== Leading bowlers (qualification 800 balls) == |
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[[WG Grace]] was the leading runscorer with 1320 @ 57.39 |
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! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="9" | 1869 English season leading bowlers<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/ENG/1869_f_Bowling_by_Average.html First Class Bowling in England in 1869]</ref> |
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! Name |
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! Team |
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! Balls bowled |
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! Runs conceded |
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! Wickets taken |
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! Average |
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! Best bowling |
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! 5 wickets<br/>in innings |
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! 10 wickets<br/>in match |
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|[[Thomas Hearne (cricketer, born 1826)|Thomas Hearne]] || [[Marylebone Cricket Club|MCC]]|| 1614 || 439 || 47 || 9.34 || 6/12 || 4 || 0 |
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|[[George Freeman (cricketer)|George Freeman]] || [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]]|| 2161 || 584 || 60 || 9.73 || 8/29 || 6 || 2 |
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|[[William Hickton (cricketer, born 1842)|William Hickton]] || [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] || 1301 || 448 || 39 || 11.48 || 6/27 || 5 || 2 |
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|[[Tom Emmett]] || [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]]|| 2169 || 721 || 60 || 12.01 || 9/23 || 7 || 2 |
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|[[Jem Shaw]] || [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]]<br/>[[All England Eleven]]|| 2633 || 810 || 65 || 12.46 || 8/20 || 9 || 3 |
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== Notable events == |
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==Leading bowlers== |
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* 3 June: Although [[George Parr (cricketer)|Parr]], Carpenter and Hayward declined to play, the schism between the northern and southern [[amateur and professional cricketers|professionals]] ended and the [[North v South]] match resumed at [[Kennington Oval]]. Freeman and [[George Wootton|Wootton]] were too good for the South, who lost by nine wickets on a pitch ruined by a very wet May.<ref>[http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadukp/data/ranked_monthly/HadEWP_ranked_mly.txt Hadley Centre Ranked England and Wales Precipitation]</ref> |
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[[James Southerton]] was the leading wicket-taker with 136 @ 15.36 |
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* 23 and 24 June: [[Charles Francis (cricketer)|Charles Francis]] takes 17 for 40 for [[Rugby School|Rugby]] against [[Marlborough College|Marlborough]] on a typically rough Lord's pitch,<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/264/264112.html Marlborough college v Rugby School in 1869]</ref> the best bowling figures in a public school game. Although he played no first-class cricket before 1870, in a review in 1919 when [[Greville Stevens]] played for the Gentlemen as a schoolboy, Francis was described as one of only five public school bowlers between 1840 and 1914{{ref label|public|b|b}} good enough for the Gentlemen.<ref>Pardon, Sydney H. (editor); ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanac|John Wisden’s Cricketers' Almanac]]''; Fifty-Seventh Edition (1920); part I, pp. 278–279</ref> |
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* 13 July: Tom Emmett becomes the first bowler to take sixteen wickets during a single day in first-class cricket, when against the dying Cambridgeshire club he takes 16 for 38 on a cut-up wicket described as "about as serviceable for cricket as a ploughed field".<ref>''Baily’s Magazine of Sports and Pastimes'', Volume 17 (1869); p. 95</ref> This feat has since been accomplished by [[James Southerton]], [[Thomas Wass]] (twice), [[Bert Vogler]], [[Colin Blythe]], [[Jack White (cricketer, born 1891)|Jack White]], [[Hedley Verity]] and [[Tom Goddard]] (the last to do so [[1939 English cricket season|in 1939]]).<ref>Frindall, Bill (editor); The Wisden Book of Cricket Records (Fourth Edition); p. 255. {{ISBN|0747222037}}</ref> |
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* 16 and 17 July: The Gentlemen of the South, scoring 553 against the Players of the South, achieve the highest total in first-class cricket, beating the four-year-old MCC record of 523<ref>Webber, Roy; The Playfair Book of Cricket Records; p. 18. Published 1951 by Playfair Books</ref> |
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** W.G. Grace and [[Bransby Cooper]] achieved a first-wicket record of 283 runs, which was not beaten until [[Herbie Hewett]] and [[Lionel Palairet]] scored 346 for [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] against Yorkshire in 1892. |
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* 11 August: W.G. Grace becomes the first first-class cricketer to score a century before lunch on the first day, when he hits up 116 for the MCC against Kent.<ref>Frindall (editor); ''The Wisden Book of Cricket Records''; p. 131</ref> Only [[John Sewell (cricketer)|John Sewell]] three seasons before had previously accomplished the feat on any day. In the process he beats [[Thomas Humphrey (cricketer)|Thomas Humphrey]]'s 1865 record aggregate – Grace would set a new record in both 1870 and 1871. |
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== Notes == |
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<span style="font-size:90%">{{note label|Hampshire|a|a}}[[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]], though regarded until 1885 as first-class, played no inter-county matches between 1868 and 1869 or 1871 and 1874<br/> |
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* [[Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians]] - various publications |
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{{note label|public|b|b}}The others were [[A. G. Steel|Allan Steel]] [[1877 English cricket season|in 1877]], [[Sammy Woods]] [[1886 English cricket season|in 1886]], [[Charlie Townsend]] [[1895 English cricket season|in 1895]] and [[Jack Crawford (cricketer)|Jack Crawford]] [[1904 English cricket season|in 1904]] [[1905 English cricket season|and 1905]]</span> |
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* ''A Social History of English Cricket'' by [[Derek Birley]] |
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* ''Scores & Biographies'' by [[Arthur Haygarth]] |
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* ''The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records'' by [[Peter Wynne-Thomas]] (PWT) |
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* ''Wisden Cricketers Almanack'' (annual) |
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== References == |
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{{reflist}} |
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== Annual reviews == |
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{{English cricket seasons 1864 - 1889}} |
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* ''John Lillywhite's Cricketer's Companion'' (Green Lilly), Lillywhite, 1870 |
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* [[Arthur Haygarth]], ''Scores & Biographies, Volume 11 (1869–1870)'', Lillywhite, 1871 |
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* ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanac|John Wisden’s Cricketers' Almanac]]'', 1870 |
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== External links == |
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[[Category:English cricket seasons from 1864 to 1889]] |
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* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/1869_ENG.html CricketArchive – season summaries] |
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[[Category:1860s in sports]] |
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{{English cricket seasons}} |
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[[Category:1869 in English cricket]] |
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[[Category:English cricket seasons in the 19th century]] |
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Latest revision as of 18:20, 19 February 2023
1869 was the 83rd season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). The Cambridgeshire club went into demise, though a team called Cambridgeshire later played in two specially arranged matches, in 1869 against Yorkshire and in 1871 against Surrey. After that, Cambridgeshire ceased to be a first-class team. The problem was attributed to the lack of available amateurs to back up the famous trio of Bob Carpenter, the first Tom Hayward and George Tarrant, along with the absence of useful patronage and the difficulty of obtaining membership which led to a debt deemed unpayable.[1]
1869 was also the season when W. G. Grace began a record-setting run of batting triumphs. For the first of three consecutive seasons, he established a new record for most runs in a season, and his six centuries doubled the previous record.
Playing record (by county)
[edit]| County | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
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| Cambridgeshire | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kent | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Lancashire | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Middlesex | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Surrey | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Sussex | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Yorkshire | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Leading batsmen (qualification 15 innings)
[edit]| 1869 English season leading batsmen[3] | |||||||||
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| Name | Team | Matches | Innings | Not outs | Runs | Highest score | Average | 100s | 50s |
| WG Grace | MCC | 15 | 24 | 1 | 1320 | 180 | 57.39 | 6 | 3 |
| Roger Iddison | Lancashire Yorkshire |
9 | 15 | 5 | 353 | 112 | 35.30 | 1 | 0 |
| Harry Jupp | Surrey | 22 | 41 | 5 | 1129 | 106 not out | 31.36 | 2 | 7 |
| Isaac Walker | MCC Middlesex |
12 | 18 | 0 | 540 | 90 | 30.00 | 0 | 5 |
| Henry Charlwood | Sussex | 10 | 18 | 1 | 483 | 155 | 28.41 | 1 | 2 |
Leading bowlers (qualification 800 balls)
[edit]| 1869 English season leading bowlers[4] | ||||||||
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| Name | Team | Balls bowled | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Average | Best bowling | 5 wickets in innings |
10 wickets in match |
| Thomas Hearne | MCC | 1614 | 439 | 47 | 9.34 | 6/12 | 4 | 0 |
| George Freeman | Yorkshire | 2161 | 584 | 60 | 9.73 | 8/29 | 6 | 2 |
| William Hickton | Lancashire | 1301 | 448 | 39 | 11.48 | 6/27 | 5 | 2 |
| Tom Emmett | Yorkshire | 2169 | 721 | 60 | 12.01 | 9/23 | 7 | 2 |
| Jem Shaw | Nottinghamshire All England Eleven |
2633 | 810 | 65 | 12.46 | 8/20 | 9 | 3 |
Notable events
[edit]- 3 June: Although Parr, Carpenter and Hayward declined to play, the schism between the northern and southern professionals ended and the North v South match resumed at Kennington Oval. Freeman and Wootton were too good for the South, who lost by nine wickets on a pitch ruined by a very wet May.[5]
- 23 and 24 June: Charles Francis takes 17 for 40 for Rugby against Marlborough on a typically rough Lord's pitch,[6] the best bowling figures in a public school game. Although he played no first-class cricket before 1870, in a review in 1919 when Greville Stevens played for the Gentlemen as a schoolboy, Francis was described as one of only five public school bowlers between 1840 and 1914[b] good enough for the Gentlemen.[7]
- 13 July: Tom Emmett becomes the first bowler to take sixteen wickets during a single day in first-class cricket, when against the dying Cambridgeshire club he takes 16 for 38 on a cut-up wicket described as "about as serviceable for cricket as a ploughed field".[8] This feat has since been accomplished by James Southerton, Thomas Wass (twice), Bert Vogler, Colin Blythe, Jack White, Hedley Verity and Tom Goddard (the last to do so in 1939).[9]
- 16 and 17 July: The Gentlemen of the South, scoring 553 against the Players of the South, achieve the highest total in first-class cricket, beating the four-year-old MCC record of 523[10]
- W.G. Grace and Bransby Cooper achieved a first-wicket record of 283 runs, which was not beaten until Herbie Hewett and Lionel Palairet scored 346 for Somerset against Yorkshire in 1892.
- 11 August: W.G. Grace becomes the first first-class cricketer to score a century before lunch on the first day, when he hits up 116 for the MCC against Kent.[11] Only John Sewell three seasons before had previously accomplished the feat on any day. In the process he beats Thomas Humphrey's 1865 record aggregate – Grace would set a new record in both 1870 and 1871.
Notes
[edit]a Hampshire, though regarded until 1885 as first-class, played no inter-county matches between 1868 and 1869 or 1871 and 1874
b The others were Allan Steel in 1877, Sammy Woods in 1886, Charlie Townsend in 1895 and Jack Crawford in 1904 and 1905
References
[edit]- ^ Baily’s Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Volume 16 (1869); p. 246
- ^ Wynne-Thomas, Peter; The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records; p. 53 ISBN 072701868X
- ^ First Class Batting in England in 1869
- ^ First Class Bowling in England in 1869
- ^ Hadley Centre Ranked England and Wales Precipitation
- ^ Marlborough college v Rugby School in 1869
- ^ Pardon, Sydney H. (editor); John Wisden’s Cricketers' Almanac; Fifty-Seventh Edition (1920); part I, pp. 278–279
- ^ Baily’s Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Volume 17 (1869); p. 95
- ^ Frindall, Bill (editor); The Wisden Book of Cricket Records (Fourth Edition); p. 255. ISBN 0747222037
- ^ Webber, Roy; The Playfair Book of Cricket Records; p. 18. Published 1951 by Playfair Books
- ^ Frindall (editor); The Wisden Book of Cricket Records; p. 131
Annual reviews
[edit]- John Lillywhite's Cricketer's Companion (Green Lilly), Lillywhite, 1870
- Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 11 (1869–1870), Lillywhite, 1871
- John Wisden’s Cricketers' Almanac, 1870