The 1877 English cricket season was the 14th since the legalisation of overarm bowling.
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 Wynne-Thomas, Peter; The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records; p. 53
Leading batsmen (qualification 20 innings) 1877 English season leading batsmenFirst Class Batting in England in 1877 Name Team Matches Innings Not outs Runs Highest score Average 100s 50sW. G. Grace GloucestershireMarylebone Cricket Club (MCC) 24 40 3 1477 261 39.83 2 9Bunny Lucas Cambridge UniversitySurrey 17 28 4 832 115 34.66 2 4Frank Penn KentMarylebone Cricket Club (MCC) 19 33 3 930 148 not out 31.00 2 3A. N. Hornby LancashireMarylebone Cricket Club (MCC) 18 29 3 787 144 30.26 2 3Isaac Walker MiddlesexMarylebone Cricket Club (MCC) 17 29 2 788 95 29.18 0 5
Leading bowlers (qualification 1,000 balls) 1877 English season leading bowlersFirst Class Bowling in England in 1877 Name Team Balls bowled Runs conceded Wickets taken Average Best bowling 5 wicketsin innings 10 wicketsin matchWilliam McIntyre Lancashire 2796 949 85 11.16 8/31 11 3Robert Miles Gloucestershire 1054 258 23 11.21 5/88 1 0Tom Armitage Yorkshire 1424 490 42 11.66 7/58 6 1George Gibbons Hearne KentMarylebone Cricket Club (MCC) 3596 1281 108 11.86 8/78 11 5William Mycroft DerbyshireMarylebone Cricket Club (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.
Labels 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.
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References
Bibliography
Annual reviews John Lillywhite's Cricketer's Companion (Green Lilly), Lillywhite, 1878 James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1878 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1878
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