The 1882 English cricket season was the 19th since the legalisation of overarm bowling. England lost to Australia in the match which gave rise to the Ashes.
Champion County
Lancashire, Nottinghamshire (shared)
Playing record (by county) County Played Won Lost Drawn Derbyshire 6 1 5 0 Gloucestershire 11 3 6 2 Hampshire 4 2 2 0 Kent 9 2 6 1 Lancashire 16 12 1 3 Middlesex 11 5 5 1 Nottinghamshire 12 8 1 3 Somerset 5 1 4 0 Surrey 14 4 7 3 Sussex 12 3 8 1 Yorkshire 16 9 5 2 Wynne-Thomas, Peter; The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records; p. 54
Leading batsmen (qualification 20 innings) 1882 English season leading batsmenFirst Class Batting in England in 1882 Name Team(s) Matches Innings Not outs Runs Highest score Average 100s 50sCT Studd MiddlesexMarylebone Cricket Club (MCC)Cambridge UniversityEngland 25 43 5 1249 126 not out 41.13 4 2Lord Harris KentEngland 14 24 0 787 176 32.79 2 4Bunny Lucas MiddlesexMarylebone Cricket Club (MCC)England 15 25 3 707 145 32.13 2 3Billy Murdoch Australians 32 55 5 1582 286 not out 31.64 2 7Alexander Webbe Middlesex 16 28 6 660 108 not out 30.00 1 3
Leading bowlers (qualification 1,000 balls) 1882 English season leading bowlersFirst Class Bowling in England in 1882 Name Team Balls bowled Runs conceded Wickets taken Average Best bowling 5 wicketsin innings 10 wicketsin matchJohn Crossland Lancashire 3184 1127 112 10.06 7/72 10 2George Nash Lancashire 1639 656 62 10.58 8/14 4 2Dick Barlow LancashireEngland 3576 1009 92 10.96 6/20 7 1Tom Emmett Yorkshire 2929 1044 95 10.98 8/52 8 3Ted Peate YorkshireEngland 7449 2466 214 11.52 8/32 21 8
Events 8 April (approx.): Formation of Warwickshire County Cricket Club at a meeting in Coventry. 10 May: Formation of Durham County Cricket Club. Somerset County Cricket Club played its initial first-class match v. Lancashire at Old Trafford on 8, 9 & 10 June and joined the County Championship, but for only four seasons initially. 14 August: C.T. Studd became the second player after W.G. Grace to accomplish the "double" of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets, which he achieved by dismissing Grace.Gloucestershire v Middlesex in 1882 28 & 29 August. England v. Australia at The Oval (only Test of the season). Australia won the most famous match in history by 7 runs with F R Spofforth, the original "Demon Bowler", taking seven for 46 and seven for 44. Soon afterwards, The Sporting Times printed its legendary obituary notice:
In Affectionate Remembrance of ENGLISH CRICKET, which died at the Oval on 29th AUGUST, 1882, Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances
R.I.P.
N.B.—The body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia. 25 September: Ted Peate breaks the late James Southerton’s 1870 record by taking his 211th wicket of the season. His record stands until Charles Turner takes his 215th wicket on 23 August 1888.
Further details can be found in the articles History of Test cricket (to 1883) and The Ashes.
Label 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, 1883 James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1883 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1883
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