1882 was the 96th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). England lost to Australia in the match which gave rise to the Ashes.
County | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
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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 |
1882 English season leading batsmen[2] | |||||||||
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Name | Team(s) | Matches | Innings | Not outs | Runs | Highest score | Average | 100s | 50s |
CT Studd | Middlesex MCC Cambridge University England |
25 | 43 | 5 | 1249 | 126 not out | 41.13 | 4 | 2 |
Lord Harris | Kent England |
14 | 24 | 0 | 787 | 176 | 32.79 | 2 | 4 |
Bunny Lucas | Middlesex MCC England |
15 | 25 | 3 | 707 | 145 | 32.13 | 2 | 3 |
Billy Murdoch | Australians | 32 | 55 | 5 | 1582 | 286 not out | 31.64 | 2 | 7 |
Alexander Webbe | Middlesex | 16 | 28 | 6 | 660 | 108 not out | 30.00 | 1 | 3 |
1882 English season leading bowlers[3] | ||||||||
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Name | Team | Balls bowled | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Average | Best bowling | 5 wickets in innings |
10 wickets in match |
John Crossland | Lancashire | 3184 | 1127 | 112 | 10.06 | 7/72 | 10 | 2 |
George Nash | Lancashire | 1639 | 656 | 62 | 10.58 | 8/14 | 4 | 2 |
Dick Barlow | Lancashire England |
3576 | 1009 | 92 | 10.96 | 6/20 | 7 | 1 |
Tom Emmett | Yorkshire | 2929 | 1044 | 95 | 10.98 | 8/52 | 8 | 3 |
Ted Peate | Yorkshire England |
7449 | 2466 | 214 | 11.52 | 8/32 | 21 | 8 |
Further details can be found in the articles History of Test cricket (to 1883) and The Ashes.
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.
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