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1866 English cricket season

Year in cricket in England

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1866 was the 80th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). The highlight was the emergence of W. G. Grace as the game's leading batsman with the highest first-class score since William Ward's innings in 1820. James Southerton emerged as an outstanding bowler and the first known "century before lunch" was scored.

Events

30–31 July: W. G. Grace at the age of eighteen played an innings of 224 not out which was the highest first-class score since William Ward's record 278 for MCC against Norfolk in 1820.
21 August: John Sewell was the first batsman to score a century before the luncheon interval when he advanced from 29 not out to 166 for Middlesex against Surrey at The Oval.

Playing record (by county)

County	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn
Cambridgeshire	5	2	2	1
Hampshire	2	1	1	0
Kent	5	1	1	3
Lancashire	4	0	3	1
Middlesex	8	6	1	1
Nottinghamshire	6	2	1	3
Surrey	10	4	5	1
Sussex	5	1	1	3
Yorkshire	3	0	2	1

Leading batsmen (qualification 10 innings)

1866 English season leading batsmen	Name	Team	Matches	Innings	Not outs	Runs	Highest score	Average	100s
Bob Carpenter	Cambridgeshire	7	10	4	367	97 not out	61.16	0	2
W. G. Grace	Gentlemen
South of England	8	13	2	581	224 not out	52.81	2	1
Edward Walker	Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
Middlesex	14	18	4	550	79	39.28	0	6
Orlando Spencer-Smith	Oxford University
Hampshire	6	10	1	288	86	32.00	0	2
Charles Payne	Kent
Sussex	10	16	2	471	135 not out	33.64	1	2

Leading bowlers (qualification 800 balls)

1866 English season leading bowlers	Name	Team	Balls bowled	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Average	Best bowling	5 wickets
in innings	10 wickets
in match
Jem Shaw	Nottinghamshire
All England Eleven	1446	430	40	10.75	6/36	4	1
James Lillywhite	Sussex	3366	910	71	12.81	7/98	6	1
Edgar Willsher	Kent	2313	688	52	13.23	7/24	3	1
George Tarrant	Cambridgeshire
All England Eleven	2173	809	61	13.26	7/47	6	2
James Southerton	Hampshire	1012	435	32	13.59	7/49	5	2

Notes

References

Bibliography

Annual reviews

John Lillywhite's Cricketer's Companion (Green Lilly), Lillywhite, 1867
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1867

References

Frindall, Bill (editor); ''The Wisden Book of Cricket Records'' (Fourth Edition); pp. 129–144. {{ISBN. 0747222037
Wynne-Thomas, Peter; ''The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records''; p. 53 {{ISBN. 072701868X
[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/ENG/1866_f_Batting_by_Average.html First Class Batting in England in 1866]
[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/ENG/1866_f_Bowling_by_Average.html First Class Bowling in England in 1866]

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