1874 was the 88th season of

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in England since the foundation of

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(MCC).

W. G. Grace William Gilbert Grace (18 July 1848 – 23 October 1915) was an English amateur cricketer who was important in the development of the sport and is widely considered one of its greatest players. He played first-class cricket for a record-equal ...

become the first player to perform the “double” in an English season. In 21 first-class matches, he scored 1,664 runs and took 140 wickets.

Champion County

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Playing record (by county)

Wynne-Thomas, Peter; ''The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records''; p. 53

Leading batsmen (qualification 15 innings)

Leading bowlers (qualification 800 balls)

Notes

An unofficial seasonal title sometimes proclaimed by consensus of media and historians prior to December 1889 when the official

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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.
Some sources give

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and though this was once accepted in some publications, including ''Wisden'' on the basis of the "least matches lost" principle, it has been superseded.

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...

, though regarded until 1885 as first-class, played no inter-county matches between 1868 and 1869 or 1871 and 1874.

References

Annual reviews

* ''John Lillywhite’s Cricketer's Companion'' (Green Lilly), Lillywhite, 1875 * ''James Lillywhite’s Cricketers' Annual'' (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1875 *

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1875

External links

CricketArchive – season summaries
{{English cricket seasons 1874 in English cricket English cricket seasons in the 19th century