1845 English cricket season
Cricket season review
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1845 was the 59th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).[note 1] Surrey County Cricket Club was officially founded.
Important matches
Events
Although several earlier county organisations had existed going back to 1709, the present Surrey County Cricket Club was formed at a meeting which took place at the new Kennington Oval during a match between two local teams on 21 & 22 August.
Leading batsmen
Fuller Pilch was the leading runscorer with 569 @ 21.07
Other leading batsmen were: W Dorrinton, T Box, N Felix, CG Taylor, T Sewell, T Barker, WR Hillyer
Leading bowlers
WR Hillyer was the leading wicket-taker with 174
Other leading bowlers were: J Dean, FW Lillywhite, W Clarke, A Mynn
Notes
- Some eleven-a-side matches played from 1772 to 1863 have been rated "first-class" by certain sources.[1] However, the term only came into common use around 1864, when overarm bowling was legalised. It was formally defined as a standard by a meeting at Lord's, in May 1894, of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the county clubs which were then competing in the County Championship. The ruling was effective from the beginning of the 1895 season, but pre-1895 matches of the same standard have no official definition of status because the ruling is not retrospective.[2] Matches of a similar standard since the beginning of the 1864 season are generally considered to have an unofficial first-class status.[3] Pre-1864 matches which are included in the ACS' "Important Match Guide" may generally be regarded as important or, at least, historically significant.[4] For further information, see First-class cricket.
