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Latest revision as of 16:59, 15 December 2025
Cricket season review
Cricket tournament
1838 was the 52nd season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).[note 1] Kent continued to be the dominant county team.
Kent was again the “champion county”.
CG Taylor was the leading runscorer with 339 @ 16.95
Other leading batsmen were: Fuller Pilch, W Ward, Ned Wenman, FGB Ponsonby, T Box, N Felix, EH Grimston
James Cobbett was the leading wicket-taker with 71
Other leading bowlers were: FW Lillywhite, WR Hillyer, J Dean, S Redgate, E Sayres, J Strange, CG Taylor, J Bayley, TM Adams, AJ Lowth
- ^ 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. Pre-1864 matches which are included in the ACS‘ “Important Match Guide” may generally be regarded as top-class or, at least, historically significant. For further information, see First-class cricket.
