1883 was the 97th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). There was the first of four successive titles won by Notts, and the beginning of the "Great Revival" of Surrey,[1] who had been among the weaker counties since 1866.
County | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
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Derbyshire | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Gloucestershire | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
Hampshire | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Kent | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Lancashire | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Middlesex | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Nottinghamshire | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
Somerset | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Surrey | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
Sussex | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
Yorkshire | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 |
1883 English season leading batsmen[3] | |||||||||
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Name | Team | Matches | Innings | Not outs | Runs | Highest score | Average | 100s | 50s |
Walter Read | Surrey | 22 | 39 | 6 | 1573 | 168 | 47.66 | 2 | 13 |
CT Studd | Middlesex MCC |
20 | 34 | 5 | 1193 | 175 not out | 41.13 | 2 | 4 |
WG Grace | Gloucestershire MCC |
22 | 41 | 2 | 1352 | 112 | 34.66 | 1 | 9 |
Louis Hall | Yorkshire | 26 | 44 | 9 | 1180 | 127 | 33.73 | 2 | 3 |
Bunny Lucas | Middlesex MCC |
12 | 23 | 3 | 664 | 97 | 33.23 | 0 | 4 |
1883 English season leading bowlers[4] | ||||||||
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Name | Team | Balls bowled | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Average | Best bowling | 5 wickets in innings |
10 wickets in match |
Alec Watson | Lancashire | 3762 | 1135 | 96 | 11.82 | 7/36 | 9 | 2 |
Alfred Shaw | Nottinghamshire | 4247 | 840 | 67 | 12.53 | 7/22 | 7 | 0 |
John Crossland | Lancashire | 2191 | 934 | 72 | 12.97 | 8/57 | 6 | 0 |
George Harrison | Yorkshire | 3143 | 1326 | 100 | 13.26 | 7/43 | 6 | 1 |
George Robinson | Oxford University | 1015 | 471 | 35 | 13.45 | 6/38 | 2 | 0 |