1837 English cricket season
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The 1837 English cricket season saw the beginning of Kent's greatest period.
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[edit] Honours
- Champion County - Kent
[edit] First-class matches
[edit] Events
Kent was proclaimed Champion County and held the title for eight years until being deposed by Sussex in 1845. Mainstays of the Kent team in those years included Alfred Mynn, Fuller Pilch, "Felix", EG Wenman and WR Hillyer.
[edit] Leading batsmen
Fuller Pilch was the leading runscorer with 372 @ 26.57 Other leading batsmen were: EG Wenman, EH Grimston, T Box, J Cobbett, J Broadbridge, G Millyard
[edit] Leading bowlers
William Lillywhite was the leading wicket-taker with 99 Other leading bowlers were: S Redgate, J Cobbett, J Bayley, J Broadbridge, JH Kirwan, TM Adams, CG Taylor
[edit] References
- Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
- Scores & Biographies by Arthur Haygarth
- A Social History of English Cricket by Derek Birley
- Cricket: History of its Growth and Development by Rowland Bowen
- From the Weald to the World by Peter Wynne-Thomas (PWT)
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