1832 English cricket season
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The 1832 English cricket season had no county team proclaimed as champion. England was not able to win because the best player James Saunders was not able to play but the other players practised hard.
The season was overshadowed by the death of James Saunders
on 27 March. Saunders was only 29 and had been ill with consumption for the last two years. Scores and Biographies states that he was a "great batsman" who "had scarcely reached his prime". He was a fine attacking batsman who had the potential to be one of the greats.
was the leading runscorer with 287 @ 31.88
Other leading batsmen were William Ward
, Ned Wenman
, William Lillywhite
and Jem Broadbridge
was the leading wicket-taker with 71
Other leading bowlers were CJ Harenc, Fuller Pilch, J Cobbett, WH Caldecourt and Jem Broadbridge
The season was overshadowed by the death of James Saunders
James Saunders (cricketer)
James Saunders was an English cricketer in the 19th century. He was a noted left-handed batsman and an occasional wicket-keeper...
on 27 March. Saunders was only 29 and had been ill with consumption for the last two years. Scores and Biographies states that he was a "great batsman" who "had scarcely reached his prime". He was a fine attacking batsman who had the potential to be one of the greats.
First-class matches
1832 match listLeading batsmen
Fuller PilchFuller Pilch
Fuller Pilch was an English cricketer. Described as "the greatest batsman ever known until the appearance of W. G. Grace", the right-hand batting Pilch played 229 first class cricket matches between 1820 and 1854 for an assortment of counties, including Kent, Hampshire, Surrey and Surrey, as well...
was the leading runscorer with 287 @ 31.88
Other leading batsmen were William Ward
William Ward (cricketer)
William Ward was a noted English cricketer. He came from an affluent family which owned property on the Isle of Wight. He was educated at Winchester College, and then received financial training in Antwerp.-Life and career:William Ward was a prominent right-handed batsman and an occasional slow...
, Ned Wenman
Ned Wenman
Edward Gower Wenman was an English cricketer in the mid-19th century.Coming to eminence in 1831, he was a key member of the great Kent team of the 1840s and generally rated one of the best wicket-keepers of the period...
, William Lillywhite
William Lillywhite
Frederick William Lillywhite was a famous English cricketer during the game's roundarm era...
and Jem Broadbridge
Jem Broadbridge
James "Jem" Broadbridge was an English professional cricketer who is widely accounted the outstanding all-rounder in England during the 1820s. He is best remembered for his part in the introduction of roundarm bowling...
Leading bowlers
William LillywhiteWilliam Lillywhite
Frederick William Lillywhite was a famous English cricketer during the game's roundarm era...
was the leading wicket-taker with 71
Other leading bowlers were CJ Harenc, Fuller Pilch, J Cobbett, WH Caldecourt and Jem Broadbridge
External sources
Annual reviews
- Arthur HaygarthArthur HaygarthArthur Haygarth was a noted amateur cricketer who became one of cricket's most significant historians....
, Scores & Biographies, Volume 2 (1827–1840), Lillywhite, 1862