1856 English cricket season
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The 1856 English cricket season began a run of success by a Surrey side that featured William Caffyn, Tom Lockyer, Edgar Willsher, HH Stephenson and Julius Caesar

First-class matches


Leading batsmen

John Lillywhite
John Lillywhite
John Lillywhite was an English cricketer during the game's roundarm era....

 was the leading runscorer with 620 @ 24.80

Other leading batsmen were: J Wisden, J Caesar, E Napper, WS Norton, J Grundy, ET Drake, J Dean, W Caffyn, J Makinson, W Nicholson

Leading bowlers

John Wisden
John Wisden
John Wisden was an English cricketer who played 190 first-class cricket matches for three English county cricket teams, Kent, Middlesex and Sussex...

 was the leading wicket-taker with 73

Other leading bowlers were: E Willsher, J Dean, W Martingell, E Hinkly, WSTW Fiennes, CDB Marsham, J Grundy, J Lillywhite

External sources


Annual reviews

  • Fred Lillywhite
    Fred Lillywhite
    Frederick Lillywhite was a sports outfitter and cricketing entrepreneur, who organised the first overseas cricket tour by an English team and published a number of reference works about cricket.-Cricketing dynasty:...

    , The Guide to Cricketers, Lillywhite, 1857
  • Arthur Haygarth
    Arthur Haygarth
    Arthur Haygarth was a noted amateur cricketer who became one of cricket's most significant historians....

    , Scores & Biographies, Volume 5 (1855–1857), Lillywhite, 1862
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