1874 English cricket season
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The 1874 English cricket season saw WG Grace become the first player to perform the “double”
in an English season. In 21 first-class matches, he scored 1664 runs and took 140 wickets.
Double (cricket)
A cricketer is said to achieve the double if he scores a thousand or more runs and also takes a hundred or more wickets in first-class matches during the course of a single season. The feat is extremely rare outside England because of the smaller number of first-class matches played in most other...
in an English season. In 21 first-class matches, he scored 1664 runs and took 140 wickets.
External sources
Annual reviews
- John Lillywhite's Cricketer's Companion (Green Lilly), Lillywhite, 1875
- James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1875
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1875