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The 1866 English cricket season saw the demise of Surrey as one of the top cricketing counties and the emergence of W. G. Grace as the game's leading batsman with the highest first-class score since William Ward's famous innings forty-six years beforehand. It also saw the emergence of future star slow bowler James Southerton who had already played first-class cricket on and off as a moderately successful batsman for a dozen seasons, and the first known "hundred before lunch" in first-class cricket.
Video 1866 English cricket season
Events
- 30-31 July: W. G. Grace at the age of eighteen plays an innings of 224 not out which was the highest first-class score since William Ward's record 278 for MCC against Norfolk in 1820.
- 21 August: John Sewell becomes the first batsman to score a hundred before the luncheon interval when he advances from 29 not out to 166 for Middlesex against Surrey at The Oval.
Maps 1866 English cricket season
Playing record (by county)
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Leading batsmen (qualification 10 innings)
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Leading bowlers (qualification 800 balls)
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References
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Annual reviews
- John Lillywhite's Cricketer's Companion (Green Lilly), Lillywhite, 1867
- Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 9 (1865-1866), Lillywhite, 1867
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External links
- CricketArchive - season summaries
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