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1885 English cricket season

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The 1885 English cricket season was the third in succession in which Nottinghamshire was proclaimed the champion county.

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Champion County

  • Nottinghamshire

    • Notable events

  • 1 June – Kent captain Lord Harris writes a letter to Lancashire concerning the "unfair" bowling of Nash and Crossland and decides not to play Lancashire unless they refrain from employing those two bowlers – the refusal is maintained even when the pair drop out.
  • On 17 July, Johnny Briggs and Dick Pilling playing for Lancashire against Surrey set a record stand for the tenth wicket of 173, which stands until 1899.

    • Annual reviews

  • James Lillywhite’s Cricketers’ Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1886
  • John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack 1886

    • References

    1885 English cricket season Wikipedia
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