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The 1887 English cricket season saw Surrey established as the leading county for the first time in over twenty years, a place they would retain until 1892.
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Notable events
The driest English cricket season since 1870, combined with improvements to pitches from the heavy roller, allowed for a large number of notable batting feats:
- Five batsmen with twenty or more innings averaged over 40. Before 1887, no more than two had ever done so in one season.
- W.G. Grace for the third time reached 2,000 runs; an aggregate not reached by any other batsman until 1893.
- Arthur Shrewsbury averaged 78.71 for twenty-three innings, beating W.G. Grace’s 1871 record of 78.25. This was not beaten until Robert Poore averaged 91.23 in 1899.
- Shrewsbury’s innings of 267 against Middlesex, at 615 minutes, remains the longest innings ever played in a county match.
- Walter Read became the first batsman to play two consecutive innings of over 200, scoring 247 against Lancashire and 244 against Cambridge University
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