1874 English cricket season
# 1874 English cricket season

1874 was the 88th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). W. G. Grace become the first player to perform the “double” in an English season. In 21 first-class matches, he scored 1,664 runs and took 140 wickets.

## Champion County

* Gloucestershire

### Playing record (by county)

| County | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Derbyshire | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Gloucestershire | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Kent | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Lancashire | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Middlesex | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Nottinghamshire | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Surrey | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Sussex | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Yorkshire | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 |

## Leading batsmen (qualification 15 innings)

1874 English season leading batsmen :

| Name | Team | Matches | Innings | Not outs | Runs | Highest score | Average | 100s | 50s |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| W. G. Grace | Gloucestershire MCC | 21 | 32 | 0 | 1664 | 179 | 52.00 | 8 | 2 |
| Harry Jupp | Surrey | 21 | 37 | 2 | 1275 | 154 | 36.42 | 3 | 7 |
| A. N. Hornby | Lancashire MCC | 8 | 15 | 2 | 365 | 72 | 28.07 | 0 | 3 |
| Henry Charlwood | Sussex | 16 | 30 | 5 | 701 | 100 | 28.04 | 1 | 2 |
| Fred Grace | Gloucestershire | 18 | 27 | 4 | 645 | 103 | 28.04 | 1 | 2 |

## Leading bowlers (qualification 800 balls)

1874 English season leading bowlers :

| Name | Team | Balls bowled | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Average | Best bowling | 5 wickets in innings | 10 wickets in match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thomas Lang | Oxford University Gloucestershire | 1351 | 395 | 35 | 11.28 | 6/27 | 4 | 1 |
| Martin McIntyre | Nottinghamshire All England Eleven | 1002 | 408 | 36 | 11.33 | 6/18 | 3 | 0 |
| Allen Hill | Yorkshire | 3075 | 1156 | 105 | 11.44 | 8/48 | 10 | 5 |
| Tom Emmett | Yorkshire | 3790 | 1243 | 107 | 11.61 | 6/21 | 10 | 2 |
| James Southerton | Surrey | 4857 | 1576 | 128 | 12.31 | 8/70 | 13 | 4 |
