Events
- 1 March. Formation of the present Kent CCC.
- 21, 22 & 23 July. V E Walker of Middlesex, playing for England versus Surrey at The Oval, took all ten wickets in the Surrey first innings and followed by scoring 108 in the England second innings, having been the not out batsman in the first (20*). He took a further four wickets in Surrey’s second innings. England won by 392 runs.
- 7 September. Departure of cricket’s first-ever touring team. A famous photograph was taken on board ship before they sailed from Liverpool. The team of English professionals went to North America and played five matches, winning them all. There were no first-class fixtures. The 12-man squad was:
- George Parr (captain)
- James Grundy
- John Jackson (all of Nottinghamshire);
- Robert Carpenter
- Alfred Diver
- Thomas Hayward (all of Cambridgeshire);
- Julius Caesar
- William Caffyn
- Tom Lockyer
- HH Stephenson (all of Surrey);
- John Lillywhite
- John Wisden (both of Sussex)
- See also : English cricket team in North America in 1859
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