Notable Events
- Australia made the inaugural first-class tour of England by an overseas team.
- 25 – 27 July: Lancashire versus Gloucestershire at Old Trafford. This was the first time Gloucestershire visited Old Trafford and it caused ground records to be established. The match was drawn after rain interruptions. It has a special place because it ultimately formed the nostalgic inspiration for the famous poem At Lord's by Francis Thompson. In the second innings, the famed “run-stealers” Monkey Hornby and Dick Barlow shared an opening stand of 108, with Hornby going on to score 100. He also became involved in a ferocious argument with WG when a contentious "run-out" was claimed after the batsmen had stopped running because the ball had crossed the boundary. The run-out was finally overruled after WG even went so far as to ask the (Lancashire home) crowd if it had been a four after all. He knew all along that a four had been scored.
- 4 July: Allan Steel becomes the first bowler to take 100 wickets in his first full season of first-class cricket. He played one match in 1877.
- 31 July: Official formation of Northants CCC at a meeting in the George Hotel, Kettering.
- Alfred Shaw and Fred Morley bowl unchanged through five matches during the season. No other pair has ever managed more than three.
- Shaw becomes the second bowler after James Southerton in 1870 to top 200 wickets in a season.
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