Leading Batsmen (qualification 20 Innings)
| 1879 English season leading batsmen | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team | Matches | Innings | Not outs | Runs | Highest score | Average | 100s | 50s |
| WG Grace | Gloucestershire | 18 | 28 | 3 | 880 | 123 | 35.20 | 2 | 5 |
| Monkey Hornby | Lancashire MCC |
17 | 22 | 2 | 606 | 64 not out | 30.30 | 0 | 3 |
| Alfred Lyttelton | Cambridge University Middlesex |
16 | 27 | 3 | 688 | 102 | 28.66 | 1 | 4 |
| Allan Steel | Cambridge University Lancashire |
15 | 23 | 3 | 553 | 93 | 27.65 | 0 | 3 |
| William Oscroft | Nottinghamshire | 19 | 31 | 2 | 763 | 140 | 26.31 | 1 | 3 |
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