1836 ENGLISH CRICKET SEASON

The '1836 English cricket season' saw the first real move towards setting up a county club. Although Sussex had been a major centre of cricket since the 17th century (at least), there had apparently been no move towards a permanent county organisation until 17 June 1836 when a meeting in Brighton set up a Sussex Cricket Fund to support county matches. It was from this organisation that Sussex CCC was formally constituted in 1839.
The inaugural North v. South fixture was held at Lord’s on 11 & 12 July. The North won by 6 wickets.

Contents

Honours

First-class matches

Other Events

Leading batsmen

Leading bowlers

References

Honours

★ 'Champion County' - Sussex

First-class matches

1836 match list

Other Events

Leading batsmen

Alfred Mynn was the leading runscorer with 407 @ 33.91
Other leading batsmen were: Fuller Pilch, Ned Wenman, T Barker, WP Mynn, R Mills, J Taylor and CG Taylor

Leading bowlers

William Lillywhite was the leading wicket-taker with 51
Other leading bowlers were: J Cobbett, J Bayley, S Redgate, T Barker, CG Taylor and Alfred Mynn

References

★ ''Scores & Biographies'' by Arthur Haygarth

★ ''A Social History of English Cricket'' by Derek Birley

★ ''Cricket: History of its Growth and Development'' by Rowland Bowen

★ ''From the Weald to the World'' by Peter Wynne-Thomas (PWT)