Cricket
Events
- 23, 24 & 25 July — Yorkshire v Lancashire at Hyde Park Ground, Sheffield is the first match to involve a Lancashire county team and also, therefore, the first Roses match. Yorkshire win by 5 wickets.
England
- Champion County – Kent CCC
- Most runs – George Parr 529 @ 31.11 (HS 86*)
- Most wickets – William Hillyer 141 @ 13.20 (BB 8–?)
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