Cricket
Events
- Surrey CCC wins the first of four consecutive Champion County titles, the team at this time including William Caffyn, Tom Lockyer, Edgar Willsher, HH Stephenson and Julius Caesar
England
- Champion County – Surrey CCC
- Most runs – John Lillywhite 620 @ 24.80 (HS 138)
- Most wickets – John Wisden 73 @ 12.51 (BB 6–33)
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