Cricket
Events
- The demise of the original Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club, which had played first-class cricket since 1819. A team called Cambridgeshire will be formed to play in two specially arranged matches, one in 1869 v. Yorkshire and one in 1871 v. Surrey. After that, Cambridgeshire will cease to be a first-class team.
England
- Champion County – Yorkshire shared with Nottinghamshire
- Most runs – W G Grace 1320 @ 57.39 (HS 180)
- Most wickets – James Southerton 136 @ 15.36 (BB 8–68)
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