1878 in Sports - Cricket

Cricket

Events

  • Australia makes the inaugural first-class tour of England by an overseas team. The tour is a great success but includes no Test matches.
  • 25–27 July — Lancashire versus Gloucestershire at Old Trafford is the first time that Gloucestershire visits Old Trafford and it causes ground records to be established. The match is drawn after rain interruptions but it earns a special place because it ultimately forms the nostalgic inspiration for the famous poem At Lord's by Francis Thompson.
  • 31 July — official formation of Northamptonshire CCC at a meeting in the George Hotel, Kettering.

England

  • Champion County – Middlesex and Nottinghamshire shared title
  • Most runs – George Ulyett 1270 @ 27.02 (HS 109)
  • Most wickets – Alfred Shaw 201 @ 10.95 (BB 7–41)

Australia

  • Most runs – Nat Thomson 101 @ 33.66 (HS 73)
  • Most wickets – Edwin Evans 18 @ 10.72 (BB 6–57)

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