Cricket
Events
- Lancashire CCC wins its first outright title. At the end of the season, an English team led by Alfred Shaw goes to Australia for the 1881–82 Test series.
England
- Champion County – Lancashire
- Most runs – A N Hornby 1534 @ 40.36 (HS 188)
- Most wickets – Ted Peate 173 @ 12.68 (BB 8–30)
Australia
- Most runs – Tom Horan 318 @ 35.33 (HS 113)
- Most wickets – Edwin Evans 32 @ 11.25 (BB 5–34)
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