Cricket
Events
- An Australian team tours England but loses the three-match Test series 1–0 with two matches drawn.
England
- Champion County – Nottinghamshire
- Most runs – Lord Harris 1417 @ 33.73 (HS 112*)
- Most wickets – Fred Spofforth 207 @ 12.82 (BB 8–62)
Australia
- Most runs – Billy Murdoch 567 @ 113.40 (HS 279*)
- Most wickets – Eugene Palmer 29 @ 17.51 (BB 6–72)
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