Timeline History

Cricket History Timeline 1851 - 1860



Year Important events in Cricket Cricket Series Important tournaments Indian captains Indian records in internationals World records Indian domestic records Indian domestic tournament winners Player news player deaths births
1851 Victoria and Tasmania playing the first inter-colonial game in Sydney Birth of England cricketer George Robert Canning Harris (Feb 3)
1852        
1853 The cricket bat had been developed into roughly its modern form, being carved from a single piece of willow and attached to a cane handle

First mention of a champion county: Nottinghamshire.
Birth of John Blackham (Australia’s first wicket keeper)
1854 First game of cricket played on the Sydney Cricket Ground between the Garrison Club (Military) and Royal Victoria Club (Civilian). Colmans Mustard
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1858 First recorded instance of a hat being awarded to a bowler taking three wickets with consecutive balls.
1859   First touring team to leave England, captained by George Parr, draws enthusiastic crowds in the US and Canada.
1860  
Year Important events in Cricket Cricket Series Important tournaments Indian captains Indian records in internationals World records Indian domestic records Indian domestic tournament winners Player news player deaths births


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