Cricket History Timeline 1871 - 1880 |
| 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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| 1871 | ||||||||||
| 1872 | Birth of Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji
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| 1873 | First regulations restricting county qualifications, often regarded as the official start of the County Championship | WG Grace becomes the first player to record 1,000 runs
and 100 wickets in a season. |
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| 1875 | 
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| 1877 | First cricket Test match First Test at MCG, played between two teams of eleven (March 15,16,17,19 1877). Australia won by 45 runs |
1876-77: England in Australia (1-1) | ||||||||
| 1878 | Edward Pooley completes record 8 stumpings in
a cricket match |
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| 1879 | Leicestershire County Cricket Club formed. The Sydney Riot of 1879 was one of the earliest riots at an international cricket match. It was sparked by a controversial umpiring decision and some of the players were assaulted |
1878-79: England in Australia: Australia won the series 1-0 | Fred Spofforth, claimed the first hat trick in Test cricket | |||||||
| 1880 | English team played the first Test match against Australia in England (1880)
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1880: Australia in England England won the series 1-0 | ||||||||
| 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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