Controversies in 1863

4 incidents documented

Cricket in Barbados — The Island Game Takes Its Distinctive Form, 1860s

Barbados cricket clubs

1863-01-01

Cricket in Barbados through the 1860s was already taking the distinctive form it would make famous — passionate, technically serious, played across the island's social classes with an intensity that no other territory in the Caribbean matched. The Garrison Savannah in Bridgetown hosted the island's top matches, and the inter-club rivalries between teams representing different districts and social groups gave Barbadian cricket a competitive vitality that eventually produced some of the greatest cricketers in the game's history.

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Harry Jupp — The Surrey Stonewaller and His Impenetrable Defence, 1860s

Surrey and England representative sides

1863-06-01

Harry Jupp of Surrey was one of Victorian cricket's great defensive batsmen — a stonewaller of such impenetrable technique that contemporaries called him 'Young Stonewall' and marvelled at his ability to bat through entire sessions without apparent risk of dismissal. His method was unromantic but effective; he scored over 23,000 first-class runs at an average of 22, represented England in the first two Test matches of 1876–77, and drove bowlers to distraction with a patience that the entertainment-hungry Victorian public occasionally found trying.

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Trent Bridge and the County Ground Revolution — Victorian Cricket's Infrastructure Built, 1860s

Nottinghamshire CCC and county cricket administration

1863-04-01

Trent Bridge underwent significant improvements through the 1860s as Nottinghamshire county cricket consolidated its position as one of England's strongest counties. The ground that William Clarke had developed from the 1830s was enlarged, a proper pavilion constructed, and the playing surface improved to a standard that attracted major representative fixtures. The Trent Bridge of the 1860s was the prototype of the modern county ground.

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John Wisden's Playing Career — From the 'Little Wonder' to Retirement, 1846-1863

Sussex, Kent, Middlesex; All-England Eleven; United All-England Eleven

1863-09-01

Long before John Wisden's name appeared on the spine of an almanack, he was the most feared fast bowler of his generation. At five feet four he was the smallest fast bowler in first-class history; nicknamed the 'Little Wonder' by umpire Bob Thoms, he took more than 1,000 first-class wickets at 6.66 between 1846 and 1863. In 1850 at Lord's he took all ten North-South wickets in an innings — every one bowled, the only ten-bowled innings in first-class history.

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