1870 English cricket season

The 1870 English cricket season saw the first-class debut of WG Grace's Gloucestershire CCC.

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Gloucestershire CCC played its initial first-class match v. Surrey at Durdham Downs, near Bristol, on 2, 3 & 4 June.

4 November. Formation of Derbyshire CCC at a meeting in the Guildhall, Derby.

WG Grace was the leading runscorer with 1808 @ 54.78

JC Shaw was the leading wicket-taker with 96 @ 10.31

John Lillywhite's Cricketer's Companion (Green Lilly), Lillywhite, 1871
Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 11 (1869-1870), Lillywhite, 1871

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