1877 English cricket season

1877 was the 91st season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

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• Gloucestershire

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15 - 19 March. Australia v. England at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Afterwards recognised as the first-ever Test Match. Australia won by 45 runs with Charles Bannerman scoring 165*: the first Test century. William Midwinter, with 5–78 in England's first innings, was the first bowler to take five wickets in a Test innings.

31 March - 4 April. Australia v. England: Second Test, also at MCG. England won by 4 wickets.

27 July - 28 July. Gloucestershire beats an "unrepresentative" (Wisden) England team by five wickets. Since 1877 only Yorkshire in 1905 and 1935 has equalled this feat.

10 & 12 November. South Australia v. Tasmania at Adelaide was the earliest first class match played by South Australia. They won by an innings and 13 runs, their team including George Giffen.

^a An unofficial seasonal title sometimes proclaimed by consensus of media and historians prior to December 1889 when the official County Championship was constituted. Although there are ante-dated claims prior to 1873, when residence qualifications were introduced, it is only since that ruling that any quasi-official status can be ascribed.

• John Lillywhite’s Cricketer’s Companion (Green Lilly), Lillywhite, 1878
• James Lillywhite’s Cricketers’ Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1878
• John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack 1878

• CricketArchive – season summaries