1853 English cricket season

1853 was the 67th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).^{[note 1]}

Important matches

J Dean was the leading runscorer with 372 @ 12.82

Other leading batsmen were: TM Adams, W Caffyn, G Parr, W Nicholson, A Haygarth, E Balfour, T Lockyer, J Caesar, J Lillywhite

J Grundy was the leading wicket-taker with 87

Other leading bowlers were: J Wisden, J Dean, W Clarke, WR Hillyer, J Bickley, SME Kempson

^ Some eleven-a-side matches played from 1772 to 1863 have been rated "first-class" by certain sources.^[1] However, the term only came into common use around 1864, when overarm bowling was legalised. It was formally defined as a standard by a meeting at Lord's, in May 1894, of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the county clubs which were then competing in the County Championship. The ruling was effective from the beginning of the 1895 season, but pre-1895 matches of the same standard have no official definition of status because the ruling is not retrospective.^[2] Matches of a similar standard since the beginning of the 1864 season are generally considered to have an unofficial first-class status.^[3] Pre-1864 matches which are included in the ACS' "Important Match Guide" may generally be regarded as top-class or, at least, historically significant.^[4] For further information, see First-class cricket.

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^ ACS 1981, pp. 1–40.

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