1882 English cricket season

Champion County

• Lancashire, Nottinghamshire

  Playing record (by county)

Leading batsmen (qualification 20 innings)

Leading bowlers (qualification 1,000 balls)

Events

• 8 April : Formation of Warwickshire CCC at a meeting in Coventry.
• 10 May: Formation of Durham CCC.
• Somerset CCC played its initial first-class match v. Lancashire at Old Trafford on 8, 9 & 10 June and joined the County Championship, but for only four seasons initially.
• 14 August: C.T. Studd became the second player after W.G. Grace to accomplish the "double" of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets, which he achieved by dismissing Grace.
• 28 & 29 August. England v. Australia at The Oval. Australia won the most famous match in history by 7 runs with F R Spofforth, the original "Demon Bowler", taking seven for 46 and seven for 44. Soon afterwards, The Sporting Times printed its legendary obituary notice:

• 25 September: Ted Peate breaks the late James Southerton’s 1870 record by taking his 211st wicket of the season. His record stands until Charles Turner takes his 215th wicket on 23 August 1888.

Annual reviews

• John Lillywhite's Cricketer's Companion, Lillywhite, 1883
• James Lillywhite's Cricketers’ Annual, Lillywhite, 1883
• John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack 1883