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Turner's 1888 Season

When
1888
Where
English cricket season
Part of
Charles Turner takes 250 wickets in an English season

Charles Turner took 283 wickets in the 1888 English season, surpassing Ted Peate's record by 69 wickets.

During the English summer of 1888, Charles Turner was prolific, taking 283 wickets at an average of 11.27 runs each. This tally was 69 wickets ahead of Ted Peate's 1882 record. The feat was later bettered only by Tom Richardson in 1895 and Tich Freeman in 1928 and 1933.

Sources

  1. Charles Turner (Australian cricketer) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-08

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