The 1851 English cricket season saw Jem Grundy take over 100 wickets

First-class matches

• 1851 match list

Leading batsmen

G Chatterton was the leading runscorer with 455 @ 19.78

Other leading batsmen were: N Felix, J Guy, G Parr, W Caffyn, J Dean, W Nicholson, J Grundy, A Haygarth, J Caesar

Leading bowlers

J Grundy was the leading wicket-taker with 114

Other leading bowlers were: J Wisden, W Clarke, T Sherman, T Nixon, J Dean, WR Hillyer

External sources

• CricketArchive – season summaries

Annual reviews

• Fred Lillywhite
  Fred Lillywhite
  Frederick Lillywhite was a sports outfitter and cricketing entrepreneur, who organised the first overseas cricket tour by an English team and published a number of reference works about cricket.-Cricketing dynasty:...
  
  , The Guide to Cricketers, Lillywhite, 1852
• Arthur Haygarth
  Arthur Haygarth
  Arthur Haygarth was a noted amateur cricketer who became one of cricket's most significant historians....
  
  , Scores & Biographies, Volume 4 (1849–1854), Lillywhite, 1862