Events

• 18 August – formation of Somerset CCC by a team of amateurs at a meeting in Sidmouth, Devonshire, immediately after a match against a local side.

External sources

• CricketArchive – season summaries

Annual reviews

• John Lillywhite's Cricketer's Companion (Green Lilly), Lillywhite, 1876
• James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1876
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1876