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Surrey's 21-Year Oval Lease and Champion County Years — F.P. Miller's Captaincy, 1855

Surrey CCC

1855-04-01

In 1855 Surrey County Cricket Club secured a fresh 21-year lease on the Kennington Oval, the market-garden site they had occupied since 1845. Under their amateur captain F.P. Miller — first elected to lead the side in 1851 — Surrey would be acclaimed Champion County in 1850, 1854, 1856 and 1857 and recognised as the leading side again in 1858, 1859 and 1864, dominating the decade through professional strength and Miller's tactical command.

#surrey#the-oval#fp-miller

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Surrey's Champion County Era — The Oval Becomes England's Premier Ground, 1851

Surrey vs All England

1851-08-01

From the early 1850s Surrey, playing at the newly upgraded Oval under the captaincy of the Harrow schoolmaster F.P. Miller, emerged as the dominant county side in England. With Lockyer keeping, Caffyn and Martingell bowling, and a deep professional batting order, they went effectively unchallenged as Champion County through much of the decade, making The Oval the most important cricket ground in England outside Lord's.

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