1892 English cricket season
1892 was the third season of County Championship cricket in England. Surrey set a record number of wins with thirteen of their sixteen matches to retain the title. George Lohmann and Bill Lockwood took over 100 wickets each in the 16 Championship matches.[note 1]
Honours
[edit]- County Championship – Surrey
- Wisden (Five Batsmen of the Year) – Herbie Hewett, Lionel Palairet, Walter Read, Stanley Scott, Andrew Stoddart
County Championship
[edit]Final table
[edit]| Team | P | W | L | D | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surrey | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | Nottinghamshire | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Somerset | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Lancashire | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | Middlesex | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | Yorkshire | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Gloucestershire | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | −7 |
| 7 | Kent | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | −7 |
| 9 | Sussex | 16 | 1 | 12 | 3 | −11 |
Points system:
- 1 for a win
- 0 for a draw
- -1 for a loss
Most runs in the County Championship
[edit]| 1892 County Championship – leading batsmen | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team | Matches | Runs | Average | 100s | 50s |
| Herbie Hewett | Somerset | 16 | 1047 | 40.26 | 1 | 9 |
| Arthur Shrewsbury | Nottinghamshire | 16 | 920 | 41.84 | 4 | 0 |
| Walter Read | Surrey | 16 | 896 | 40.72 | 3 | 3 |
| Stanley Scott | Middlesex | 15 | 861 | 39.13 | 1 | 5 |
| Andrew Stoddart | Middlesex | 16 | 848 | 30.28 | 1 | 2 |
Most wickets in the County Championship
[edit]| 1892 County Championship – leading bowlers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team | Matches | Balls bowled | Wickets taken | Average |
| Bill Lockwood | Surrey | 16 | 3411 | 114 | 13.26 |
| Arthur Mold | Lancashire | 16 | 3315 | 104 | 13.70 |
| George Lohmann | Surrey | 15 | 4326 | 102 | 13.87 |
| John Hearne | Middlesex | 16 | 4299 | 100 | 16.23 |
| William Attewell | Nottinghamshire | 16 | 4756 | 97 | 12.79 |
Overall first-class statistics
[edit]Leading batsmen
[edit]
| 1892 English cricket season – leading batsmen | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team(s) | Matches | Runs | Average | 100s | 50s |
| Herbie Hewett | Gentlemen, Somerset, South of England | 24 | 1407 | 35.17 | 1 | 11 |
| Andrew Stoddart | Gentlemen, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Middlesex, South of England | 26 | 1403 | 31.17 | 1 | 7 |
| Lionel Palairet | Gentlemen, Oxford University, Somerset | 26 | 1343 | 31.97 | 2 | 7 |
| Arthur Shrewsbury | North of England, Nottinghamshire, Players | 22 | 1260 | 42.00 | 5 | 1 |
| Billy Gunn | Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), North of England, Nottinghamshire, Players | 25 | 1120 | 30.27 | 1 | 6 |
Leading bowlers
[edit]| 1892 English cricket season – leading bowlers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team(s) | Matches | Balls bowled | Wickets taken | Average |
| John Hearne | Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Middlesex, South of England | 25 | 6803 | 163 | 15.39 |
| Sammy Woods | Gentlemen, Somerset, South of England | 25 | 5284 | 153 | 16.83 |
| Bill Lockwood | Players, Surrey | 22 | 4452 | 151 | 13.60 |
| George Lohmann | Players, South of England, Surrey | 23 | 6069 | 151 | 15.33 |
| William Attewell | Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), North of England, Nottinghamshire, Players | 26 | 7271 | 144 | 14.00 |
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Any match listed in the ACS' Important Match Guide (1981) is historically important, and therefore of the highest standard, whether or not a scorecard might exist. The same applies to numerous matches discovered by researchers since 1981.[1] For further information, see First-class cricket.
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- ACS (1981). A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709–1863. Nottingham: ACS. OCLC 85045528.
- ACS (1982). A Guide to First-class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles. Nottingham: ACS. OCLC 10586869.
- Warner, Pelham (1946). Lords: 1787–1945. London: Harrap. OCLC 877106024.
Annual reviews
[edit]- James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1896
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1896
Further reading
[edit]- Altham, H. S.; Swanton, E. W. (1962). A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914) (5th ed.). London: George Allen & Unwin. OCLC 894274808.
- Birley, Derek (1999). A Social History of English Cricket. London: Aurum Press. ISBN 978-18-54107-10-7 – via Internet Archive.
- Bowen, Rowland (1970). Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. ISBN 978-04-13278-60-9.
- Major, John (2007). More Than A Game. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-00-07183-64-7 – via Internet Archive.