1890 English cricket season

Cricket season review March 2015 March 2015 1889 1891 The 1890 English cricket season was the first in which the County Championship was held as an official competition, following agreement between MCC and the leading county clubs at a meeting in December 1889. Surrey became the first official county champions after winning nine out of fourteen games.Wynne-Thomas Peter Peter Wynne-Thomas The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records 1983 Hamlyn Publishing Group 0-600-34667-6Engel Matthew Matthew Engel Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004 493–494 2004 John Wisden & Company Ltd 0-947766-83-9 In Test cricket, England, captained by W. G. Grace, defeated Australia in a three-match series by 2–0 to win The Ashes. It was the 13th Test series between the teams. William Gunn of Nottinghamshire was the season's highest run-scorer (1,621); George Lohmann of Surrey took the most wickets (220).note status 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.ACS 1981 1–40 For further information, see First-class cricket. Honours County Championship – Surrey Wisden (Five Great Wicket-Keepers) – Jack Blackham, Gregor MacGregor, Dick Pilling, Mordecai Sherwin, Henry Wood Ashes tour Australian cricket team in England in 1890 England won the three-match Test series 2–0. Only two matches were completed as one was abandoned due to persistent heavy rain: 1st Test at Lord's Cricket Ground – England won by 7 wickets 2nd Test at The Oval – England won by 2 wickets 3rd Test at Old Trafford Cricket Ground – abandoned without a ball being bowled (rain) Cumulative record - Test wins 1876–1890England18Australia10Drawn4 County Championship 1890 County Championship Overall first-class statistics Leading batsmen 1890 English cricket season - leading batsmen Name Team(s) Matches Runs Average 100s 50sBilly Gunn England, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), North, Nottinghamshire, Players 30 1,621 34.48 3 3Arthur Shrewsbury England, North, Nottinghamshire, Players 25 1,568 41.26 2 9W. G. Grace England, Gentlemen, Gloucestershire, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), South 30 1,476 28.38 1 9Billy Murdoch Australia 33 1,394 24.45 2 6Bobby Abel Surrey 32 1,226 24.03 0 9 Leading bowlers 1890 English cricket season - leading bowlers Name Team(s) Matches Balls bowled Wickets taken AverageGeorge Lohmann England, Players, South, Surrey 32 8,801 220 13.62Frederick Martin England, Kent, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), South 29 8,507 190 13.05John Ferris Australia 30 7,727 186 14.28Charles Turner Australia 31 7,528 179 14.21Bobby Peel England, North, Players, Yorkshire 33 7,755 171 13.07 Notes note References Bibliography ACS Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709–1863 1981 ACS Nottingham https://archive.acscricket.com/online_library/match_guides/bi_imp_match_guide/index.html 85045528 ACS 1982 A Guide to First-class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles ACS Nottingham https://archive.acscricket.com/online_library/match_guides/bi_match_guide/index.html 10586869 Warner Pelham Pelham Warner Lords: 1787–1945 1946 Harrap London 877106024 Annual reviews Lillywhite James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly) Lillywhite 1891 Wisden Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 28th edition 1891 Pardon Charles Charles Pardon John Wisden & Co. Ltd London Further reading Altham H. S. Harry Altham E. W. Swanton E. W. Swanton A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914) 5th 1962 George Allen & Unwin London 894274808 Birley Derek Derek Birley A Social History of English Cricket 1999 Aurum Press London 978-18-54107-10-7 https://archive.org/details/socialhistoryofe0000birl_d1n5 Internet Archive Bowen Rowland Rowland Bowen Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development 1970 Eyre & Spottiswoode London 978-04-13278-60-9 Major John John Major More Than A Game 2007 HarperCollins London 978-00-07183-64-7 https://archive.org/details/morethangamestor0000majo_b8t0 Internet Archive Category:1890 in English cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 19th century