1896 English cricket season

Cricket season review March 2015 May 2026 1895 1895 English cricket season 1897 1897 English cricket season The 1896 English cricket season featured the seventh edition of the County Championship. Yorkshire won the championship title having lost only losing three of their 26 matches, setting a points percentage record with 68.42. Yorkshire's team did not possess the greatest performers statistically, such as Sussex with Ranjitsinhji, or Gloucestershire with W. G. Grace, but a well-rounded squad with four bowlers taking more than 70 wickets in the Championship and five batsmen scoring over 1000 runs gave them the title. Playing against Warwickshire at Edgbaston in May, Yorkshire scored 887 in their first innings, which is still the highest total in the history of the County Championship.Warwickshire v Yorkshire https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/4/4496.html cricketarchive.co.uk 3 September 2012 The highlight of the season, however, was the Australian tour, where Australia won their first Test match in England since 1888, and gave England a fight up until the third Test. On a rain-affected pitch, however, England hauled in a 66-run third test victory thanks to Bobby Peel, who took six for 23. The win sealed the Ashes in favour of England by 2 wins to 1.Wynne-Thomas Peter The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records 1983 Hamlyn Publishing Group 0-600-34667-6 Honours County Championship - Yorkshire Minor Counties Championship - Worcestershire Wisden (Five Cricketers of the Season) - Syd Gregory, Dick Lilley, K S Ranjitsinhji, Tom Richardson, Hugh Trumble) County Championship 1896 County Championship Final table County Championship 1896 - Final Standings Team P W L D Pts GC1 Pts/GC (as %)1Yorkshire 261637131968.422 Lancashire 22114771546.673 Middlesex 1683551145.454 Surrey 261772102441.675 Essex 12 5 4 3 1 9 11.116Nottinghamshire 165560100.007 Derbyshire 16 4 6 6 -2 10 -20.008Hampshire 16 5 8 3 -3 13 -23.089Kent 18594-414-28.5710Gloucestershire 185103-515-33.3311Somerset 16376-410-40.0012Warwickshire 18 3 87-511-45.4513 Leicestershire 14 2 8 4 -6 10 -60.0014 Sussex 18297-711-63.64 1 Games completed Points system: 1 for a win 0 for a draw, a tie or an abandoned match -1 for a loss Total points were then divided by the number of games completed, which determined the ranking Most runs in the County Championship 1896 County Championship - leading batsmen Name Team Matches Runs Average 100s 50sRanjitsinhji Sussex 17 1698 58.55 7 6WG Grace Gloucestershire 18 1565 53.96 4 6John Brown Yorkshire 24 1556 45.76 4 7Bobby Abel Surrey 26 1516 42.11 4 6Frank Sugg Lancashire 22 1278 39.93 3 4 Most wickets in the County Championship 1896 County Championship - leading bowlers Name Team Matches Balls bowled Wickets taken AverageTom Richardson Surrey 25 6163 191 15.46Arthur Mold Lancashire 21 4836 130 17.20Johnny Briggs Lancashire 22 6884 122 19.77J.T. Hearne Middlesex 16 5294 118 17.95Charlie Townsend Gloucestershire 18 3685 101 21.84 Ashes tour Australian cricket team in England in 1896 History of Test cricket (1890 to 1900)#Trott tours England 1896 England won again, but this time faced a series-decider in the final match at The Oval, without George Lohmann of Surrey and William Gunn of Nottinghamshire, who went on a strike over match fees allegedly received by the amateur WG Grace. In the first Test at Lord's, England won by six wickets, chasing 108 to win, but Australia recovered to win the second Test at Old Trafford, despite 154 from Ranjitsinhji on debut - as the first Indian to play Test cricket, and only the second to score a century on Test debut. The third Test was ravaged by rain, and in poor playing conditions England won by 66 runs. The highest individual score in that match was 47 from Australian Joe Darling. Cumulative record - Test wins 1876–1896England25Australia15Drawn6 Overall first-class statistics Leading batsmen 1896 English cricket season - leading batsmen Name Team(s) Matches Runs Average 100s 50sRanjitsinhji England, Gentlemen, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), South of England, Sussex 29 2780 57.91 7 8Bobby Abel England, Players, South of England, Surrey 35 2218 42.65 5 11WG Grace England, Gentlemen, Gloucestershire, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), South of England 30 2135 42.70 4 11John Brown England, North of England, Players, Yorkshire 35 1873 35.33 4 8Andrew Stoddart England, Gentlemen, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Middlesex, South of England 28 1671 34.81 4 7 Leading bowlers 1896 English cricket season - leading bowlers Name Team(s) Matches Balls bowled Wickets taken AverageJ T Hearne England, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Middlesex, Players, South of England 35 10,016 257 14.28Tom Richardson England, Players, South of England, Surrey 34 8287 246 16.32Johnny Briggs England, Lancashire, North of England, Players 30 8701 165 19.71Arthur Mold Lancashire, North of England 27 5830 150 18.12Hugh Trumble Australia 30 5701 148 15.81 Annual reviews James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1897 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1897 References External links Cricket in England in 1896 Category:1896 in English cricket 1896