1893 English cricket season

Cricket season review March 2015 March 2015 1892 1892 English cricket season 1894 1894 English cricket season The 1893 English cricket season featured the fourth edition of the County Championship. For the first time, the official championship was won by a team other than Surrey, who finished fifth. Yorkshire, captained by Lord Hawke won twelve matches to take the title. It was the first of a record eight championships (1893, 1896, 1898, 1900–1902, 1905 and 1908) for Hawke as a county captain.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. An Australian team toured the British Isles for the first time in three years, but lost the three-match Ashes Test series to England. It was the 15th Test series between the two teams and England won 1–0.Wynne-Thomas Peter Peter Wynne-Thomas The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records 1983 Hamlyn Publishing Group 0-600-34667-6 Honours County Championship – Yorkshire Wisden (Five All-Round Cricketers) – George Giffen, Alec Hearne, Stanley Jackson, Harry Trott, Ted Wainwright County Championship 1893 County Championship Final table Team P W L D Pts1 Yorkshire 16123192 Lancashire 1695243 Middlesex 1696134 Kent 1664625 Surrey 16781−16 Nottinghamshire 16574−27 Sussex 16475−38 Somerset 16484−49 Gloucestershire 163112−8 Points system: 1 for a win 0 for a draw -1 for a loss Best batting average in the County Championship 1893 County Championship – leading batsmen Name Team Matches Runs Average 100s 50sBilly Gunn Nottinghamshire 16 1223 47.03 5 3Andrew Stoddart Middlesex 14 1178 47.12 3 6Arthur Shrewsbury Nottinghamshire 16 920 41.84 4 0Albert Ward Lancashire 16 1035 38.33 2 5Billy Murdoch Sussex 16 965 35.74 0 9 Most wickets in the County Championship 1893 County Championship – leading bowlers Name Team Matches Balls bowled Wickets taken AverageJohn Hearne Middlesex 16 5798 137 16.04Walter Humphreys senior Sussex 16 3219 122 16.43Arthur Mold Lancashire 15 4104 117 14.99Johnny Briggs Lancashire 16 4212 108 13.75Tom Richardson Surrey 13 2686 99 14.34 Ashes tour Australian cricket team in England in 1893 England won a fifth successive home series against Australia to recover The Ashes after losing them in the 1891–92 series in Australia. W. G. Grace was injured for one of the Tests, but captained England in the other two. The first Test ended in a draw, but England took advantage of a 392-run lead on first innings to beat the visitors by an innings and 43 runs in the second Test, while the third and final Test was another draw. Cumulative record - Test wins 1876–1893England20Australia12Drawn6 Overall first-class statistics Leading batsmen 1893 English cricket season – leading batsmen Name Team(s) Matches Runs Average 100s 50sAndrew Stoddart England, Gentlemen, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Middlesex, South of England 28 2072 42.28 4 13Billy Gunn England, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Nottinghamshire, Players 30 2057 42.85 7 8W. G. Grace England, Gentlemen, Gloucestershire, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), South of England 28 1609 35.75 1 11Arthur Shrewsbury England, Nottinghamshire, Players 25 1586 40.66 5 7Albert Ward England, Lancashire, North of England 24 1435 35.87 2 8 Leading bowlers 1893 English cricket season – leading bowlers Name Team(s) Matches Balls bowled Wickets taken AverageJohn Hearne Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Middlesex, Players, South of England 29 8709 212 16.47Tom Richardson England, Players, South of England, Surrey 23 4969 174 15.40Johnny Briggs England, Lancashire, North of England, Players 28 6820 166 15.89Arthur Mold England, Lancashire, North of England, Players 28 6409 166 16.96Bill Lockwood England, Players, South of England, Surrey 27 4652 150 16.78Walter Humphreys senior South of England, Sussex 21 4044 150 17.32 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 James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1894 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1894 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:1893 in English cricket 1893