1891 English cricket season

Cricket season review March 2015 March 2015 1890 1890 English cricket season 1892 1892 English cricket season The 1891 English cricket season featured the second edition of the County Championship. There were no international tours. The County Championship was won by Surrey in even more dominant fashion than previously as they won twelve of their 16 games. Debutants Somerset finished fifth out of the nine teams.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 Bowlers) - William Attewell, J T Hearne, Frederick Martin, Arthur Mold, John Sharpe County Championship 1891 County Championship Final table Team P W L D A Pts1 Surrey 1612220102 Lancashire 16843143 Middlesex 16853034 Nottinghamshire 14545015 Kent 164561-15 Somerset 125610-17 Sussex 144730-38 Yorkshire 1651010-59 Gloucestershire 1621040-8 Points system: 1 for a win 0 for a draw −1 for a loss Most runs in the County Championship 1891 County Championship - leading batsmen Name Team Matches Runs Average 100s 50sBobby Abel Surrey 16 916 43.61 2 4Arthur Shrewsbury Nottinghamshire 13 794 41.78 2 5Billy Gunn Nottinghamshire 12 780 43.33 2 3George Bean Sussex 14 773 33.60 2 4Tim O'Brien Middlesex 15 755 35.95 2 3 Most wickets in the County Championship 1891 County Championship - leading bowlers Name Team Matches Balls bowled Wickets taken AverageGeorge Lohmann Surrey 16 4267 132 10.65John Hearne Middlesex 15 3434 118 10.33Arthur Mold Lancashire 15 3781 112 12.37Frederick Martin Kent 15 4267 98 13.10Johnny Briggs Lancashire 15 3214 89 12.96 Overall first-class statistics Leading batsmen 1891 English cricket season - leading batsmen Name Team(s) Matches Runs Average 100s 50sBilly Gunn Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), North of England, Nottinghamshire, Players 23 1336 41.75 4 4Bobby Abel Players, South of England, Surrey 24 1139 33.50 2 5Arthur Shrewsbury North of England, Nottinghamshire, Players 17 1071 48.68 3 6George Ulyett North of England, Players, Yorkshire 25 1068 24.83 2 6George Bean Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Players, South of England, Sussex 21 1002 30.36 2 5 Leading bowlers 1891 English cricket season - leading bowlers Name Team(s) Matches Balls bowled Wickets taken AverageGeorge Lohmann Players, South of England, Surrey 25 5943 177 11.66Frederick Martin Kent, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Players, South of England 22 5735 140 13.37William Attewell Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), North of England, Nottinghamshire, Players 28 7573 153 13.93Arthur Mold Lancashire 19 4712 138 12.49Sammy Woods Cambridge University, Gentlemen, Somerset, South of England 21 4640 134 16.72 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, 1892 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1892 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:1891 in English cricket 1891