1892 English cricket season

1892 English cricket season
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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.

Honours

County Championship

Main article: 1892 County Championship

Final table

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

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

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

Leading batsmen

Lionel Palairet and Herbie Hewett of Somerset
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, 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 MCC, North of England, Nottinghamshire, Players 25 1120 30.27 1 6

Leading bowlers

1892 English cricket season – leading bowlers
Name Team(s) Matches Balls bowled Wickets taken Average
John Hearne 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 MCC, North of England, Nottinghamshire, Players 26 7271 144 14.00

References

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