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Somerset County Cricket Club in 1893

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Somerset County Cricket Club
1893 season
CaptainHerbie Hewett
County Championship8th
Most runsHerbie Hewett (669)[1]
Most wicketsTed Tyler (86)[2]
Most catchesSammy Woods (16)[1]
← 1892 1894 →

In the 1893 season, Somerset County Cricket Club played their seventh season of first-class cricket, and participated in the County Championship for the third season. They finished eighth in the competition, falling five positions from the previous year. Their captain, Herbie Hewett, completed the season as the club's leading run-scorer, accruing 669 runs in the Championship. The left-arm spinner Ted Tyler took the most wickets for the county, with 86. Matches were also played against Oxford University, and the touring Australians.

County Championship

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Season standings

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Note: Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, Pts = Points.

County Championship[3]
Team Pld W L D Pts
Yorkshire (C) 16 12 3 1 9
Lancashire 16 9 5 2 4
Middlesex 16 9 6 1 3
Kent 16 6 4 6 2
Surrey 16 7 8 1 –1
Nottinghamshire 16 5 7 4 –2
Sussex 16 4 7 5 –3
Somerset 16 4 8 4 –4
Gloucestershire 16 3 11 2 –8

Notes:
Team marked  (C)  won the County Championship.

Match log and statistics

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Match log
No. Date Opponents Venue Result Ref
1 22–23 May Middlesex Lord's, London Lost by 7 wickets [4]
2 25–26 May Sussex County Ground, Hove Lost by 9 wickets [5]
3 1–3 June Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham Lost by 225 runs [6]
4 15–17 June Yorkshire County Ground, Taunton Lost by an innings and 51 runs [7]
5 29 June–1 July Kent Angel Ground, Tonbridge Lost by 8 wickets [8]
6 6–7 July Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield Lost by an innings and 13 runs [9]
7 10–12 July Kent County Ground, Taunton Drawn [10]
8 13–14 July Surrey Kennington Oval, London Won by 39 runs [11]
9 17–19 July Lancashire County Ground, Taunton Drawn [12]
10 24–26 July Lancashire Aigburth, Liverpool Lost by 230 runs [13]
11 7–9 August Middlesex County Ground, Taunton Drawn [14]
12 10–12 August Sussex County Ground, Taunton Drawn [15]
13 14–16 August Gloucestershire College Ground, Cheltenham Won by 127 runs [16]
14 17–18 August Surrey County Ground, Taunton Lost by 8 wickets [17]
15 21–22 August Nottinghamshire County Ground, Taunton Won by an innings and 99 runs [18]
16 28–29 August Gloucestershire County Ground, Taunton Won by an innings and 170 runs [19]
Batting averages
Player Matches Innings Runs Average Highest score 100s 50s
Herbie Hewett 13 22 669 31.85 120 2 2
Lionel Palairet 10 18 492 28.94 91 0 5
John Challen 7 12 311 25.91 108 1 1
Richard Palairet 8 13 313 24.07 56 0 3
Coote Hedley 11 19 394 21.88 54* 0 2
Sammy Woods 16 29 564 19.44 62 0 2
Frederic Poynton 10 19 302 16.77 51 0 1
George Nichols 16 28 314 14.95 45 0 0
Qualification: 300 runs. Source: CricketArchive.[1]
Bowling averages
Player Matches Balls Wickets Average BBI 5wi 10wm
Ted Tyler 16 4,183 86 19.12 6/50 8 2
Coote Hedley 11 1,549 33 22.18 6/75 1 0
George Nichols 16 2,737 55 22.43 5/50 1 0
Sammy Woods 16 2,546 59 24.83 7/122 2 1
Qualification: 30 wickets. Source: CricketArchive.[2]

University match

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Other matches
No. Date Opponents Venue Result Ref
1 29–30 May Oxford University University Parks, Oxford Won by 10 wickets [20]

Tourist match

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Other matches
No. Date Opponents Venue Result Ref
1 20–22 July Australians County Ground, Taunton Lost by 6 wickets [21]

Notes and references

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References
  1. ^ a b c "Batting and fielding for Somerset: County Championship 1893". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Bowling for Somerset: County Championship 1893". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  3. ^ "County Championship 1892 table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Middlesex v Somerset: County Championship 1893". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Sussex v Somerset: County Championship 1893". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Nottinghamshire v Somerset: County Championship 1893". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Somerset v Yorkshire: County Championship 1893". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  8. ^ "Kent v Somerset: County Championship 1893". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Yorkshire v Somerset: County Championship 1893". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  10. ^ "Somerset v Kent: County Championship 1893". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  11. ^ "Surrey v Somerset: County Championship 1893". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  12. ^ "Somerset v Lancashire: County Championship 1893". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  13. ^ "Lancashire v Somerset: County Championship 1893". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  14. ^ "Somerset v Middlesex: County Championship 1893". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  15. ^ "Somerset v Sussex: County Championship 1893". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  16. ^ "Gloucestershire v Somerset: County Championship 1893". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  17. ^ "Somerset v Surrey: County Championship 1893". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  18. ^ "Somerset v Nottinghamshire: County Championship 1893". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  19. ^ "Somerset v Gloucestershire: County Championship 1893". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  20. ^ "Oxford University v Somerset: University Match 1893". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  21. ^ "Somerset v Australians: Australia in England 1893". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2014.

Bibliography

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