Somerset County Cricket Club in 1893

Somerset County Cricket Club1893 season

Captain| Herbie Hewett
County Championship| 8th
Most runs| Herbie Hewett (669)[1]
Most wickets| Ted Tyler (86)[2]
Most catches| Sammy Woods (16)[1]
| ← 1892 | 1894 →

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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* Roebuck, Peter. From Sammy to Jimmy: The Official History of Somerset County Cricket Club (1991 ed.). London: Partridge Press. ISBN 1-85225-085-2.
* Foot, David. Sunshine, Sixes and Cider: The History of Somerset Cricket (1986 ed.). Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8890-8.

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