1890 English cricket season Totally Explained

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The 1890 English cricket season was the first year the County Championship was officially held, which Surrey won after winning nine out of fourteen games, and the English cricket team, captained by WG Grace, won the Ashes series 2–0 with a third Test match abandoned.

Honours

County Championship - Surrey
Wisden (Five Great Wicket-Keepers) - Jack Blackham, Gregor MacGregor, Dick Pilling, Mordecai Sherwin, Henry Wood

County Championship

Final table

	Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
1	Surrey	14	9	3	2	6
2	Lancashire	14	7	3	4	4
3	Kent	14	6	3	5	3
	Yorkshire	14	6	3	5	3
5	Nottinghamshire	14	5	5	4	0
6	Gloucestershire	14	5	6	3	-1
7	Middlesex	12	3	8	1	-5
8	Sussex	12	1	11	0	-10

Points system:

1 for a win

0 for a draw

-1 for a loss

Most runs in the County Championship

1890 County Championship - leading batsmen
Name	Team	Matches	Runs	Average	100s	50s
Arthur Shrewsbury	Nottinghamshire	14	1082	49.18	2	6
WG Grace	Gloucestershire	14	832	36.17	1	6
James Cranston	Gloucestershire	14	798	34.69	2	4
Bobby Abel	Surrey	13	704	39.11	2	2
Billy Gunn	Nottinghamshire	13	693	33.00	1	2

Most wickets in the County Championship

1890 County Championship - leading bowlers
Name	Team	Matches	Balls bowled	Wickets taken	Average
George Lohmann	Surrey	14	4326	113	12.66
John Sharpe	Surrey	14	3690	102	12.08
Bobby Peel	Yorkshire	14	4323	90	12.90
Frederick Martin	Kent	14	4477	88	14.45
Arthur Mold	Lancashire	14	3168	80	14.61

Ashes tour

See also: England won 2–0, but the series was more closely contested than the result says, as the English got the better of the pitch in the first Test and eked through by two wickets in the second - although it has to be said that the English were lacking key players in that Test. A third Test in Manchester was scheduled, but rained off.

Overall first-class statistics

Leading batsmen

1890 English cricket season - leading batsmen
Name	Team(s)	Matches	Runs	Average	100s	50s
Billy Gunn	England, MCC, North of England, Nottinghamshire, Players	30	1621	34.48	3	3
Arthur Shrewsbury	England, North of England, Nottinghamshire, Players	25	1568	41.26	2	9
WG Grace	England, Gentlemen, Gloucestershire, MCC, South of England	30	1476	28.38	1	9
Billy Murdoch	Australia	33	1394	24.45	2	6
Bobby Abel	Surrey	32	1226	24.03	0	9

Leading bowlers

1890 English cricket season - leading bowlers
Name	Team(s)	Matches	Balls bowled	Wickets taken	Average
George Lohmann	England, Players, South of England, Surrey	32	8801	220	13.62
Frederick Martin	England, Kent, MCC, South of England	29	8507	190	13.05
John Ferris	Australia	30	7727	186	14.28
Charles Turner	Australia	31	7528	179	14.21
Bobby Peel	England, North of England, Players, Yorkshire	33	7755	171	13.07

Annual reviews

James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1891

Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1891Further Information

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