Somerset County Cricket Club in 1893

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.

Somerset County Cricket Club

1893 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 →

County Championship

Season standings

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

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	10wi
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

Other matches

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

Tourist match

Other matches

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

Notes and references

References

1. "Batting and fielding for Somerset: County Championship 1893". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
2. "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

• 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.