1890 English cricket season

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1890 was the 104th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the first in which the County Championship was held as an official competition, following agreement between MCC and the leading county clubs at a meeting in December 1889. Surrey became the first official county champions after winning nine out of fourteen games.{{cite book |last=Wynne-Thomas |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Wynne-Thomas |title=The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records |year=1983 |publisher=Hamlyn Publishing Group |isbn=0-600-34667-6}}{{cite book |last=Engel |first=Matthew |author-link=Matthew Engel |title=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004 |pages=493–494 |year=2004 |publisher=John Wisden & Company Ltd |isbn=0-947766-83-9}}

In Test cricket, England, captained by W. G. Grace, defeated Australia in a three-match series by 2–0 to win The Ashes. It was the 13th Test series between the sides. William Gunn of Nottinghamshire was the season's highest run-scorer (1,621); George Lohmann of Surrey took the most wickets (220).

Honours

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

Ashes tour

England won the three-match Test series 2–0. Only two matches were completed as one was abandoned due to persistent heavy rain:

[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/3/3605.html 1st Test] at Lord's Cricket Ground – England won by 7 wickets
[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/3/3623.html 2nd Test] at The Oval – England won by 2 wickets
[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/3/3635.html 3rd Test] at Old Trafford Cricket Ground – abandoned without a ball being bowled (rain)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
width="150" \| Cumulative record - Test wins ! width="50" \| 1876-1890
style="text-align:left;"\|England \|18
style="text-align:left;"\|Australia \|10
style="text-align:left;"\|Drawn \|4

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width="150" | Cumulative record - Test wins

! width="50" | 1876-1890

style="text-align:left;"|England

|18

style="text-align:left;"|Australia

|10

style="text-align:left;"|Drawn

County Championship

Overall first-class statistics

= Leading batsmen =

bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="7" \| 1890 English cricket season - leading batsmen
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bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name ! Team(s) ! Matches ! Runs ! Average ! 100s ! 50s
Billy Gunn	England, MCC, North, Nottinghamshire, Players	30	1,621	34.48	3	3
Arthur Shrewsbury	England, North, Nottinghamshire, Players	25	1,568	41.26	2	9
W. G. Grace	England, Gentlemen, Gloucestershire, MCC, South	30	1,476	28.38	1	9
Billy Murdoch	Australia	33	1,394	24.45	2	6
Bobby Abel	Surrey	32	1,226	24.03	0	9

= Leading bowlers =

bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="6" \| 1890 English cricket season - leading bowlers
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bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name ! Team(s) ! Matches ! Balls bowled ! Wickets taken ! Average
George Lohmann	England, Players, South, Surrey	32	8,801	220	13.62
Frederick Martin	England, Kent, MCC, South	29	8,507	190	13.05
John Ferris	Australia	30	7,727	186	14.28
Charles Turner	Australia	31	7,528	179	14.21
Bobby Peel	England, North, Players, Yorkshire	33	7,755	171	13.07

References

Bibliography

{{cite book |last=Lillywhite |title=James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly) |publisher=Lillywhite |edition=1891}}
{{cite book |last=Wisden |title=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 28th edition |edition=1891 |editor-last=Pardon |editor-first=Charles |editor-link=Charles Pardon |publisher=John Wisden & Co. Ltd |location=London}}

External links

[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/1890_ENG.html Cricket in England in 1890]
[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/County_Championship_1890.html 1890 County Championship] at CricketArchive

Category:1890 in English cricket

Category:English cricket seasons in the 19th century