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1892 County Championship

{{Short description|British cricket tournament}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox cricket tournament

| administrator =

| cricket format = First-class cricket (3 days)

| tournament format = League system

| champions = Surrey

| count = 3

| participants = 9

| matches = 72

| most runs = Herbie Hewett {{Clear}} (1,047 for Somerset)

| most wickets = William Lockwood {{Clear}} (114 for Surrey)

| previous_year = 1891

| previous_tournament = 1891 County Championship

| next_year = 1893

| next_tournament = 1893 County Championship

}}

The 1892 County Championship was the third officially organised running of the County Championship in cricket in England, and ran from 18 May to 27 August 1892. Surrey County Cricket Club claimed their third successive title by winning 13 of their 16 games.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/County_Championship_1892.html|title=County Championship 1892 Table|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 April 2009}} The match between Lancashire and Somerset at Old Trafford finished within one day, when Somerset were bowled out for 88 and 58.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149317.html|title=Last day for a languid hero|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=9 August 2017}}

Table

  • One point was awarded for a win, and one point was taken away for each loss.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
width=175 |Team

!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld

!width=20 abbr="Won" |W

!width=20 abbr="Tied" |T

!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L

!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D

!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts

style="background:#ccffcc;"

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

|16

1302111
style="background:#f9f9f9;"

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

|16

100248
style="background:#f9f9f9;"

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

|16

80533
style="background:#f9f9f9;"

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

|16

70542
style="background:#f9f9f9;"

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

|16

70631
style="background:#f9f9f9;"

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

|16

50560
style="background:#f9f9f9;"

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

|16

1087–7
style="background:#f9f9f9;"

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

|16

2095–7
style="background:#f9f9f9;"

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

|16

10123–11
colspan=8 align="left"|Source:

Leading averages

valign="top"{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"

!colspan=4| Most runs

Aggregate

! Average

! Player

! County

style="text-align:center;"| 1,047style="text-align:center;"| 40.26Herbie HewettSomerset
style="text-align:center;"| 920style="text-align:center;"| 41.81Arthur ShrewsburyNottinghamshire
style="text-align:center;"| 896style="text-align:center;"| 40.72Walter ReadSurrey
style="text-align:center;"| 861style="text-align:center;"| 39.13Stanley ScottMiddlesex
style="text-align:center;"| 848style="text-align:center;"| 30.28Andrew StoddartMiddlesex
colspan=4 align="left"|Source:{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1892/Batting_by_Runs.html|title=Batting in 1892 County Championship (Ordered by Runs)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 April 2009}}

||

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"

!colspan=4| Most wickets

Aggregate

! Average

! Player

! County

style="text-align:center;"| 114style="text-align:center;"| 13.26William LockwoodSurrey
style="text-align:center;"| 104style="text-align:center;"| 13.70Arthur MoldLancashire
style="text-align:center;"| 102style="text-align:center;"| 13.87George LohmannSurrey
style="text-align:center;"| 100style="text-align:center;"| 16.23J. T. HearneMiddlesex
style="text-align:center;"| 97style="text-align:center;"| 12.79William AttewellNottinghamshire
colspan=4 align="left"|Source:{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1892/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|title=Bowling in 1892 County Championship (Ordered by Wickets)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 April 2009}}

|}

References

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External links

  • [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/ENG/1892_ENG_County_Championship_1892.html 1892 County Championship] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715080949/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/ENG/1892_ENG_County_Championship_1892.html |date=2014-07-15 }} at CricketArchive

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