1891 English cricket season explained

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1891 was the second season of County Championship cricket in England. There were no international tours. The County Championship was won by Surrey in even more dominant fashion than previously as they won twelve of their 16 games. Debutants Somerset finished fifth out of the nine teams.^[1]

Honours

• County Championship - Surrey
• Wisden (Five Great Bowlers) - William Attewell, J T Hearne, Frederick Martin, Arthur Mold, John Sharpe

County Championship

See main article: 1891 County Championship.

Final table

	Team	P	W	L	D	A	Pts
1		16	12	2	2	0	10
2		16	8	4	3	1	4
3		16	8	5	3	0	3
4		14	5	4	5	0	1
5		16	4	5	6	1	-1
5		12	5	6	1	0	-1
7		14	4	7	3	0	-3
8		16	5	10	1	0	-5
9		16	2	10	4	0	-8

Points system:

• 1 for a win
• 0 for a draw
• -1 for a loss

Most runs in the County Championship

1891 County Championship - leading batsmen
Name	Team	Matches	Runs	Average	100s	50s
		16	916	43.61	2	4
		13	794	41.78	2	5
		12	780	43.33	2	3
		14	773	33.60	2	4
		15	755	35.95	2	3

Most wickets in the County Championship

1891 County Championship - leading bowlers
Name	Team	Matches	Balls bowled	Wickets taken	Average
		16	4267	132	10.65
		15	3434	118	10.33
		15	3781	112	12.37
		15	4267	98	13.10
		15	3214	89	12.96

Overall first-class statistics

Leading batsmen

1891 English cricket season - leading batsmen
Name	Team(s)	Matches	Runs	Average	100s	50s
		23	1336	41.75	4	4
		24	1139	33.50	2	5
		17	1071	48.68	3	6
		25	1068	24.83	2	6
		21	1002	30.36	2	5

Leading bowlers

1891 English cricket season - leading bowlers
Name	Team(s)	Matches	Balls bowled	Wickets taken	Average
		25	5943	177	11.66
	Kent, MCC, Players, South of England	22	5735	140	13.37
		28	7573	153	13.93
		19	4712	138	12.49
	Cambridge University, Gentlemen, Somerset, South of England	21	4640	134	16.72

Annual reviews

• James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1892
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1892

External links

• Cricket in England in 1891

Notes and References

1. Book: Wynne-Thomas, Peter . Peter Wynne-Thomas . The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records . 1983 . Hamlyn Publishing Group . 0-600-34667-6.