Somerset County Cricket Club in 1893 explained

Club:Somerset County Cricket Club
Season:1893
Comp1:County Championship
Comp1 Result:8th
Captain:Herbie Hewett
Most Wickets:Ted Tyler (86)
Most Catches:Sammy Woods (16)
Prevseason:1892
Nextseason:1894

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.

County Championship

Season standings

Note: Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, Pts = Points.

+County Championship[1]
width=175 Teamwidth=20 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=20 abbr="Won" Wwidth=20 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=20 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=20 abbr="Points" Pts
Yorkshire (C)1612319
Lancashire169524
Middlesex169613
Kent166462
Surrey16781–1
Nottinghamshire16574–2
Sussex16475–3
Somerset16484–4
Gloucestershire163112–8
Notes:
Team marked

Notes and References

  1. Web site: County Championship 1892 table . CricketArchive . 30 December 2014.