1892 County Championship
| Cricket format | First-class cricket(3 days) |
|---|---|
| Tournament format(s) | League system |
| Champions | Surrey(3rd title) |
| Participants | 9 |
| Matches | 72 |
| Most runs | Herbie Hewett(1,047 for Somerset)[1] |
| Most wickets | William Lockwood(114 for Surrey)[2] |
The1892 County Championshipwas the third officially organised running of theCounty Championshipincricketin England, and ran from 18 May to 27 August 1892.Surrey County Cricket Clubclaimed their third successive title by winning 13 of their 16 games.[3]The match betweenLancashireandSomersetatOld Traffordfinished within one day, when Somerset were bowled out for 88 and 58.[4]
Table
[edit]- One point was awarded for a win, and one point was taken away for each loss.
| Team | Pld | W | T | L | D | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surrey | 16 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Nottinghamshire | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Somerset | 16 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |
| Lancashire | 16 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |
| Middlesex | 16 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |
| Yorkshire | 16 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | |
| Gloucestershire | 16 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | –7 | |
| Kent | 16 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | –7 | |
| Sussex | 16 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | –11 | |
| Source:[3] | |||||||
Leading averages
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References
[edit]- ^ab"Batting in 1892 County Championship (Ordered by Runs)".CricketArchive.Retrieved18 April2009.
- ^ab"Bowling in 1892 County Championship (Ordered by Wickets)".CricketArchive.Retrieved18 April2009.
- ^ab"County Championship 1892 Table".CricketArchive.Retrieved18 April2009.
- ^"Last day for a languid hero".ESPN Cricinfo.Retrieved9 August2017.
External links
[edit]- 1892 County ChampionshipArchived2014-07-15 at theWayback Machineat CricketArchive
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