1893 County Championship

1893 County Championship

Cricket format	First-class cricket (3 days)
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Yorkshire (1st title)
Participants	9
Matches	72
Most runs	William Gunn (1,223 for Nottinghamshire)[1]
Most wickets	J. T. Hearne (137 for Middlesex)[2]

The 1893 County Championship was the fourth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 11 May to 28 August 1893. Yorkshire County Cricket Club claimed their first title, ending Surrey's run of three consecutive titles.^[3]

Table

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

Team	Pld	W	T	L	D	Pts
Yorkshire	16	12	0	3	1	9
Lancashire	16	9	0	5	2	4
Middlesex	16	9	0	6	1	3
Kent	16	6	0	4	6	2
Surrey	16	7	0	8	1	–1
Nottinghamshire	16	5	0	7	4	–2
Sussex	16	4	0	7	5	–3
Somerset	16	4	0	8	4	–4
Gloucestershire	16	3	0	11	2	–8
Source:[3]

Leading averages

Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 1,223 47.03 William Gunn Nottinghamshire 1,178 47.12 Andrew Stoddart Middlesex 1,035 38.33 Albert Ward Lancashire 976 37.53 Arthur Shrewsbury Nottinghamshire 965 35.74 Billy Murdoch Sussex Source:[1]

Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 137 16.04 J. T. Hearne Middlesex 122 16.43 Walter Humphreys Sussex 117 14.99 Arthur Mold Lancashire 108 13.75 Johnny Briggs Lancashire 99 14.34 Tom Richardson Surrey Source:[2]

References

1. "Batting in 1893 County Championship (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
2. "Bowling in 1893 County Championship (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
3. "County Championship 1893 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 April 2009.

External links

• 1893 County Championship Archived 2014-07-16 at the Wayback Machine at CricketArchive