1890 English cricket season
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1890 was the 104th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the first in which the County Championship was held as an official competition, following agreement between MCC and the leading county clubs at a meeting in December 1889. Surrey became the first official county champions after winning nine out of fourteen games.[1][2]
In Test cricket, England, captained by W. G. Grace, defeated Australia in a three-match series by 2â0 to win The Ashes. It was the 13th Test series between the teams.[1] William Gunn of Nottinghamshire was the season's highest run-scorer (1,621); George Lohmann of Surrey took the most wickets (220).[note 1]
Honours
- County Championship â Surrey
- Wisden (Five Great Wicket-Keepers) â Jack Blackham, Gregor MacGregor, Dick Pilling, Mordecai Sherwin, Henry Wood
Ashes tour
England won the three-match Test series 2â0. Only two matches were completed as one was abandoned due to persistent heavy rain:
- 1st Test at Lord's Cricket Ground â England won by 7 wickets
- 2nd Test at The Oval â England won by 2 wickets
- 3rd Test at Old Trafford Cricket Ground â abandoned without a ball being bowled (rain)
County Championship
Overall first-class statistics
Leading batsmen
| 1890 English cricket season - leading batsmen | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team(s) | Matches | Runs | Average | 100s | 50s |
| Billy Gunn | England, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), North, Nottinghamshire, Players | 30 | 1,621 | 34.48 | 3 | 3 |
| Arthur Shrewsbury | England, North, Nottinghamshire, Players | 25 | 1,568 | 41.26 | 2 | 9 |
| W. G. Grace | England, Gentlemen, Gloucestershire, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), South | 30 | 1,476 | 28.38 | 1 | 9 |
| Billy Murdoch | Australia | 33 | 1,394 | 24.45 | 2 | 6 |
| Bobby Abel | Surrey | 32 | 1,226 | 24.03 | 0 | 9 |
Leading bowlers
| 1890 English cricket season - leading bowlers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team(s) | Matches | Balls bowled | Wickets taken | Average |
| George Lohmann | England, Players, South, Surrey | 32 | 8,801 | 220 | 13.62 |
| Frederick Martin | England, Kent, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), South | 29 | 8,507 | 190 | 13.05 |
| John Ferris | Australia | 30 | 7,727 | 186 | 14.28 |
| Charles Turner | Australia | 31 | 7,528 | 179 | 14.21 |
| Bobby Peel | England, North, Players, Yorkshire | 33 | 7,755 | 171 | 13.07 |
Notes
- Any match listed in the ACS' Important Match Guide (1981) is historically important, and therefore of the highest standard, whether or not a scorecard might exist. The same applies to numerous matches discovered by researchers since 1981.[3]
For further information, see First-class cricket.