1893 English cricket season
The 1893 English cricket season was the first year in which the official County Championship was won by a team other than Surrey, who finished fifth. Yorkshire, captained by Lord Hawke won twelve matches to take the title. It was the first of a record eight championships (1893, 1896, 1898, 1900–1902, 1905 and 1908) for Hawke as a county captain. An Australian team toured the British Isles for the first time in three years, but lost the three-match Test series to England.
Honours
County Championship
Final table
Points system:
- 1 for a win
- 0 for a draw
- -1 for a loss
Best batting average in the County Championship
Most wickets in the County Championship
Ashes tour
England won a fifth successive home series against Australia to recover The Ashes after losing them in the 1891–92 series in Australia. W. G. Grace was injured for one of the Tests, but captained England in the other two. The first Test ended in a draw, but England took advantage of a 392-run lead on first innings to beat the visitors by an innings and 43 runs in the second Test, while the third and final Test was another draw.
Overall first-class statistics
Leading batsmen
1893 English cricket season – leading batsmen |
Name |
Team(s) |
Matches |
Runs |
Average |
100s |
50s |
Andrew Stoddart | England, Gentlemen, MCC, Middlesex, South of England | 28 | 2072 | 42.28 | 4 | 13 |
Billy Gunn | England, MCC, Nottinghamshire, Players | 30 | 2057 | 42.85 | 7 | 8 |
W. G. Grace | England, Gentlemen, Gloucestershire, MCC, South of England | 28 | 1609 | 35.75 | 1 | 11 |
Arthur Shrewsbury | England, Nottinghamshire, Players | 25 | 1586 | 40.66 | 5 | 7 |
Albert Ward | England, Lancashire, North of England | 24 | 1435 | 35.87 | 2 | 8 |
Leading bowlers
1893 English cricket season – leading bowlers |
Name |
Team(s) |
Matches |
Balls bowled |
Wickets taken |
Average |
John Hearne | MCC, Middlesex, Players, South of England | 29 | 8709 | 212 | 16.47 |
Tom Richardson | England, Players, South of England, Surrey | 23 | 4969 | 174 | 15.40 |
Johnny Briggs | England, Lancashire, North of England, Players | 28 | 6820 | 166 | 15.89 |
Arthur Mold | England, Lancashire, North of England, Players | 28 | 6409 | 166 | 16.96 |
Bill Lockwood | England, Players, South of England, Surrey | 27 | 4652 | 150 | 16.78 |
Walter Humphreys senior | South of England, Sussex | 21 | 4044 | 150 | 17.32 |
Annual reviews
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