1891 was the second season of County Championship cricket in England. There were no international tours. The County Championship was won by Surrey in even more dominant fashion than previously as they won twelve of their 16 games. Debutants Somerset finished fifth out of the nine teams.

Honours

  • County Championship - Surrey
  • Wisden (Five Great Bowlers) - William Attewell, J T Hearne, Frederick Martin, Arthur Mold, John Sharpe

County Championship

Final table

{| class="wikitable"

!

! Team

! P

! W

! L

! D

! A

! Pts

|-

|1 ||Surrey || 16||12||2||2||0||10

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|2 ||Lancashire || 16||8||4||3||1||4

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|3 ||Middlesex || 16||8||5||3||0||3

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|4 ||Nottinghamshire || 14||5||4||5||0||1

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|5 ||Kent || 16||4||5||6||1||-1

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|5 ||Somerset || 12||5||6||1||0||-1

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|7 ||Sussex || 14||4||7||3||0||-3

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|8 ||Yorkshire || 16||5||10||1||0||-5

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|9 ||Gloucestershire || 16||2||10||4||0||-8

|-

|}

Points system:

  • 1 for a win
  • 0 for a draw
  • −1 for a loss

Most runs in the County Championship

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! colspan="7" | 1891 County Championship - leading batsmen

|-

! Name

! Team

! Matches

! Runs

! Average

! 100s

! 50s

|-

|Bobby Abel || Surrey || 16 || 916 || 43.61 || 2 || 4

|-

|Arthur Shrewsbury || Nottinghamshire || 13 || 794 || 41.78 || 2 || 5

|-

|Billy Gunn || Nottinghamshire || 12 || 780 || 43.33 || 2 || 3

|-

|George Bean || Sussex || 14 || 773 || 33.60 || 2 || 4

|-

|Tim O'Brien || Middlesex || 15 || 755 || 35.95 || 2 || 3

|}

Most wickets in the County Championship

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! colspan="6" | 1891 County Championship - leading bowlers

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! Name

! Team

! Matches

! Balls bowled

! Wickets taken

! Average

|-

|George Lohmann || Surrey || 16 || 4267 || 132 || 10.65

|-

|John Hearne || Middlesex || 15 || 3434 || 118 || 10.33

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|Arthur Mold || Lancashire || 15 || 3781 || 112 || 12.37

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|Frederick Martin || Kent || 15 || 4267 || 98 || 13.10

|-

|Johnny Briggs || Lancashire || 15 || 3214 || 89 || 12.96

|}

Overall first-class statistics

Leading batsmen

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! colspan="7" | 1891 English cricket season - leading batsmen

|-

! Name

! Team(s)

! Matches

! Runs

! Average

! 100s

! 50s

|-

|Billy Gunn || Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), North of England, Nottinghamshire, Players || 23 || 1336 || 41.75 || 4 || 4

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|Bobby Abel || Players, South of England, Surrey || 24 || 1139 || 33.50 || 2 || 5

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|Arthur Shrewsbury || North of England, Nottinghamshire, Players || 17 || 1071 || 48.68 || 3 || 6

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|George Ulyett || North of England, Players, Yorkshire || 25 || 1068 || 24.83 || 2 || 6

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|George Bean || Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Players, South of England, Sussex || 21 || 1002 || 30.36 || 2 || 5

|-

|}

Leading bowlers

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! colspan="6" | 1891 English cricket season - leading bowlers

|-

! Name

! Team(s)

! Matches

! Balls bowled

! Wickets taken

! Average

|-

|George Lohmann || Players, South of England, Surrey || 25 || 5943 || 177 || 11.66

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|Frederick Martin || Kent, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Players, South of England || 22 || 5735 || 140 || 13.37

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|William Attewell || Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), North of England, Nottinghamshire, Players || 28|| 7573 || 153 || 13.93

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|Arthur Mold || Lancashire || 19 || 4712 || 138 || 12.49

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|Sammy Woods || Cambridge University, Gentlemen, Somerset, South of England || 21 || 4640 || 134 || 16.72

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|}

Notes

References

Bibliography

Annual reviews

  • James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1892
  • Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1892

Further reading