1892 was the third season of County Championship cricket in England. Surrey set a record number of wins with thirteen of their sixteen matches to retain the title. George Lohmann and Bill Lockwood took over 100 wickets each in the 16 Championship matches.

Honours

  • County Championship – Surrey
  • Wisden (Five Batsmen of the Year) – Herbie Hewett, Lionel Palairet, Walter Read, Stanley Scott, Andrew Stoddart

County Championship

Final table

{| class="wikitable"

!

! Team

! P

! W

! L

! D

! Pts

|-

|1 ||Surrey || 16||13||2||1||11

|-

|2 ||Nottinghamshire || 16||10||2||4||8

|-

|3 ||Somerset || 16||8||5||3||3

|-

|4 ||Lancashire || 16||7||5||4||2

|-

|5 ||Middlesex || 16||7||6||3||1

|-

|6 ||Yorkshire || 16||5||5||6||0

|-

|7 ||Gloucestershire || 16||1||8||7||−7

|-

|7 ||Kent || 16||2||9||5||−7

|-

|9 ||Sussex || 16||1||12||3||−11

|-

|}

Points system:

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

Most runs in the County Championship

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! colspan="7" | 1892 County Championship – leading batsmen

|-

! Name

! Team

! Matches

! Runs

! Average

! 100s

! 50s

|-

|Herbie Hewett || Somerset || 16 || 1047 || 40.26 || 1 || 9

|-

|Arthur Shrewsbury || Nottinghamshire || 16 || 920 || 41.84 || 4 || 0

|-

|Walter Read || Surrey || 16 || 896 || 40.72 || 3 || 3

|-

|Stanley Scott || Middlesex || 15 || 861 || 39.13 || 1 || 5

|-

|Andrew Stoddart || Middlesex || 16 || 848 || 30.28 || 1 || 2

|}

Most wickets in the County Championship

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! colspan="6" | 1892 County Championship – leading bowlers

|-

! Name

! Team

! Matches

! Balls bowled

! Wickets taken

! Average

|-

|Bill Lockwood || Surrey || 16 || 3411 || 114 || 13.26

|-

|Arthur Mold || Lancashire || 16 || 3315 || 104 || 13.70

|-

|George Lohmann || Surrey || 15 || 4326 || 102 || 13.87

|-

|John Hearne || Middlesex || 16 || 4299 || 100 || 16.23

|-

|William Attewell || Nottinghamshire || 16 || 4756 || 97 || 12.79

|}

Overall first-class statistics

Leading batsmen

thumb|[[Lionel Palairet and Herbie Hewett of Somerset]]

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! colspan="7" | 1892 English cricket season – leading batsmen

|-

! Name

! Team(s)

! Matches

! Runs

! Average

! 100s

! 50s

|-

|Herbie Hewett || Gentlemen, Somerset, South of England || 24 || 1407 || 35.17 || 1 || 11

|-

|Andrew Stoddart || Gentlemen, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Middlesex, South of England || 26 || 1403 || 31.17 || 1 || 7

|-

|Lionel Palairet || Gentlemen, Oxford University, Somerset || 26 || 1343 || 31.97 || 2 || 7

|-

|Arthur Shrewsbury || North of England, Nottinghamshire, Players || 22 || 1260 || 42.00 || 5 || 1

|-

|Billy Gunn || Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), North of England, Nottinghamshire, Players || 25 || 1120 || 30.27 || 1 || 6

|-

|}

Leading bowlers

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! colspan="6" | 1892 English cricket season – leading bowlers

|-

! Name

! Team(s)

! Matches

! Balls bowled

! Wickets taken

! Average

|-

|John Hearne || Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Middlesex, South of England || 25 || 6803 || 163 || 15.39

|-

|Sammy Woods || Gentlemen, Somerset, South of England || 25 || 5284 || 153 || 16.83

|-

|Bill Lockwood || Players, Surrey || 22 || 4452 || 151 || 13.60

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|George Lohmann || Players, South of England, Surrey || 23|| 6069 || 151 || 15.33

|-

|William Attewell || Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), North of England, Nottinghamshire, Players || 26 || 7271 || 144 || 14.00

|-

|}

Notes

References

Bibliography

Annual reviews

  • James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1896
  • Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1896

Further reading