The 1890 season saw Somerset County Cricket Club playing thirteen fixtures against other county teams. These matches were not considered first-class, after Somerset had five years earlier been removed from the County Championship due to playing too few matches against other first-class counties. In the summer of 1890, Somerset scheduled thirteen fixtures, winning twelve of them and tying one against Middlesex. As a result of this, they were readmitted to the County Championship for the following 1891 season.[1]
| 1890 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Captain | Herbie Hewett | ||
| 'Second-class County Championship' | Champions | ||
| Most runs | Herbie Hewett (543) | ||
| |||
Squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| Name | Nat | Birth date[note 1] | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | |||||
| Herbie Hewett |  | 25 May 1864 (aged 26) | Left-handed | Unknown arm medium pace | Club captain |
| John Challen | | 26 March 1863 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Albert Clapp | | 3 May 1867 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right arm medium pace | |
| Eustace Hill | | 13 April 1869 (aged 21) | Right-handed | – | |
| Stephen Newton | | 21 April 1853 (aged 37) | Right-handed | – | |
| Lionel Palairet | | 27 May 1870 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right arm medium pace / slow (underarm) | Two Test appearances for England in 1902. |
| Richard Palairet | | 25 June 1871 (aged 18) | Right-handed | – | |
| Crescens Robinson | | 21 May 1864 (aged 26) | Right-handed | – | |
| Bill Roe | | 21 March 1861 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right arm off break / medium pace | |
| John Trask | | 27 October 1861 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium pace | |
| Lower-order Batsmen | |||||
| Joseph Gibbs | | 25 November 1867 (aged 22) | Right-handed | – | |
| Vernon Hill | | 30 January 1871 (aged 19) | Left-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Edward Lock | | 21 November 1868 (aged 21) | Unknown | – | |
| Henry Murray-Anderdon | | 8 December 1848 (aged 41) | Unknown | – | Honorary club secretary |
| S Spencer | | Unknown | Unknown-handed | – | |
| Thomas Spencer | | 10 June 1850 (aged 39) | Unknown-handed | – | Assistant secretary |
| Clement Stock | | 21 March 1867 (aged 23) | Unknown-handed | – | |
| Edward Whitting | | 1 September 1872 (aged 17) | Right-handed | Right arm fast | |
| Wilfrid Young | | 5 October 1867 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right arm slow | |
| All-rounders | |||||
| Gerald Fowler | | 27 July 1866 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Walter Hedley | | 12 December 1865 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| George Nichols | | 14 June 1862 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Ted Tyler | | 13 October 1864 (aged 25) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | One Test appearance for England in 1896. |
| Sammy Woods |  / | 13 April 1867 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | Three Test appearances for Australia and three for England. |
| Wicket-keepers | |||||
| Leonard Compton | | 17 August 1864 (aged 25) | Unknown-handed | – | |
| Edward Ebdon | | 22 April 1870 (aged 20) | Right-handed | – | |
| Arthur Newton | | 12 September 1862 (aged 27) | Right-handed | – | |
| Hamilton Ross | | 26 August 1849 (aged 40) | Right-handed | – | |
| Bowlers | |||||
| Charles Winter | | 9 October 1866 (aged 23) | Unknown-handed | Right arm fast | |
Matches
26–27 May 1890 Scorecard |
Somerset | v | |
Somerset | v | |
14–15 July 1890 Scorecard |
Somerset | v | |
18–19 July 1890 Scorecard |
v | Somerset | |
Somerset | v | |
25–26 July 1890 Scorecard |
Somerset | v | |
4–5 August 1890 Scorecard |
Somerset | v | |
5 (2.0 overs) Coote Hedley 4* |
11–12 August 1890 Scorecard |
v | Somerset | |
Somerset | v | |
Somerset | v | |
21–22 August 1890 Scorecard |
Somerset | v | |
27–28 August 1890 Scorecard |
v | Somerset | |
29–30 August 1890 Scorecard |
v | Somerset | |
Batting averages
| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | 100s | 50s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbie Hewett | 10 | 15 | 543 | 38.79 | 1 | 2 | |
| Lionel Palairet | 10 | 14 | 408 | 29.14 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bill Roe | 8 | 12 | 316 | 28.73 | 0 | 1 | |
| George Nichols | 13 | 18 | 497 | 27.61 | 1 | 3 | |
| John Challen | 9 | 14 | 286 | 20.43 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ted Tyler | 13 | 18 | 297 | 18.56 | 0 | 0 | |
| Crescens Robinson | 9 | 13 | 162 | 14.73 | 0 | 0 | |
| Albert Clapp | 11 | 15 | 159 | 10.60 | 0 | 0 | |
| Qualification: 150 runs. Source: CricketArchive[note 3] | |||||||
Notes
References
Bibliography
- Foot, David. Sunshine, Sixes and Cider: The History of Somerset Cricket (1986 ed.). David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8890-8.
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