The 1892 English cricket season featured the third edition of the County Championship. 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 Team P W L D Pts1 Surrey 161321112 Nottinghamshire 16102483 Somerset 1685334 Lancashire 1675425 Middlesex 1676316 Yorkshire 1655607 Gloucestershire 16187−77 Kent 16295−79 Sussex 161123−11
Points system:
1 for a win 0 for a draw -1 for a loss
Most runs in the County Championship
1892 County Championship – leading batsmen Name Team Matches Runs Average 100s 50sHerbie Hewett Somerset 16 1047 40.26 1 9Arthur Shrewsbury Nottinghamshire 16 920 41.84 4 0Walter Read Surrey 16 896 40.72 3 3Stanley Scott Middlesex 15 861 39.13 1 5Andrew Stoddart Middlesex 16 848 30.28 1 2
Most wickets in the County Championship
1892 County Championship – leading bowlers Name Team Matches Balls bowled Wickets taken AverageBill Lockwood Surrey 16 3411 114 13.26Arthur Mold Lancashire 16 3315 104 13.70George Lohmann Surrey 15 4326 102 13.87John Hearne Middlesex 16 4299 100 16.23William Attewell Nottinghamshire 16 4756 97 12.79
Overall first-class statistics
Leading batsmen
1892 English cricket season – leading batsmen Name Team(s) Matches Runs Average 100s 50sHerbie Hewett Gentlemen, Somerset, South of England 24 1407 35.17 1 11Andrew Stoddart Gentlemen, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Middlesex, South of England 26 1403 31.17 1 7Lionel Palairet Gentlemen, Oxford University, Somerset 26 1343 31.97 2 7Arthur Shrewsbury North of England, Nottinghamshire, Players 22 1260 42.00 5 1Billy Gunn Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), North of England, Nottinghamshire, Players 25 1120 30.27 1 6
Leading bowlers
1892 English cricket season – leading bowlers Name Team(s) Matches Balls bowled Wickets taken AverageJohn Hearne Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Middlesex, South of England 25 6803 163 15.39Sammy Woods Gentlemen, Somerset, South of England 25 5284 153 16.83Bill Lockwood Players, Surrey 22 4452 151 13.60George Lohmann Players, South of England, Surrey 23 6069 151 15.33William 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