1890 County Championship

The 1890 County Championship was the first County Championship held as an official competition, following agreement between Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the leading county clubs at a meeting in December 1889. Surrey became the first official county champions after winning nine out of fourteen games.

1890 County Championship
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket (3 days)
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsSurrey (1st title)
Participants8
Matches played54
Most runsArthur Shrewsbury
(1,082 for Nottinghamshire)[1]
Most wicketsGeorge Lohmann
(113 for Surrey)[2]

Constitution of the official championship

The official County Championship was constituted in a meeting at Lord's on 10 December 1889 which was called to enable club secretaries to determine the 1890 fixtures. While this was going on, representatives of the eight leading county clubs held a private meeting to discuss the method by which the County Championship should in future be decided. A majority were in favour of "ignoring drawn games altogether and settling the championship by wins and losses."[3] Under this system defeats were subtracted from victories and the county with the highest total were champions. The new competition, which had official sanction, began in the 1890 season and initially featured Gloucestershire, Kent, Lancashire, Middlesex, Nottinghamshire, Surrey, Sussex and Yorkshire.

1890 County Championship

The 1890 County Championship was the first officially organised edition. It ran from 12 May to 28 August. Surrey, who had been unofficially proclaimed "Champion County" by sections of the press after the previous season,[4] became the first official champions by winning nine of their fourteen matches.[5]

Fixtures

May

Final table

One point was awarded for a win, and one point was taken away for each loss, therefore:

  • 1 for a win
  • 0 for a draw
  • -1 for a loss
Team Pld W T L D Pts
Surrey 1490326
Lancashire 1470344
Kent 1460353
Yorkshire 1460353
Nottinghamshire 1450540
Gloucestershire 145063–1
Middlesex 123081–5
Sussex 1210110–10
Source:[5]

Statistical summary
Most runs
Aggregate Average Player County
1,08249.18Arthur ShrewsburyNottinghamshire
83236.17W. G. GraceGloucestershire
79834.69James CranstonGloucestershire
70439.11Bobby AbelSurrey
69333.00William GunnNottinghamshire
Source:[1]
Most wickets
Aggregate Average Player County
11312.66George LohmannSurrey
10212.08John SharpeSurrey
9012.90Bobby PeelYorkshire
8814.45Frederick MartinKent
8014.61Arthur MoldLancashire
Source:[2]

References
  1. "Batting in 1890 County Championship (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
  2. "Bowling in 1890 County Championship (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
  3. Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game. 1889. p. 479.
  4. Scyld Berry (ed.). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 146th edition (2009 ed.). John Wisden & Co., Ltd. p. 542. ISBN 978-1-905625-16-1.
  5. "County Championship 1890 table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2009.

Bibliography
  • Lillywhite. James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly) (1891 ed.). Lillywhite.
  • Wisden. Pardon, Charles (ed.). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 28th edition (1891 ed.). London: John Wisden & Co. Ltd.
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