Somerset County Cricket Club in 1890

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]

Somerset County Cricket Club
1890 season
CaptainHerbie Hewett
'Second-class
County Championship'
Champions
Most runsHerbie Hewett (543)

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name Nat Birth date[note 1] Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
Herbie HewettEngland (1864-05-25)25 May 1864 (aged 26)Left-handedUnknown arm medium paceClub captain
John ChallenEngland (1863-03-26)26 March 1863 (aged 27)Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Albert ClappEngland (1867-05-03)3 May 1867 (aged 23)Right-handedRight arm medium pace
Eustace HillEngland (1869-04-13)13 April 1869 (aged 21)Right-handed
Stephen NewtonEngland (1853-04-21)21 April 1853 (aged 37)Right-handed
Lionel PalairetEngland (1870-05-27)27 May 1870 (aged 20)Right-handedRight arm medium pace / slow (underarm)Two Test appearances for England in 1902.
Richard PalairetEngland (1871-06-25)25 June 1871 (aged 18)Right-handed
Crescens RobinsonEngland (1864-05-21)21 May 1864 (aged 26)Right-handed
Bill RoeEngland (1861-03-21)21 March 1861 (aged 29)Right-handedRight arm off break / medium pace
John TraskEngland (1861-10-27)27 October 1861 (aged 28)Right-handedRight-arm medium pace
Lower-order Batsmen
Joseph GibbsEngland (1867-11-25)25 November 1867 (aged 22)Right-handed
Vernon HillEngland (1871-01-30)30 January 1871 (aged 19)Left-handedRight arm fast-medium
Edward LockEngland (1868-11-21)21 November 1868 (aged 21)Unknown
Henry Murray-AnderdonEngland (1848-12-08)8 December 1848 (aged 41)UnknownHonorary club secretary
S SpencerEnglandUnknownUnknown-handed
Thomas SpencerEngland (1850-06-10)10 June 1850 (aged 39)Unknown-handedAssistant secretary
Clement StockEngland (1867-03-21)21 March 1867 (aged 23)Unknown-handed
Edward WhittingEngland (1872-09-01)1 September 1872 (aged 17)Right-handedRight arm fast
Wilfrid YoungEngland (1867-10-05)5 October 1867 (aged 22)Right-handedRight arm slow
All-rounders
Gerald FowlerEngland (1866-07-27)27 July 1866 (aged 23)Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Walter HedleyEngland (1865-12-12)12 December 1865 (aged 24)Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
George NicholsEngland (1862-06-14)14 June 1862 (aged 27)Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Ted TylerEngland (1864-10-13)13 October 1864 (aged 25)Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxOne Test appearance for England in 1896.
Sammy WoodsAustralia/England (1867-04-13)13 April 1867 (aged 23)Right-handedRight arm fast-mediumThree Test appearances for Australia and three for England.
Wicket-keepers
Leonard ComptonEngland (1864-08-17)17 August 1864 (aged 25)Unknown-handed
Edward EbdonEngland (1870-04-22)22 April 1870 (aged 20)Right-handed
Arthur NewtonEngland (1862-09-12)12 September 1862 (aged 27)Right-handed
Hamilton RossEngland (1849-08-26)26 August 1849 (aged 40)Right-handed
Bowlers
Charles WinterEngland (1866-10-09)9 October 1866 (aged 23)Unknown-handedRight arm fast

Matches

2627 May 1890
Scorecard
Somerset
v
133 (39.4 overs)
Coote Hedley 36
Jim Phillips 7/48
132 (55 overs)
PJT Henery 42
Ted Tyler 5/62
208 (58.3 overs)
Herbie Hewett 65
G Burton 5/80
131 (41.4 overs)
Tim O'Brien 44
George Nichols 5/55
Somerset won by 78 runs
Lord's Cricket Ground, London
Umpires: RP Carpenter and CK Pullin

2628 June 1890[note 2]
Scorecard
Somerset
v
127
Ted Tyler 35
William Roberts 7/?
Somerset won by 2 runs
County Ground, Southampton
Umpires: Unknown

1415 July 1890
Scorecard
Somerset
v
415 (125.0 overs)
Lionel Palairet 158
Dick Pougher 6/161
61 (39.2 overs)
Dick Pougher 16
George Nichols 6/23
197 (f/o) (83.0 overs)
Dick Pougher 44
Ted Tyler 5/85
Somerset won by an innings and 157 runs
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: Unknown

1819 July 1890
Scorecard
v
Somerset
36 (37.1 overs)
Henry Briscoe 10*
George Nichols 4/14
266/9d (95.4 overs)
John Trask 63
Charles Vale 3/86
81 (67.3 overs)
Arthur Heath 36*
George Nichols 6/54
Somerset won by an innings and 149 runs
County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent
Umpires: H James and W Turner

2122 July 1890[note 2]
Scorecard
Somerset
v
Somerset won by 121 runs
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Unknown

2526 July 1890
Scorecard
Somerset
v
300 (102.3 overs)
George Nichols 49
Theo Robinson 3/71
84 (48.0 overs)
Bill Gwynn 24
Ted Tyler 7/37
140 (f/o) (75.4 overs)
William Williams 37
Ted Tyler 7/61
Somerset won by an innings and 76 runs
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Umpires: JHG Devey and R Humphrey

45 August 1890
Scorecard
Somerset
v
296 (120.3 overs)
George Nichols 110
Samuel Wright 3/45
130 (61.1 overs)
Samuel Wright 32
Sammy Woods 7/76
5 (2.0 overs)
Coote Hedley 4*
170 (f/o) (44.3 overs)
John Turnerr 61
Ted Tyler 3/51
Somerset won by 10 wickets
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Unknown

1112 August 1890
Scorecard
v
Somerset
43 (46.1 overs)
Francis Marlow 22
Ted Tyler 6/21
338/7d (78.0 overs)
Herbie Hewett 203*
William Calkin 2/84
124 (66.1 overs)
John Brown 43
George Nichols 4/34
Somerset won by an innings and 171 runs
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: FH Farrands and T Mycroft

1415 August 1890[note 2]
Scorecard
Somerset
v
179
WN Roe 48
Harry Baldwin 4/?, William Roberts 4/?
Somerset won by 168 runs
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: Unknown

1819 August 1890[note 2]
Scorecard
Somerset
v
Somerset won by an innings and 87 runs
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: Unknown

2122 August 1890
Scorecard
Somerset
v
107 (73.2 overs)
John Challen 49
Jack Hearne 8/55
108 (43.2 overs)
Alexander Webbe 43
Ted Tyler 5/64
127 (75.1 overs)
Herbie Hewett 34
Jack Hearne 3/44
126 (57.4 overs)
Alexander Webbe 57
Sammy Woods 5/61
Match tied
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: A Hill and CK Pullin

2728 August 1890
Scorecard
v
Somerset
172 (92.1 overs)
John Copleston 45
Ted Tyler 6/76 (47.1 overs)
159 (50 overs)
Bill Roe 32
Montagu Toller 6/71 (24 overs)
46 (61.2 overs)
BL Gerrish 12
Ted Tyler 7/16 (31 overs)
60/4 (12.1 overs)
John Challen 15
Byron Drury 3/31 (6 overs)
Somerset won by 6 wickets
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: W Hearn and T Mycroft

2930 August 1890
Scorecard
v
Somerset
27 (35.2 overs)
Willie Llewelyn 8
Ted Tyler 6/17
245 (79.1 overs)
WN Roe 82
William Morgan 6/62
115 (41.2 overs)
Robert Lewis 52
Ted Tyler 5/49
Somerset won by an innings and 103 runs
Lansdown Cricket Club Ground, Bath
Umpires: W Hearne and T Mycroft

Batting averages

PlayerMatchesInningsRunsAverage100s50s
Herbie Hewett101554338.7912
Lionel Palairet101440829.1411
Bill Roe81231628.7301
George Nichols131849727.6113
John Challen91428620.4301
Ted Tyler131829718.5600
Crescens Robinson91316214.7300
Albert Clapp111515910.6000
Qualification: 150 runs. Source: CricketArchive[note 3]

Notes

  1. Age refers to player's age at the start of the season (27 May 1890).
  2. Number of overs and full bowling statistics not recorded, only number of wickets.
  3. Statistics collated from match scorecards.

References

  1. Foot (1986), p27.

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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