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

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]

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name Nat Birth date[note 1] Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
Herbie HewettEngland25 May 1864 (aged 26)Left-handedUnknown arm medium paceClub captain
John ChallenEngland26 March 1863 (aged 27)Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Albert ClappEngland3 May 1867 (aged 23)Right-handedRight arm medium pace
Eustace HillEngland13 April 1869 (aged 21)Right-handed
Stephen NewtonEngland21 April 1853 (aged 37)Right-handed
Lionel PalairetEngland27 May 1870 (aged 20)Right-handedRight arm medium pace / slow (underarm)Two Test appearances for England in 1902.
Richard PalairetEngland25 June 1871 (aged 18)Right-handed
Crescens RobinsonEngland21 May 1864 (aged 26)Right-handed
Bill RoeEngland21 March 1861 (aged 29)Right-handedRight arm off break / medium pace
John TraskEngland27 October 1861 (aged 28)Right-handedRight-arm medium pace
Lower-order Batsmen
Joseph GibbsEngland25 November 1867 (aged 22)Right-handed
Vernon HillEngland30 January 1871 (aged 19)Left-handedRight arm fast-medium
Edward LockEngland21 November 1868 (aged 21)Unknown
Henry Murray-AnderdonEngland8 December 1848 (aged 41)UnknownHonorary club secretary
S SpencerEnglandUnknownUnknown-handed
Thomas SpencerEngland10 June 1850 (aged 39)Unknown-handedAssistant secretary
Clement StockEngland21 March 1867 (aged 23)Unknown-handed
Edward WhittingEngland1 September 1872 (aged 17)Right-handedRight arm fast
Wilfrid YoungEngland5 October 1867 (aged 22)Right-handedRight arm slow
All-rounders
Gerald FowlerEngland27 July 1866 (aged 23)Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Walter HedleyEngland12 December 1865 (aged 24)Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
George NicholsEngland14 June 1862 (aged 27)Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Ted TylerEngland13 October 1864 (aged 25)Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxOne Test appearance for England in 1896.
Sammy WoodsAustralia/England13 April 1867 (aged 23)Right-handedRight arm fast-mediumThree Test appearances for Australia and three for England.
Wicket-keepers
Leonard ComptonEngland17 August 1864 (aged 25)Unknown-handed
Edward EbdonEngland22 April 1870 (aged 20)Right-handed
Arthur NewtonEngland12 September 1862 (aged 27)Right-handed
Hamilton RossEngland26 August 1849 (aged 40)Right-handed
Bowlers
Charles WinterEngland9 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. 1 2 3 4 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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