Somerset County Cricket Club in 1890
# 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.

## Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

| Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Batsmen ||||||
| Herbie Hewett | | (1864-05-25)25 May 1864 (aged 26) | Left-handed | Unknown arm medium pace | Club captain |
| John Challen | | (1863-03-26)26 March 1863 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Albert Clapp | | (1867-05-03)3 May 1867 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right arm medium pace | |
| Eustace Hill | | (1869-04-13)13 April 1869 (aged 21) | Right-handed | – | |
| Stephen Newton | | (1853-04-21)21 April 1853 (aged 37) | Right-handed | – | |
| Lionel Palairet | | (1870-05-27)27 May 1870 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right arm medium pace / slow (underarm) | Two Test appearances for England in 1902. |
| Richard Palairet | | (1871-06-25)25 June 1871 (aged 18) | Right-handed | – | |
| Crescens Robinson | | (1864-05-21)21 May 1864 (aged 26) | Right-handed | – | |
| Bill Roe | | (1861-03-21)21 March 1861 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right arm off break / medium pace | |
| John Trask | | (1861-10-27)27 October 1861 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium pace | |
| Lower-order Batsmen ||||||
| Joseph Gibbs | | (1867-11-25)25 November 1867 (aged 22) | Right-handed | – | |
| Vernon Hill | | (1871-01-30)30 January 1871 (aged 19) | Left-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Edward Lock | | (1868-11-21)21 November 1868 (aged 21) | Unknown | – | |
| Henry Murray-Anderdon | | (1848-12-08)8 December 1848 (aged 41) | Unknown | – | Honorary club secretary |
| S Spencer | | Unknown | Unknown-handed | – | |
| Thomas Spencer | | (1850-06-10)10 June 1850 (aged 39) | Unknown-handed | – | Assistant secretary |
| Clement Stock | | (1867-03-21)21 March 1867 (aged 23) | Unknown-handed | – | |
| Edward Whitting | | (1872-09-01)1 September 1872 (aged 17) | Right-handed | Right arm fast | |
| Wilfrid Young | | (1867-10-05)5 October 1867 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right arm slow | |
| All-rounders ||||||
| Gerald Fowler | | (1866-07-27)27 July 1866 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Walter Hedley | | (1865-12-12)12 December 1865 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| George Nichols | | (1862-06-14)14 June 1862 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Ted Tyler | | (1864-10-13)13 October 1864 (aged 25) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | One Test appearance for England in 1896. |
| Sammy Woods | / | (1867-04-13)13 April 1867 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | Three Test appearances for Australia and three for England. |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||
| Leonard Compton | | (1864-08-17)17 August 1864 (aged 25) | Unknown-handed | – | |
| Edward Ebdon | | (1870-04-22)22 April 1870 (aged 20) | Right-handed | – | |
| Arthur Newton | | (1862-09-12)12 September 1862 (aged 27) | Right-handed | – | |
| Hamilton Ross | | (1849-08-26)26 August 1849 (aged 40) | Right-handed | – | |
| Bowlers ||||||
| Charles Winter | | (1866-10-09)9 October 1866 (aged 23) | Unknown-handed | Right arm fast | |

## Matches

* 26–27 May 1890 Scorecard
* Somerset won by 78 runs Lord's Cricket Ground, London Umpires: RP Carpenter and CK Pullin
* 26–28 June 1890 Scorecard
* Somerset won by 2 runs County Ground, Southampton Umpires: Unknown
* 14–15 July 1890 Scorecard
* Somerset won by an innings and 157 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Unknown
* 18–19 July 1890 Scorecard
* Somerset won by an innings and 149 runs County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent Umpires: H James and W Turner
* 21–22 July 1890 Scorecard
* Somerset won by 121 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Unknown
* 25–26 July 1890 Scorecard
* Somerset won by an innings and 76 runs Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Umpires: JHG Devey and R Humphrey
* 4–5 August 1890 Scorecard
* Somerset won by 10 wickets Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Unknown
* 11–12 August 1890 Scorecard
* Somerset won by an innings and 171 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: FH Farrands and T Mycroft
* 14–15 August 1890 Scorecard
* Somerset won by 168 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Unknown
* 18–19 August 1890 Scorecard
* Somerset won by an innings and 87 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Unknown
* 21–22 August 1890 Scorecard
* Match tied County Ground, Taunton Umpires: A Hill and CK Pullin
* 27–28 August 1890 Scorecard
* Somerset won by 6 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: W Hearn and T Mycroft
* 29–30 August 1890 Scorecard
* Somerset won by an innings and 103 runs Lansdown Cricket Club Ground, Bath Umpires: W Hearne and T Mycroft

## 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 |||||||
