1892 English cricket season
# 1892 English cricket season

1892 was the third season of County Championship cricket in England. 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 | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Surrey | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | Nottinghamshire | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Somerset | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Lancashire | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | Middlesex | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | Yorkshire | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Gloucestershire | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | −7 |
| 7 | Kent | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | −7 |
| 9 | Sussex | 16 | 1 | 12 | 3 | −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 | 50s |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Herbie Hewett | Somerset | 16 | 1047 | 40.26 | 1 | 9 |
| Arthur Shrewsbury | Nottinghamshire | 16 | 920 | 41.84 | 4 | 0 |
| Walter Read | Surrey | 16 | 896 | 40.72 | 3 | 3 |
| Stanley Scott | Middlesex | 15 | 861 | 39.13 | 1 | 5 |
| Andrew 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 | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bill Lockwood | Surrey | 16 | 3411 | 114 | 13.26 |
| Arthur Mold | Lancashire | 16 | 3315 | 104 | 13.70 |
| George Lohmann | Surrey | 15 | 4326 | 102 | 13.87 |
| John Hearne | Middlesex | 16 | 4299 | 100 | 16.23 |
| William 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 | 50s |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Herbie Hewett | Gentlemen, Somerset, South of England | 24 | 1407 | 35.17 | 1 | 11 |
| Andrew Stoddart | Gentlemen, MCC, Middlesex, South of England | 26 | 1403 | 31.17 | 1 | 7 |
| Lionel Palairet | Gentlemen, Oxford University, Somerset | 26 | 1343 | 31.97 | 2 | 7 |
| Arthur Shrewsbury | North of England, Nottinghamshire, Players | 22 | 1260 | 42.00 | 5 | 1 |
| Billy Gunn | 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 | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| John Hearne | MCC, Middlesex, South of England | 25 | 6803 | 163 | 15.39 |
| Sammy Woods | Gentlemen, Somerset, South of England | 25 | 5284 | 153 | 16.83 |
| Bill Lockwood | Players, Surrey | 22 | 4452 | 151 | 13.60 |
| George Lohmann | Players, South of England, Surrey | 23 | 6069 | 151 | 15.33 |
| William Attewell | MCC, North of England, Nottinghamshire, Players | 26 | 7271 | 144 | 14.00 |
