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.Foot (1986), p27.
Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. Name Nat Birth dateAge refers to player's age at the start of the season (27 May 1890). Batting Style Bowling Style Notes Batsmen Herbie Hewett Left-handed Unknown arm medium pace Club captain John Challen Right-handed Right arm fast-medium Albert Clapp Right-handed Right arm medium pace Eustace Hill Right-handed – Stephen Newton Right-handed – Lionel Palairet Right-handed Right arm medium pace / slow (underarm) Two Test appearances for England in 1902. Richard Palairet Right-handed – Crescens Robinson Right-handed – Bill Roe Right-handed Right arm off break / medium pace John Trask Right-handed Right-arm medium pace Lower-order Batsmen Joseph Gibbs Right-handed – Vernon Hill Left-handed Right arm fast-medium Edward Lock Unknown – Henry Murray-Anderdon Unknown – Honorary club secretary S Spencer Unknown Unknown-handed – Thomas Spencer Unknown-handed – Assistant secretary Clement Stock Unknown-handed – Edward Whitting Right-handed Right arm fast Wilfrid Young Right-handed Right arm slow All-rounders Gerald Fowler Right-handed Right arm fast-medium Walter Hedley Right-handed Right arm fast-medium George Nichols Right-handed Right arm fast-medium Ted Tyler Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One Test appearance for England in 1896. Sammy Woods / Right-handed Right arm fast-medium Three Test appearances for Australia and three for England. Wicket-keepers Leonard Compton Unknown-handed – Edward Ebdon Right-handed – Arthur Newton Right-handed – Hamilton Ross Right-handed – Bowlers Charles Winter Unknown-handed Right arm fast
Matches
Batting averages Player Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50s 15 543 1 2 14 408 1 1 12 316 0 1 18 497 1 3 14 286 0 1 18 297 0 0 13 162 0 0 15 159 0 0 Qualification: 150 runs. Source: CricketArchiveStatistics collated from match scorecards.
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External links Cricket in England in 1890