1889 English cricket season
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The 1889 English cricket season saw the number of balls per over increased from four to five. The four-ball over had been used since time immemorial.
Earlier in the year, on 12 & 13 March, South Africa versus England at Port Elizabeth was the start of cricket in South Africa at both Test and first-class level. Domestic first-class matches began at the end of the same year. The England team, captained by future Hollywood actor C Aubrey Smith, played two Tests on the inaugural tour, at Port Elizabeth and Cape Town, winning both by comfortable margins. Lancashire spinner Johnny Briggs
had match figures of 15-28 at Cape Town.
Earlier in the year, on 12 & 13 March, South Africa versus England at Port Elizabeth was the start of cricket in South Africa at both Test and first-class level. Domestic first-class matches began at the end of the same year. The England team, captained by future Hollywood actor C Aubrey Smith, played two Tests on the inaugural tour, at Port Elizabeth and Cape Town, winning both by comfortable margins. Lancashire spinner Johnny Briggs
Johnny Briggs (cricketer)
Johnny Briggs was a left arm spin bowler for Lancashire County Cricket Club between 1879 and 1900 who still stands as the second-highest wicket-taker in the county's history after Brian Statham...
had match figures of 15-28 at Cape Town.
Honours
- Champion County – Surrey, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire (shared)
- Wisden (Nine Great Batsmen of the Year) – Bobby AbelBobby AbelRobert Abel , nicknamed "The Guv'nor", was a Surrey and England opening batsman who was one of the most prolific run-getters in the early years of the County Championship...
, Billy BarnesBilly BarnesWilliam Barnes was a professional cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire between 1875 and 1894 and England between 1880 and 1890. In 1890 he was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year. Barnes also toured Australia three times and North America once...
, Billy GunnBilly Gunn (cricketer)William "Billy" Gunn was an English sportsman who played internationally in both cricket and football. In first-class cricket, Gunn played professionally for Nottinghamshire from 1880 to 1904 and represented England in 11 Test matches...
, Louis HallLouis HallLouis Hall was an English first-class cricketer.Born in Batley, Yorkshire, England, Hall made his debut in 1873, and came of age with an innings of 78 for a local Eighteen against the Australian XI in 1878...
, Robert HendersonRobert Henderson (cricketer)Robert Henderson was a Welsh cricketer, a right-hand batsman and right-arm slow bowler.- Brilliant Debut Season in 1883 :...
, Maurice ReadMaurice ReadJohn Maurice Read was an English professional cricketer. Wrote Harry Altham of him in that truly magisterial work, A History of Cricket, "Maurice Read had been recognised as a dashing player up to Test Match form, to say nothing of being a wonderful fielder in the country." A hard-hitting and,...
, Arthur ShrewsburyArthur ShrewsburyArthur Shrewsbury was an English cricketer, and rugby football administrator, who organised the first British Isles rugby tour to Australasia in 1888, and who was widely rated as competing with W. G...
, Frank SuggFrank SuggFrank Howe Sugg was an English footballer and first-class cricketer. He played for England in two Test matches in 1888 and for three county cricket clubs - Yorkshire in 1883, Derbyshire from 1884 to 1886 and Lancashire from 1887 to 1899...
, Albert Ward
External sources
Annual reviews
- James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1890
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1890