In the 1893 season, Somerset County Cricket Club played their seventh season of first-class cricket, and participated in the County Championship for the third season. They finished eighth in the competition, falling five positions from the previous year. Their captain, Herbie Hewett, completed the season as the club's leading run-scorer, accruing 669 runs in the Championship. The left-arm spinner Ted Tyler took the most wickets for the county, with 86. Matches were also played against Oxford University, and the touring Australians.
County Championship Season standings Note: Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, Pts = Points.
+County ChampionshipTeamPldWLDPtsYorkshire (C)1612319Lancashire169524Middlesex169613Kent166462Surrey16781–1Nottinghamshire16574–2Sussex16475–3Somerset16484–4Gloucestershire163112–8 Notes: Team marked won the County Championship.
Match log and statistics + Match log No. Date Opponents Venue Result Ref 1 22–23 May Middlesex Lord's, London Lost by 7 wickets 2 25–26 May Sussex County Ground, Hove Lost by 9 wickets 3 1–3 June Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham Lost by 225 runs 4 15–17 June Yorkshire County Ground, Taunton Lost by an innings and 51 runs 5 29 June–1 July Kent Angel Ground, Tonbridge Lost by 8 wickets 6 6–7 July Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield Lost by an innings and 13 runs 7 10–12 July Kent County Ground, Taunton Drawn 8 13–14 July Surrey Kennington Oval, London Won by 39 runs 9 17–19 July Lancashire County Ground, Taunton Drawn 10 24–26 July Lancashire Aigburth, Liverpool Lost by 230 runs 11 7–9 August Middlesex County Ground, Taunton Drawn 12 10–12 August Sussex County Ground, Taunton Drawn 13 14–16 August Gloucestershire College Ground, Cheltenham Won by 127 runs 14 17–18 August Surrey County Ground, Taunton Lost by 8 wickets 15 21–22 August Nottinghamshire County Ground, Taunton Won by an innings and 99 runs 16 28–29 August Gloucestershire County Ground, Taunton Won by an innings and 170 runs
+ Batting averages Player Matches Innings Runs Average Highest score 100s 50s 13 22 669 2 2 10 18 492 0 5 7 12 311 1 1 8 13 313 0 3 11 19 394 0 2 16 29 564 0 2 10 19 302 0 1 16 28 314 0 0 Qualification: 300 runs. Source: CricketArchive.
+ Bowling averages Player Matches Balls Wickets Average BBI 5wi 10wm 16 4,183 86 8 2 11 1,549 33 1 0 16 2,737 55 1 0 16 2,546 59 2 1 Qualification: 30 wickets. Source: CricketArchive.
University match + Other matches No. Date Opponents Venue Result Ref 1 29–30 May Oxford University University Parks, Oxford Won by 10 wickets
Tourist match + Other matches No. Date Opponents Venue Result Ref 1 20–22 July Australians County Ground, Taunton Lost by 6 wickets
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