Somerset County Cricket Club in 1883

Somerset County Cricket Club
1883 season
Captain Stephen Newton
Most runs Edward Sainsbury (335)
Most wickets Arnold Fothergill (27)
← 1882 1884 →

In 1883, Somerset County Cricket Club played their second season of first-class cricket. They were captained by Stephen Newton, and played in seven matches, winning only one of them.

Squad

The following players made at least one appearance for Somerset in first-class cricket in 1883. Age given is at the start of Somerset's first match of the season (30 July 1883).

Key
Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Apps Ref
Joe Ambler dagger 28 February 1862 (aged 21) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 4 [1]
Edward Bastard 28 February 1862 (aged 21) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 7 [2]
Alfred Evans 14 June 1858 (aged 25) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 3 [3]
Arnold Fothergill 26 August 1854 (aged 28) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 7 [4]
Bill Fowler 28 May 1856 (aged 27) Right-handed Right-arm fast 5 [5]
Herbert Fox 01 August 1858 (aged 24) Right-handed — 3 [6]
Thomas Gregg 18 November 1859 (aged 23) Right-handed Right-arm fast 1 [7]
Lyonel Hildyard 05 February 1861 (aged 22) Right-handed — 6 [8]
George Lillington dagger 31 October 1843 (aged 39) Unknown — 1 [9]
Stephen Newton (captain) 21 April 1853 (aged 30) Right-handed Unknown 6 [10]
James Parfitt 23 December 1857 (aged 25) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 4 [11]
Albert Porter 20 January 1964 (aged -81) Unknown Unknown 2 [12]
Farrant Reed 10 September 1865 (aged 17) Right-handed Unknown 1 [13]
Bill Roe 21 March 1861 (aged 22) Right-handed Right-arm off break / medium 6 [14]
Hamilton Ross 26 August 1849 (aged 33) Right-handed — 4 [15]
Edward Sainsbury 05 July 1851 (aged 32) Right-handed Underarm unknown-hand slow 6 [16]
Charles Sweet 29 November 1860 (aged 22) Unknown – 1 [17]
Francis Terry 26 October 1860 (aged 22) Right-handed — 2 [18]
Fred Welman dagger 19 February 1849 (aged 34) Right-handed – 5 [19]
Charles Winter 09 October 1866 (aged 16) Right-handed Right-arm fast 3 [20]

County cricket

Season record

Played Won Lost Drawn Win%
7 15114.29

Match log and statistics

County matches
No. Date Opponents Venue Result Ref
1 2–3 August Surrey Kennington Oval, London Lost by an innings and 213 runs [21]
2 6–7 August Hampshire Day's Ground, Southampton Lost by 7 wickets [22]
3 9–11 August Gloucestershire Clifton College Close Ground, Bristol Lost by 114 runs [23]
4 13–15 August Gloucestershire County Ground, Taunton Lost by 8 wickets [24]
5 16–17 August Surrey County Ground, Taunton Lost by 75 runs [25]
6 28–29 August Hampshire County Ground, Taunton Won by 5 wickets [26]
Other matches
No. Date Opponents Venue Result Ref
1 30–31 July Marylebone Cricket Club Lord's, London Drawn [27]
Batting averages
Player Matches Innings Runs Average Highest Score 100s 50s
Terry, FrancisFrancis Terry 2 3 195 65.00 121 1 1
Sainsbury, EdwardEdward Sainsbury 6 11 335 30.45 116 1 2
Fothergill, ArnoldArnold Fothergill 7 13 214 19.45 45* 0 0
Roe, BillBill Roe 6 10 189 18.90 45 0 0
Newton, StephenStephen Newton 6 12 209 17.41 63 0 1
Hildyard, LyonelLyonel Hildyard 6 12 151 16.77 34 0 0
Qualification: 150 runs. Source: CricketArchive.[note 1]
Bowling averages
Player Matches Balls Wickets Average BBI 5wi 10wi
Winter, CharlesCharles Winter 3 340 10 13.80 3/12 0 0
Fothergill, ArnoldArnold Fothergill 7 1,040 27 16.85 6/43 2 1
Evans, AlfredAlfred Evans 3 522 15 20.40 5/78 1 0
Bastard, EdwardEdward Bastard 7 1,238 17 30.58 4/47 0 0
Qualification: 10 wickets. Source: CricketArchive.[note 2]

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ↑ Statistics collated from the national batting averages,[28] and for those players who appeared for more than one side, their individual record for that season: Edward Sainsbury, Arnold Fothergill and Bill Roe.
  2. ↑ Statistics collated from the national bowling averages,[29] and for those players who appeared for more than one side, their individual record for that season: Arnold Fothergill and Edward Bastard.
References
  1. ↑ "Player Profile: Joe Ambler". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Player Profile: Edward Bastard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Player Profile: Alfred Evans". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Player Profile: Arnold Fothergill". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Player Profile: Bill Fowler". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Player Profile: Herbert Fox". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "Player Profile: Thomas Gregg". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  8. ↑ "Player Profile: Lyonel Hildyard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  9. ↑ "Player Profile: George Lillington". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  10. ↑ "Player Profile: Stephen Newton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  11. ↑ "Player Profile: James Parfitt". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  12. ↑ "Player Profile: Albert Porter". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  13. ↑ "Player Profile: Farrant Reed". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  14. ↑ "Player Profile: Bill Roe". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  15. ↑ "Player Profile: Hamilton Ross". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  16. ↑ "Player Profile: Edward Sainsbury". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  17. ↑ "Player Profile: Charles Sweet". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  18. ↑ "Player Profile: Francis Terry". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  19. ↑ "Player Profile: Fred Welman". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  20. ↑ "Player Profile: Charles Winter". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  21. ↑ "Surrey v Somerset: County Match 1883". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  22. ↑ "Hampshire v Somerset: County Match 1883". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  23. ↑ "Gloucestershire v Somerset: County Match 1883". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  24. ↑ "Somerset v Gloucestershire: County Match 1883". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  25. ↑ "Somerset v Surrey: County Match 1883". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  26. ↑ "Somerset v Hampshire: County Match 1883". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  27. ↑ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Somerset: Other First-Class matches in England 1883". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  28. ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding in England for 1883 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  29. ↑ "First-class Bowling in England for 1883 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-04-17.

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