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Somerset County Cricket Club in 1893

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Captain
  
Herbie Hewett

Most runs
  
Herbie Hewett (669)

Most catches
  
Sammy Woods (16)

County Championship
  
8th

Most wickets
  
Ted Tyler (86)

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.

Season standings

Note: Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, Pts = Points.

Notes:
Team marked  (C)  won the County Championship.

References

Somerset County Cricket Club in 1893 Wikipedia