1890 English cricket season
The 1890 cricket season was the 293rd in England since the earliest known definite reference to cricket in January 1597 (i.e., Old Style – 1598 New Style), and the first in which the County Championship was held as an official competition, following agreement between Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the leading county clubs at a meeting in December 1889. Surrey became the first official county champions after winning nine out of fourteen games.
In Test cricket, England, captained by W. G. Grace, defeated Australia in a three-match series by 2–0 to win The Ashes. It was the 13th test series between the sides.William Gunn of Nottinghamshire was the season's highest runscorer (1,621); George Lohmann of Surrey took the most wickets (220).
England won the three-match Test series 2–0. Only two matches were completed as one was abandoned due to persistent heavy rain:
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