1893 was the fourth season of County Championship cricket in England.
For the first time, the official championship was won by a team other than Surrey, who finished fifth.
Yorkshire, captained by Lord Hawke won twelve matches to take the title.
An Australian team toured the British Isles for the first time in three years, but lost the three-match Ashes Test series to England.
[1] Points system: England won a fifth successive home series against Australia to recover The Ashes after losing them in the 1891–92 series in Australia.