1897 County Championship

1897 County Championship
Cricket format First-class cricket (3 days)
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Lancashire (1st title)
Participants 14
Matches played 132
Most runs Bobby Abel
(1,833 for Surrey)
Most wickets Tom Richardson
(238 for Surrey)

The 1897 County Championship was the eighth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 3 May to 30 August 1897. Lancashire County Cricket Club won the championship for the first time, narrowly beating Surrey.

Table

  • One point was awarded for a win, and one point was taken away for each loss. Final placings were decided by dividing the number of points earned by the number of completed matches (i.e. those that ended in win or loss), and multiplexing by 100.
Team Pld W L D Pts Fin %Fin
Lancashire 261637131968.42
Surrey 261745132161.90
Essex 167275955.56
Yorkshire 26135881844.44
Gloucestershire 1875621216.67
Sussex 20569–111–9.09
Middlesex 16349–17–14.29
Warwickshire 183411–17–14.29
Hampshire 18477–311–27.27
Nottinghamshire 16259–37–42.86
Somerset 16394–612–50.00
Kent 182106–812–66.67
Leicestershire 141103–911–81.82
Derbyshire 16097–99–100.00
Source: CricketArchive[1]

Leading averages

Most runs
Aggregate Average Player County
1,83350.91Bobby AbelSurrey
1,43143.36Jack BrownYorkshire
1,37239.20Ted WainwrightYorkshire
1,32834.05David DentonYorkshire
1,31842.51K. S. RanjitsinhjiSussex
Source:[2]
Most wickets
Aggregate Average Player County
23814.23Tom RichardsonSurrey
14016.38Johnny BriggsLancashire
10920.38Frederick BullEssex
10217.77Willis CuttellLancashire
10218.52Jack HearneMiddlesex
Source:[3]

References

  1. ↑ "County Championship 1897 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-03-27. (Subscription required (help)).
  2. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1897 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-05-10. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ "Bowling in County Championship 1897 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-05-10. (Subscription required (help)).
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