1907 English cricket season

The 1907 English cricket season gave Nottinghamshire its first-ever official County Championship title and saw the first Test matches to be held in England against South Africa.

1 Honours
2 South African tour
- 2.1 Series summary
3 Leading batsmen
4 Leading bowlers
5 References
6 External sources
7 Further reading

Honours

County Championship - Nottinghamshire
Minor Counties Championship - Lancashire II
Wisden - Albert Hallam, Reginald Schwarz, Frank Tarrant, Bert Vogler, Thomas Wass

South African tour

This was the fourth South African tour of England following those in 1894, 1901 and 1904. The 1907 tour was the first to feature Test matches between England and South Africa in England, although the teams had played Tests in South Africa since 1888-89.

England won the series 1-0 with two matches drawn.

Series summary

1st Test at Lord's – match drawn
2nd Test at Headingley – England won by 53 runs
3rd Test at The Oval – match drawn

Leading batsmen

C B Fry topped the averages with 1449 runs @ 46.74

Leading bowlers

Reginald Schwarz topped the averages with 137 wickets @ 11.79

References

External sources

CricketArchive – England in 1907

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