1906 County Championship
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| 1906 County Championship | |
|---|---|
| Cricket format |
First-class cricket (3 days) |
| Tournament format(s) | League system |
| Champions | Kent (1st title) |
| Participants | 16 |
| Most runs |
Tom Hayward (2,814 for Surrey) |
| Most wickets |
George Hirst (182 for Yorkshire) |
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← 1905 1907 → | |
Location of the home ground of each county
The 1906 County Championship was the seventeenth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 3 May to 30 August 1906. Kent won its first championship title, while the previous seasons winners, Yorkshire, finished in second place.
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 a win or a loss), and multiplying by 100.
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | Pts | Fin | %Fin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 77.77 | ||
| Yorkshire | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 70.00 | ||
| Surrey | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 63.63 | ||
| Lancashire | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 42.85 | ||
| Nottinghamshire | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 38.46 | ||
| Warwickshire | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 27.27 | ||
| Essex | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 20.00 | ||
| Hampshire | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | -2 | 16 | –12.50 | ||
| Gloucestershire | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | -4 | 16 | –25.00 | ||
| Sussex | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | -6 | 18 | –33.33 | ||
| Middlesex | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | –6 | 14 | –42.85 | ||
| Northamptonshire | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | –6 | 14 | –42.85 | ||
| Somerset | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | –6 | 14 | –42.85 | ||
| Worcestershire | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | –6 | 10 | –60.00 | ||
| Leicestershire | 22 | 3 | 14 | 5 | –11 | 17 | –64.70 | ||
| Derbyshire | 20 | 2 | 17 | 1 | –15 | 19 | –78.94 | ||
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Records
Batting
Tom Hayward scored the most runs recorded in a single County Championship season, as well as scoring nearly 1,000 runs more than the next leading run-scorer in 1906.
Bowling
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References
- ↑ "County Championship 1906 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ↑ "Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1906 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ↑ "Bowling in County Championship 1906 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
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