1901 County Championship

1901 County Championship
Cricket format First-class cricket (3 days)
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Yorkshire (5th title)
Participants 15
Matches played 164
Most runs Johnny Tyldesley
(2,605 for Lancashire)
Most wickets Wilfred Rhodes
(196 for Yorkshire)

The 1901 County Championship was the twelfth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 6 May to 4 September 1901. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won their fifth championship title, their second title in successive seasons. Middlesex finished in a distant second place.

Table

Team Pld W L D A Pts Fin %Fin
Yorkshire 2820161192190.48
Middlesex 18621004850.00
Lancashire 2811512061637.50
Sussex 248412041233.33
Warwickshire 16745031127.27
Surrey 28761411137.69
Hampshire 1866600120.00
Kent 2277710140.00
Nottinghamshire 205681-111-9.09
Essex 2245121–19–11.11
Worcestershire 2271041–317–17.65
Leicestershire 2041051–614–42.86
Somerset 1841031–614–42.86
Gloucestershire 24310110–713–53.85
Derbyshire 2001370–1313–100.00
Source: CricketArchive[1]

Records

Most runs
Aggregate Average Player County
2,605 60.58 Johnny Tyldesley Lancashire
2,382 74.43 C. B. Fry Sussex
2,264 50.31 Bobby Abel Surrey
2,067 76.55 K. S. Ranjitsinhji Sussex
2,039 58.25 Tom Hayward Surrey
Source: [2]
Most wickets
Aggregate Average Player County
196 13.59 Wilfred Rhodes Yorkshire
135 16.75 George Hirst Yorkshire
126 20.00 Fred Tate Sussex
118 22.56 Frederick Roberts Gloucestershire
115 23.25 Charlie Llewellyn Hampshire
Source: [3]

References

  1. ↑ "County Championship 1901 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
  2. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1901 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
  3. ↑ "Bowling in County Championship 1901 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-06-01.

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