1903 County Championship

1903 County Championship
Cricket format First-class cricket
(3 days)
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Middlesex (1st title)
Participants 15
Most runs C. B. Fry
(2,413 for Sussex)
Most wickets Wilfred Rhodes
(143 for Yorkshire)

The 1903 County Championship was the fourteenth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 4 May to 3 September 1903. Middlesex won their first championship title, ending Yorkshire's run of three successive titles. Sussex finished in second place for the second successive season.

Table

Team Pld W L D A Pts Fin %Fin
Middlesex 1881727977.77
Sussex 24721415955.55
Yorkshire 261358081844.44
Lancashire 2610511031533.33
Nottinghamshire 206410021020.00
Worcestershire 20866021414.28
Warwickshire 1854901911.11
Essex 2276721137.69
Kent 2276721137.69
Somerset 1866510120.00
Surrey 2871191–418–22.22
Derbyshire 164750–311–27.27
Gloucestershire 2031070–713–53.84
Hampshire 1811043–911–81.81
Leicestershire 1811043–911–81.81
Source: [1]

Records

Batting

Most runs
Aggregate Average Player County
2,413 80.43 C. B. Fry Sussex
1,618 44.94 Johnny Tyldesley Lancashire
1,565 40.12 Archie MacLaren Lancashire
1,449 34.50 Ernie Hayes Surrey
1,428 44.62 Percy Perrin Essex
Source: [2]

Bowling

Most wickets
Aggregate Average Player County
143 14.72 Wilfred Rhodes Yorkshire
137 13.05 Charlie Blythe Kent
131 17.85 Sydney Barnes Lancashire
123 12.17 Sam Hargreave Warwickshire
115 12.79 George Hirst Yorkshire
Source: [3]

References

  1. ↑ "County Championship 1903 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1903 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Bowling in County Championship 1903 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 October 2012.

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