1904 County Championship

1904 County Championship
Cricket format First-class cricket
(3 days)
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Lancashire (2nd title)
Participants 15
Most runs C. B. Fry
(2,376 for Sussex)
Most wickets George Dennett
(123 for Gloucestershire)

The 1904 County Championship was the fifteenth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 9 May to 5 September 1904. Lancashire won their second championship title, while six times champions Yorkshire finished in second place. The previous seasons winners, Middlesex, finished in fourth place.

Table

Team Pld W L D A Pts Fin %Fin
Lancashire 261601001616100.00
Yorkshire 279216071163.63
Kent 211047061442.85
Middlesex 18945051338.46
Nottinghamshire 20749031127.27
Sussex 24541501911.11
Leicestershire 2066800120.00
Warwickshire 1655600100.00
Gloucestershire 185670-111–9.09
Derbyshire 185850-313–23.07
Surrey 28612100–618–33.33
Somerset 1851120–616–37.50
Worcestershire 183870–511–45.45
Essex 2031070–713–53.84
Hampshire 1821240–1014–71.42
Source: [1]

Records

Batting

C. B. Fry was the leading run-scorer for the second successive season.
Most runs
Aggregate Average Player County
2,376 79.20 C. B. Fry Sussex
2,237 69.90 Johnny Tyldesley Lancashire
2,074 50.58 Tom Hayward Surrey
1,848 51.33 George Hirst Yorkshire
1,812 60.40 James Iremonger Nottinghamshire
Source: [2]

Bowling

Most wickets
Aggregate Average Player County
123 19.36 Edward Dennett Gloucestershire
121 19.38 Charlie Blythe Kent
112 23.50 George Cox Sussex
108 18.71 James Hallows Lancashire
106 26.16 Bill Reeves Essex
Source: [3]

References

  1. ↑ "County Championship 1904 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1904 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Bowling in County Championship 1904 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 January 2013.

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