1906 County Championship

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)

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

Team Pld W L D Pts Fin %Fin
Kent 221624141877.77
Yorkshire 281738142070.00
Surrey 281846142263.63
Lancashire 26156592142.85
Nottinghamshire 2094751338.46
Warwickshire 2074931127.27
Essex 2296731520.00
Hampshire 20794-216–12.50
Gloucestershire 206104-416–25.00
Sussex 246126-618–33.33
Middlesex 184104–614–42.85
Northamptonshire 164102–614–42.85
Somerset 184104–614–42.85
Worcestershire 202810–610–60.00
Leicestershire 223145–1117–64.70
Derbyshire 202171–1519–78.94
Source: [1]

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.
Most runs
Aggregate Average Player County
2,814 70.35 Tom Hayward Surrey
1,873 46.82 Johnny Tyldesley Lancashire
1,771 43.19 George Hirst Yorkshire
1,767 49.08 Percy Perrin Essex
1,751 41.69 Jack Hobbs Surrey
Source: [2]

Bowling

Most wickets
Aggregate Average Player County
182 14.84 George Hirst Yorkshire
160 17.97 George Dennett Gloucestershire
158 19.74 Arthur Fielder Kent
154 20.25 Walter Lees Surrey
138 13.53 Schofield Haigh Yorkshire
Source: [3]

References

  1. ↑ "County Championship 1906 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1906 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Bowling in County Championship 1906 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2013.

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