1907 County Championship

1907 County Championship
Cricket format First-class cricket
(3 days)
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Nottinghamshire (1st title)
Participants 16
Most runs Ernie Hayes
(1,721 for Surrey)
Most wickets George Dennett
(184 for Gloucestershire)

The 1907 County Championship was the eighteenth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 2 May to 2 September 1907. Nottinghamshire won its first championship title, while Worcestershire and Yorkshire tied for second place. The previous seasons winners, Kent, finished in eighth place.

Table

Team Pld W L D A Pts Fin %Fin
Nottinghamshire 20150411515100.00
Worcestershire 18828061060.00
Yorkshire 2812311291560.00
Surrey 2812412081650.00
Middlesex 20848041233.33
Lancashire 261178041822.22
Essex 221075031717.64
Kent 261295032114.28
Warwickshire 2065811119.09
Gloucestershire 2281220–420–20.00
Leicestershire 2061040–416–25.00
Hampshire 2461170–517–29.41
Sussex 2671360–620–30.00
Somerset 1831230–915–60.00
Northamptonshire 2021260–1014–71.42
Derbyshire 2221712–1519–78.94
Source: [1]

Records

Batting

Most runs
Aggregate Average Player County
1,721 37.41 Ernie Hayes Surrey
1,717 40.88 Jack Hobbs Surrey
1,597 38.02 Johnny Tyldesley Lancashire
1,570 46.17 Tom Hayward Surrey
1,483 38.02 James Seymour Kent
Source: [2]

Bowling

Most wickets
Aggregate Average Player County
184 15.65 George Dennett Gloucestershire
153 11.78 Albert Hallam Nottinghamshire
151 16.87 Arthur Fielder Kent
145 13.57 Thomas Wass Nottinghamshire
141 16.41 Wilfred Rhodes Yorkshire
Source: [3]

References

  1. ↑ "County Championship 1907 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1907 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Bowling in County Championship 1907 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2013.

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