1924 English cricket season

1924 English cricket season

The 1924 English cricket season saw Yorkshire secure a hat-trick of titles after they won the 1924 County Championship.[1] England, in its first home series since 1921, proved too strong for South Africa winning 3-0.[2]

Honours

County Championship

Test series

England defeated South Africa 3-0 with two matches drawn. There was a sensational start to the series when the visitors were bowled out in their first innings in the First Test at Edgbaston for 30, in just 12.3 overs, after England had made over 400. Arthur Gilligan, the Sussex and England captain, and his county colleague Maurice Tate, making his Test debut, bowled unchanged, with the former taking 6/7 and the latter 4/12.

Leading batsmen

Andy Sandham topped the averages with 2082 runs with an average of 59.48.

Leading bowlers

George Macaulay topped the averages with 190 wickets with an average of 13.23

References

  1. Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
  2. Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records. Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 0-600-34667-6.

Annual reviews

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