1906 English cricket season

1906 was the 17th season of County Championship cricket in England. The title was decided in the final round of matches with Kent County Cricket Club finishing just ahead of Yorkshire. George Hirst completed a unique "double Double" of 2,385 runs and 208 wickets. Tom Hayward broke Bobby Abel’s 1901 record for the most runs scored in a first-class season.

1906 English cricket season

County Championship

CountyPlayedWonLostDrawnPointsFinished
Games
%
1Kent221624141877.77
2Yorkshire281738142070.00
3Surrey281846142263.63
4Lancashire26156592142.85
5Nottinghamshire2094751338.46
6Warwickshire2074931127.27
7Essex2296731523.00
8Hampshire20794-216-12.50
9Gloucestershire206104-416-25.00
10Sussex246126-618-33.33
11Somerset184104-614-42.85
11Middlesex184104-614-42.85
11Northamptonshire164102-614-42.85
14Worcestershire202810-610-60.00
15Leicestershire223145-1117-64.70
16Derbyshire202171-1519-78.94
[1]

Points system:

  • 1 for a win
  • 0 for a draw, a tie or an abandoned match
  • -1 for a loss

Minor Counties Championship

CountyPlayedWonWon on
1st inns
No
result
Possible
points
Points
obtained
%
1Staffordshire12830363083.33
2Devon10620301973.33
3Bedfordshire10521302066.67
4Berkshire10520301963.33
4Surrey Second Eleven10520301963.33
6Yorkshire Second Eleven10600301860.00
7Hertfordshire12530362158.23
8Durham10500301550.00
8Glamorgan12600361850.00
8Norfolk840024850.00
11Monmouthshire10240301446.66
12Dorset8310241145.83
13Wiltshire10400301240.00
14Suffolk821024833.33
15Buckinghamshire820024625.00
15Cambridgeshire820024625.00
17Cornwall810024312.50
17Oxfordshire810024312.50
19Lancashire Second Eleven80102428.33
20Northumberland80012414.16
[2]

Points system:

  • 3 for an outright win
  • 2 for a win on the first innings
  • 1 for a match with no first innings decision
  • 0 for a loss either outright or on the first innings of a drawn match

Wisden Cricketers of the Year

Leading batsmen (qualification 20 innings)

1906 English season leading batsmen[3]
Name Team Matches Innings Not outs Runs Highest score Average 100s 50s
Cuthbert BurnupKent13213120717967.0546
Tom HaywardSurrey36618351821966.371317
Kenneth HutchingsKent21344159717653.23411
Ted ArnoldWorcestershire21394176716650.4868
James IremongerNottinghamshire234361794200 not out48.4849
Percy PerrinEssex23433189315047.32511
Johnny TyldesleyLancashire315232270295 not out46.32415
George HirstYorkshire35586238516945.86615
Ernie HayesSurrey35565230921845.27711
Arthur JonesNottinghamshire21393156010543.33114
William BurnsWorcestershire18324120616543.0738

Leading bowlers (qualification 1,000 balls)

1906 English season leading bowlers[4]
Name Team Balls bowled Runs conceded Wickets taken Average Best bowling 5 wickets
in innings
10 wickets
in match
William HuddlestonLancashire14056135012.269/3632
Willis CuttellLancashire26539096713.566/4351
Schofield HaighYorkshire5810254017414.597/35134
George HirstYorkshire7838343420816.507/18194
Albert HallamNottinghamshire4994172310416.566/3081
George DennettGloucestershire
MCC
6875309617517.6910/40205
Billy BestwickDerbyshire4657212311518.467/49114
Thomas WassNottinghamshire3656188810018.888/2594
Alfred MorcomCambridge University15347003718.916/2521
Frank TarrantMiddlesex
MCC
369617409119.129/5471

Notable events

  • By winning their last eleven county matches, Kent won the Championship for the first time after Gloucestershire beat Yorkshire by a single run at Bristol in the final round of matches
  • Kent's Arthur Fielder became the first bowler to take all ten wickets in an innings in the Gentlemen v Players match at Lord’s[5]
  • Tom Hayward set numerous batting records:
  1. The highest aggregate of runs in a first-class season – since beaten only by Compton and Bill Edrich in 1947.[6]
  2. The earliest to score 2,000 runs, on 5 July.[7]
  3. Two separate hundreds in consecutive matches against Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire.
  • George Hirst became the only player to score 2,000 runs and take 200 wickets in a season.[8] Against Somerset at Taunton, Hirst also became the only player to have two centuries and two five-wicket returns in one match.[9]

See also

References

  1. Pardon, Sydney H. (editor); John Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanac, Forty-Fourth Edition (1907), p. 2
  2. Pardon, Sydney H. (editor); John Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanac (1907), p. 346
  3. First Class Batting in England in 1906
  4. First Class Bowling in England in 1906
  5. Webber, Roy (1951) The Playfair Book of Cricket Records, pp. 148-149. Playfair Books.
  6. Webber; The Playfair Book of Cricket Records; p. 89.
  7. Webber op. cit., p. 102.
  8. Wynne-Thomas, Peter The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records, p. 8 ISBN 072701868X
  9. Wynne-Thomas op. cit., p. 9.

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