1906 County Championship

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 season's winners, Yorkshire, finished in second place.

1906 County Championship
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
(3 days)
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsKent (1st title)
Participants16
Most runsTom Hayward
(2,814 for Surrey)
Most wicketsGeorge Hirst
(182 for Yorkshire)

Table

  • One point was awarded for a win, and one point was taken away for each loss. Final placings were decided by dividing the number of points earned by the number of completed matches (i.e. those that ended in a win or a loss), and multiplying by 100.
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
2,81470.35Tom HaywardSurrey
1,87346.82Johnny TyldesleyLancashire
1,77143.19George HirstYorkshire
1,76749.08Percy PerrinEssex
1,75141.69Jack HobbsSurrey
Source:[2]

Bowling

Most wickets
Aggregate Average Player County
18214.84George HirstYorkshire
16017.97George DennettGloucestershire
15819.74Arthur FielderKent
15420.25Walter LeesSurrey
13813.53Schofield HaighYorkshire
Source:[3]

See also

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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