1901 County Championship

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1901 County Championship
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket (3 days)
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsYorkshire (5th title)
Participants15
Matches164
Most runsJohnny Tyldesley
(2,605 for Lancashire)
Most wicketsWilfred Rhodes
(196 for Yorkshire)
← 1900
1902 →

The 1901 County Championship was the twelfth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 6 May to 4 September 1901. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won their fifth championship title, their second title in successive seasons. Middlesex finished in a distant second place.

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 A Pts Fin %Fin
Yorkshire 28 20 1 6 1 19 21 90.48
Middlesex 18 6 2 10 0 4 8 50.00
Lancashire 28 11 5 12 0 6 16 37.50
Sussex 24 8 4 12 0 4 12 33.33
Warwickshire 16 7 4 5 0 3 11 27.27
Surrey 28 7 6 14 1 1 13 7.69
Hampshire 18 6 6 6 0 0 12 0.00
Kent 22 7 7 7 1 0 14 0.00
Nottinghamshire 20 5 6 8 1 -1 11 -9.09
Essex 22 4 5 12 1 –1 9 –11.11
Worcestershire 22 7 10 4 1 –3 17 –17.65
Leicestershire 20 4 10 5 1 –6 14 –42.86
Somerset 18 4 10 3 1 –6 14 –42.86
Gloucestershire 24 3 10 11 0 –7 13 –53.85
Derbyshire 20 0 13 7 0 –13 13 –100.00
Source: CricketArchive[1]

Records[]

Most runs
Aggregate Average Player County
2,605 60.58 Johnny Tyldesley Lancashire
2,382 74.43 C. B. Fry Sussex
2,264 50.31 Bobby Abel Surrey
2,067 76.55 K. S. Ranjitsinhji Sussex
2,039 58.25 Tom Hayward Surrey
Source:[2]
Most wickets
Aggregate Average Player County
196 13.59 Wilfred Rhodes Yorkshire
135 16.75 George Hirst Yorkshire
126 20.00 Fred Tate Sussex
118 22.56 Frederick Roberts Gloucestershire
115 23.25 Charlie Llewellyn Hampshire
Source:[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "County Championship 1901 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
  2. ^ "Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1901 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
  3. ^ "Bowling in County Championship 1901 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-06-01.

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