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| Cricket format | First-class cricket (3 days) |
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| Tournament format | League system |
| Champions | Yorkshire (3rd title) |
| Participants | 14 |
| Matches | 138 |
| Most runs | Bobby Abel (1,832 for Surrey) |
| Most wickets | Charlie Townsend (130 for Gloucestershire) |
The 1898 County Championship was the ninth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 9 May to 3 September 1898. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won their third championship title, with Middlesex finishing as runners-up for the first time.
In April, John Tunnicliffe and Jack Brown of Yorkshire, set a then-record partnership for any wicket of 554, against Derbyshire at Queen's Park, Chesterfield.
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts | Fin | %Fin | |
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| Yorkshire | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 68.42 | |
| Middlesex | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 53.85 | |
| Gloucestershire | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 50.00 | |
| Surrey | 26 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 46.67 | |
| Essex | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 25.00 | |
| Lancashire | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 20.00 | |
| Kent | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | –1 | 11 | –9.09 | |
| Nottinghamshire | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | –1 | 3 | –33.33 | |
| Derbyshire | 16 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | –4 | 8 | –50.00 | |
| Sussex | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | –6 | 12 | –50.00 | |
| Warwickshire | 18 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | –4 | 8 | –50.00 | |
| Hampshire | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | –6 | 10 | –60.00 | |
| Leicestershire | 16 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | –9 | 11 | –81.82 | |
| Somerset | 16 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | –9 | 11 | –81.82 | |
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