1906 County Championship

1906 County Championship
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
(3 days)
Tournament formatLeague system
ChampionsKent (1st title)
Participants16
Most runsTom Hayward
(2,814 for Surrey)
Most wicketsGeorge Hirst
(182 for Yorkshire)
← 1905
1907 →

The 1906 County Championship was the 17th 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.

Table

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:

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:

Bowling

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

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.