1908 County Championship

English cricket tournament April 2022 First-class cricket(3 days) League system Yorkshire 8 16 Tom Hayward (1,874 for Surrey) Colin Blythe (167 for Kent) 1907 1907 County Championship 1909 1909 County Championship England right 350 Location of the home ground of each county England 52.927506 -1.461103 Derbyshire left England 51.56734 0.010783 Essex right England 51.477225 -2.584156 Gloucestershire bottom England 50.919490 -1.409986 Hampshire top England 51.266667 1.091667 Kent bottom England 53.456347 -2.286761 Lancashire left England 52.607814 -1.142686 Leicestershire right England 51.5294 -0.1727 Middlesex top England 52.248158 -0.871206 Northamptonshire right England 52.95 -1.133333 Nottinghamshire right England 51.0192 -3.1045 Somerset bottom England 51.483719 -0.114981 Surrey bottom England 50.83 -0.164167 Sussex right England 52.455814 -1.902489 Warwickshire left England 52.189225 -2.226925 Worcestershire left England 53.816944 -1.582222 Yorkshire right The 1908 County Championship was the 19th officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 4 May to 31 August 1908. Yorkshire won their eighth championship title, while Kent finished in second place. The previous season's winners, Nottinghamshire, finished in eighth place. In May, Yorkshire bowled out Northamptonshire for 27 and 14,http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1900S/1908/ENG_LOCAL/CC/NORTHANTS_YORKS_CC_07-08MAY1908.html County Championship, 1908: Northamptonshire v Yorkshire ESPN Cricinfo 11 May 2018 the lowest aggregate in first-class cricket at that point.http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149303.html The finisher ESPN Cricinfo 11 May 2018 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. TeamPldWLDAPtsFin%FinYorkshire281601201616100.00Kent2617351142070.00Surrey3013412191752.94Middlesex20631013933.33Sussex286418021020.00Worcestershire1865701119.09Lancashire26109611195.26Nottinghamshire206770–113–7.69Hampshire227960–216–12.50Gloucestershire2481150–319–15.78Essex2257100–212–16.66Warwickshire225971–414–28.57Leicestershire224891–412–33.33Derbyshire2251340–818–44.44Northamptonshire2231450–1117–64.70Somerset2021350–1115–73.33Source:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/0/County_Championship_1908.html County Championship 1908 Points Table CricketArchive 23 January 2013 Records Batting Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 1,874 46.85 Tom Hayward Surrey 1,655 40.36 Alan Marshall Surrey 1,646 42.20 Gilbert Jessop Gloucestershire 1,522 43.48 Johnny Tyldesley Lancashire 1,507 39.65 Jack Hobbs SurreySource:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/County_Championship_1908/Batting_by_Runs.html Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1908 (Ordered by Runs) CricketArchive 23 January 2013 Bowling Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 167 16.48 Colin Blythe Kent 156 12.44 George Hirst Yorkshire 149 20.46 George Dennett Gloucestershire 148 15.27 Walter Brearley Lancashire 124 18.66 Harry Dean LancashireSource:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/County_Championship_1908/Bowling_by_Wickets.html Bowling in County Championship 1908 (Ordered by Wickets) CricketArchive 23 January 2013 References Category:1908 in English cricket Category:County Championship seasons County