1898 County Championship

English cricket tournament April 2022 First-class cricket (3 days) League system Yorkshire 3 14 138 Bobby Abel (1,832 for Surrey) Charlie Townsend (130 for Gloucestershire) 1897 1897 County Championship 1899 1899 County Championship 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.http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149631.html England win the Ashes after close to two decades ESPNcricinfo 22 August 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%FinYorkshire2616370131968.42Middlesex181035071353.85Gloucestershire20938061250.00Surrey261149271546.67Essex201064041625.00Lancashire269611031520.00Kent205690–111–9.09Nottinghamshire1612130–13–33.33Derbyshire162671–48–50.00Sussex203980–612–50.00Warwickshire182691–48–50.00Hampshire182880–610–60.00Leicestershire1611050–911–81.82Somerset1611050–911–81.82Source: CricketArchivesubscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/County_Championship_1898.html County Championship 1898 Points Table CricketArchive 2011-05-10 Records Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 1,832 57.25 Bobby Abel Surrey 1,801 39.15 Johnny Tyldesley Lancashire 1,604 59.40 C. B. Fry Sussex 1,538 46.60 John Tunnicliffe Yorkshire 1,468 43.17 Bill Brockwell SurreySource:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1898/Batting_by_Runs.html Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1898 (Ordered by Runs) CricketArchive 2012-05-30 Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 130 20.00 Charlie Townsend Gloucestershire 126 13.84 Wilfred Rhodes Yorkshire 126 21.29 Tom Richardson Surrey 125 14.76 Jack Hearne Middlesex 109 17.06 William Lockwood SurreySource:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1898/Bowling_by_Wickets.html Bowling in County Championship 1898 (Ordered by Wickets) CricketArchive 2012-05-30 References External links http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/ENG/1898_ENG_County_Championship_1898.html Category:1898 in English cricket Category:County Championship seasons County