1906 English cricket season

none March 2015 March 2015 1905 1905 English cricket season 1907 1907 English cricket season The 1906 English cricket season was the 17th since the beginning of the County Championship. The title was decided in the final round of matches with Kent County Cricket Club finishing just ahead of Yorkshire. George Hirst completed a unique "double Double" of 2,385 runs and 208 wickets. Tom Hayward broke Bobby Abel’s 1901 record for the most runs scored in a first-class season. County Championship 1906 County Championship County Played Won Lost Drawn Points FinishedGames % 1 Kent 22 16 2 4 14 18 77.77 2 Yorkshire 28 17 3 8 14 20 70.00 3 Surrey 28 18 4 6 14 22 63.63 4 Lancashire 26 15 6 5 9 21 42.85 5 Nottinghamshire 20 9 4 7 5 13 38.46 6 Warwickshire 20 7 4 9 3 11 27.27 7 Essex 22 9 6 7 3 15 23.00 8 Hampshire 20 7 9 4 -2 16 -12.50 9 Gloucestershire 20 6 10 4 -4 16 -25.00 10 Sussex 24 6 12 6 -6 18 -33.33 11 Somerset 18 4 10 4 -6 14 -42.85 11 Middlesex 18 4 10 4 -6 14 -42.85 11 Northamptonshire 16 4 10 2 -6 14 -42.85 14 Worcestershire 20 2 8 10 -6 10 -60.00 15 Leicestershire 22 3 14 5 -11 17 -64.70 16 Derbyshire 20 2 17 1 -15 19 -78.94Pardon, Sydney H. (editor); John Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanac, Forty-Fourth Edition (1907), p. 2 Points system: 1 for a win 0 for a draw, a tie or an abandoned match -1 for a loss Minor Counties Championship County Played Won Won on1st inns Noresult Possiblepoints Pointsobtained % 1 Staffordshire 12 8 3 0 36 30 83.33 2 Devon 10 6 2 0 30 19 73.33 3 Bedfordshire 10 5 2 1 30 20 66.67 4 Berkshire 10 5 2 0 30 19 63.33 4 Surrey Second Eleven 10 5 2 0 30 19 63.33 6 Yorkshire Second Eleven 10 6 0 0 30 18 60.00 7 Hertfordshire 12 5 3 0 36 21 58.23 8 Durham 10 5 0 0 30 15 50.00 8 Glamorgan 12 6 0 0 36 18 50.00 8 Norfolk 8 4 0 0 24 8 50.00 11 Monmouthshire 10 2 4 0 30 14 46.66 12 Dorset 8 3 1 0 24 11 45.83 13 Wiltshire 10 4 0 0 30 12 40.00 14 Suffolk 8 2 1 0 24 8 33.33 15 Buckinghamshire 8 2 0 0 24 6 25.00 15 Cambridgeshire 8 2 0 0 24 6 25.00 17 Cornwall 8 1 0 0 24 3 12.50 17 Oxfordshire 8 1 0 0 24 3 12.50 19 Lancashire Second Eleven 8 0 1 0 24 2 8.33 20 Northumberland 8 0 0 1 24 1 4.16Pardon, Sydney H. (editor); John Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanac (1907), p. 346 Points system: 3 for an outright win 2 for a win on the first innings 1 for a match with no first innings decision 0 for a loss either outright or on the first innings of a drawn match Wisden Cricketers of the Year Jack Crawford, Arthur Fielder, Ernie Hayes, Kenneth Hutchings, Neville Knox Leading batsmen (qualification 20 innings) 1906 English season leading batsmenFirst Class Batting in England in 1906 Name Team Matches Innings Not outs Runs Highest score Average 100s 50sCuthbert Burnup Kent 13 21 3 1207 179 67.05 4 6Tom Hayward Surrey 36 61 8 3518 219 66.37 13 17Kenneth Hutchings Kent 21 34 4 1597 176 53.23 4 11Ted Arnold Worcestershire 21 39 4 1767 166 50.48 6 8James Iremonger Nottinghamshire 23 43 6 1794 200 not out 48.48 4 9Percy Perrin Essex 23 43 3 1893 150 47.32 5 11Johnny Tyldesley Lancashire 31 52 3 2270 295 not out 46.32 4 15George Hirst Yorkshire 35 58 6 2385 169 45.86 6 15Ernie Hayes Surrey 35 56 5 2309 218 45.27 7 11Arthur Jones Nottinghamshire 21 39 3 1560 105 43.33 1 14William Burns Worcestershire 18 32 4 1206 165 43.07 3 8 Leading bowlers (qualification 1,000 balls) 1906 English season leading bowlersFirst Class Bowling in England in 1906 Name Team Balls bowled Runs conceded Wickets taken Average Best bowling 5 wicketsin innings 10 wicketsin matchWilliam Huddleston Lancashire 1405 613 50 12.26 9/36 3 2Willis Cuttell Lancashire 2653 909 67 13.56 6/43 5 1Schofield Haigh Yorkshire 5810 2540 174 14.59 7/35 13 4George Hirst Yorkshire 7838 3434 208 16.50 7/18 19 4Albert Hallam Nottinghamshire 4994 1723 104 16.56 6/30 8 1George Dennett GloucestershireMCC 6875 3096 175 17.69 10/40 20 5Billy Bestwick Derbyshire 4657 2123 115 18.46 7/49 11 4Thomas Wass Nottinghamshire 3656 1888 100 18.88 8/25 9 4Alfred Morcom Cambridge University 1534 700 37 18.91 6/25 2 1Frank Tarrant MiddlesexMCC 3696 1740 91 19.12 9/54 7 1 Notable events By winning their last eleven county matches, Kent won the Championship for the first time after Gloucestershire beat Yorkshire by a single run at Bristol in the final round of matches Kent's Arthur Fielder became the first bowler to take all ten wickets in an innings in the Gentlemen v Players match at Lord'sWebber, Roy (1951) The Playfair Book of Cricket Records, pp. 148-149. Playfair Books. Tom Hayward set numerous batting records: The highest aggregate of runs in a first-class season – since beaten only by Compton and Bill Edrich in 1947.Webber; The Playfair Book of Cricket Records; p. 89. The earliest to score 2,000 runs, on 5 July.Webber op. cit., p. 102. Two separate hundreds in consecutive matches against Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. George Hirst became the only player to score 2,000 runs and take 200 wickets in a season.Wynne-Thomas, Peter The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records, p. 8 072701868X Against Somerset at Taunton, Hirst also became the only player to have two centuries and two five-wicket returns in one match.Wynne-Thomas op. cit., p. 9. See also Kent County Cricket Club in 1906 References Annual reviews John Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanack, 1907 Category:1906 in English cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 20th century