1909 County Championship

English cricket tournament April 2022 First-class cricket(3 days) League system Kent 2 16 Ernie Hayes (1,844 for Surrey) Colin Blythe (178 for Kent) 1908 1908 County Championship 1910 1910 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 1909 County Championship was the 20th officially organised running of the County Championship. The season ran from 3 May to 30 August 1909. Kent won their second championship title, while Lancashire finished in second place. The previous season's winners, Yorkshire, finished third. Table TeamP Matches playedW WinsL LossesD DrawsA Matches abandonedPts PointsFin Matches finished (as a win, loss or draw)%Fin Percentage of finished matches wonKent2616280141877.77Lancashire2414460101855.55Yorkshire2612410081650.00Sussex267316041040.00Surrey301677092339.13Middlesex22651011119.09Northamptonshire1898101175.88Hampshire2277800140.00Worcestershire2088400160.00Nottinghamshire206851–214–14.28Somerset164750–311–27.27Warwickshire203890–511–45.45Leicestershire2231081–713–53.84Essex202792–59–55.55Derbyshire2221541–1317–76.47Gloucestershire2211380–1214–85.71Source:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/0/County_Championship_1909.html County Championship 1909 Points Table CricketArchive 23 January 2013 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. Statistics Batting Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 1,844 39.23 Ernie Hayes Surrey 1,771 45.41 Jack Hobbs Surrey 1,544 37.65 David Denton Yorkshire 1,451 40.30 Robert Relf Sussex 1,352 37.55 Phil Mead HampshireSource:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/County_Championship_1909/Batting_by_Runs.html Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1909 (Ordered by Runs) CricketArchive 23 January 2013 Bowling Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 178 14.07 Colin Blythe Kent 135 19.11 George Dennett Gloucestershire 120 20.17 Walter Lees Surrey 118 13.80 George Thompson Northamptonshire 111 12.67 Schofield Haigh YorkshireSource:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/County_Championship_1909/Bowling_by_Wickets.html Bowling in County Championship 1909 (Ordered by Wickets) CricketArchive 23 January 2013 See also 1909 English cricket season Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1909 Kent County Cricket Club in 1909 References Category:1909 in English cricket Category:County Championship seasons County