1906 County Championship

English cricket tournament April 2022 First-class cricket(3 days) League system Kent 1 16 Tom Hayward (2,814 for Surrey) George Hirst (182 for Yorkshire) 1905 1905 County Championship 1907 1907 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 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 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. TeamPldWLDPtsFin%FinKent221624141877.77Yorkshire281738142070.00Surrey281846142263.63Lancashire26156592142.85Nottinghamshire2094751338.46Warwickshire2074931127.27Essex2296731520.00Hampshire20794-216–12.50Gloucestershire206104-416–25.00Sussex246126-618–33.33Middlesex184104–614–42.85Northamptonshire164102–614–42.85Somerset184104–614–42.85Worcestershire202810–610–60.00Leicestershire223145–1117–64.70Derbyshire202171–1519–78.94Source:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/0/County_Championship_1906.html County Championship 1906 Points Table CricketArchive 23 January 2013 Records Batting thumb|right|165px|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 2,814 70.35 Tom Hayward Surrey 1,873 46.82 Johnny Tyldesley Lancashire 1,771 43.19 George Hirst Yorkshire 1,767 49.08 Percy Perrin Essex 1,751 41.69 Jack Hobbs SurreySource:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/County_Championship_1906/Batting_by_Runs.html Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1906 (Ordered by Runs) CricketArchive 23 January 2013 Bowling Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 182 14.84 George Hirst Yorkshire 160 17.97 George Dennett Gloucestershire 158 19.74 Arthur Fielder Kent 154 20.25 Walter Lees Surrey 138 13.53 Schofield Haigh YorkshireSource:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/County_Championship_1906/Bowling_by_Wickets.html Bowling in County Championship 1906 (Ordered by Wickets) CricketArchive 23 January 2013 See also 1906 English cricket season Kent County Cricket Club in 1906 References Category:1906 in English cricket Category:County Championship seasons County