1895 County Championship

English cricket tournament April 2022 First-class cricket (3 days) League system Surrey 5 14 131 Bobby Abel (1,787 for Surrey) Tom Richardson (239 for Surrey) 1894 1894 County Championship 1896 1896 County Championship The 1895 County Championship was the sixth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 6 May to 2 September 1895. Surrey claimed their fifth title, which was decided by the percentage of completed matches by each team.subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/County_Championship_1895.html County Championship 1895 Table CricketArchive 30 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110522041402/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/County_Championship_1895.html 22 May 2011 live The competition saw the first participation in the competition by Derbyshire, Essex, Hampshire, Leicestershire and Warwickshire. 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 win or loss). TeamPldWTLDAPtsFin%FinSurrey26170450132161.91Lancashire22140431101855.56Yorkshire2614075072133.33Gloucestershire188064021414.29Derbyshire16504701911.11Middlesex18606600120.00Warwickshire18606600120.00Somerset1860831–214–14.29Essex1650740–212–16.67Hampshire1660910–315–20.00Sussex1850940–414–28.57Leicestershire16301030–713–53.85Nottinghamshire16301030–713–53.85Kent18301140–814–57.14Source: Leading averages Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 1,787 51.05 Bobby Abel Surrey 1,446 43.81 Albert Ward Lancashire 1,424 50.85 W. G. Grace Gloucestershire 1,364 41.33 K. S. Ranjitsinhji Sussex 1,167 27.13 John Tunnicliffe YorkshireSource:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1895/Batting_by_Runs.html Batting in 1895 County Championship (Ordered by Runs) CricketArchive 30 May 2009 Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 239 13.78 Tom Richardson Surrey 182 13.71 Arthur Mold Lancashire 136 14.80 Bobby Peel Yorkshire 130 16.93 George Hirst Yorkshire 124 12.58 Charlie Townsend GloucestershireSource:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1895/Bowling_by_Wickets.html Bowling in 1895 County Championship (Ordered by Wickets) CricketArchive 30 May 2009 References External links 1895 County Championship https://web.archive.org/web/20140716135024/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/ENG/1895_ENG_County_Championship_1895.html 2014-07-16 at CricketArchive Category:1895 in English cricket Category:County Championship seasons County