1896 County Championship

English cricket tournament February 2022 July 2012 First-class cricket (3 days) League system Yorkshire 2 14 126 Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji (1,698 for Sussex) Tom Richardson (191 for Surrey) 1895 1895 County Championship 1897 1897 County Championship The 1896 County Championship was the seventh officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 4 May to 31 August 1896. Yorkshire County Cricket Club claimed victory that year, winning 16 of their 26 matches and losing only three.subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/County_Championship_1896.html County Championship 1896 Table CricketArchive 2009-10-05 Five of Yorkshire's players made over 1,000 runs in the season, including John Brown who was placed third nationally,subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1896/Batting_by_Runs.html Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1896 (Ordered by Runs) CricketArchive 2009-10-05 while Yorkshireman Bobby Peel was sixth highest wicket taker and Schofield Haigh held one of the leading bowling averages.subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1896/Bowling_by_Average.html Bowling in County Championship 1896 (Ordered by Average) CricketArchive 2009-10-05 Although Yorkshire had a crop of players accruing these statistics, Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji of Sussex took the plaudits for the most runs that year, 1,698, at the highest average, 58.55,subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1896/Batting_by_Average.html Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1896 (Ordered by Average) CricketArchive 2009-10-05 while Surrey's Tom Richardson took the most wickets – 191, and William Attewell of Nottinghamshire returned the best average – 14.63 for his 87 wickets.subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1896/Bowling_by_Average.html Bowling in County Championship 1896 (Ordered by Average) CricketArchive 2009-10-05 Highlights The highest team total during 1896 was 887, made by Yorkshire against Warwickshire at Edgbaston,subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1896/Highest_Team_Totals.html County Championship 1896 – Highest Team Totals CricketArchive 2009-10-05 composed of centuries from Stanley Jackson (117), Ted Wainwright (136), Bobby Peel (210*) and Lord Hawke (166).subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/4/4496.html Scorecard: Warwickshire v Yorkshire, County Championship 1896 CricketArchive 2009-10-05 The latter two were both career bests. In contrast, the lowest team total was 45 when Surrey were routed by only two Middlesex bowlers.subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/4/4573.html Scorecard: Surrey v Middlesex, County Championship 1896 CricketArchive 2009-10-05 WG Grace's 301 against Sussex was the highest score of the season,subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1896/Centuries.html County Championship 1896 – Centuries CricketArchive 2009-10-05 while there were three hat-tricks for Richardson, Jack Hearne and Walter Mead.subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1896/Hat_Tricks.html County Championship 1896 – Hat-Tricks CricketArchive 2009-10-05 Richardson also took the season's best match figures, 15/113 against Leicestershire,subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1896/Ten_Wickets_in_Match.html County Championship 1896 – Ten Wickets in a Match CricketArchive 2009-10-05 while Mead took 9/75 – the best innings figures of the season.subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1896/Five_Wickets_in_Innings.html County Championship 1896 – Five Wickets in an Innings CricketArchive 2009-10-05 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), and multiplying by 100. TeamPldWTLDAPtsFin%FinYorkshire26160370131968.42Lancashire2211047071546.67Middlesex168035051145.45Surrey26170720102441.67Essex12504301911.11Nottinghamshire16505600100.00Derbyshire1640660−210–20.00Hampshire1650830−313–23.07Kent1850940−414–28.57Gloucestershire18501030−515–33.33Somerset1630760−410–40.00Warwickshire1830870−511–45.45Leicestershire1420840−610–60.00Sussex1820970−711–63.64Source: Leading averages Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 1,698 58.55 Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji Sussex 1,565 53.96 WG Grace Gloucestershire 1,556 45.76 John Brown Yorkshire 1,520 42.22 Bobby Abel Surrey 1,278 39.93 Frank Sugg LancashireSource: Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 191 15.46 Tom Richardson Surrey 130 17.20 Arthur Mold Lancashire 122 19.77 Johnny Briggs Lancashire 118 17.95 Jack Hearne Middlesex 101 21.84 Charlie Townsend GloucestershireSource: Notes External links https://web.archive.org/web/20140716135024/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/ENG/1896_ENG_County_Championship_1896.html 1896 County Championship at CricketArchive 16 July 2014 Category:1896 in English cricket Category:County Championship seasons County