1897 County Championship

English cricket tournament April 2022 First-class cricket (3 days) League system Lancashire 1 14 132 Bobby Abel (1,833 for Surrey) Tom Richardson (238 for Surrey) 1896 1896 County Championship 1898 1898 County Championship The 1897 County Championship was the eighth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 3 May to 30 August 1897. Lancashire County Cricket Club won the championship for the first time, narrowly beating Surrey. 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. TeamPldWLDPtsFin%FinLancashire261637131968.42Surrey261745132161.90Essex167275955.56Yorkshire26135881844.44Gloucestershire1875621216.67Sussex20569–111–9.09Middlesex16349–17–14.29Warwickshire183411–17–14.29Hampshire18477–311–27.27Nottinghamshire16259–37–42.86Somerset16394–612–50.00Kent182106–812–66.67Leicestershire141103–911–81.82Derbyshire16097–99–100.00Source: CricketArchivesubscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/County_Championship_1897.html County Championship 1897 Table CricketArchive 2011-03-27 Leading averages Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 1,833 50.91 Bobby Abel Surrey 1,431 43.36 Jack Brown Yorkshire 1,372 39.20 Ted Wainwright Yorkshire 1,328 34.05 David Denton Yorkshire 1,318 42.51 K. S. Ranjitsinhji SussexSource:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1897/Batting_by_Runs.html Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1897 (Ordered by Runs) CricketArchive 2011-05-10 Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 238 14.23 Tom Richardson Surrey 140 16.38 Johnny Briggs Lancashire 109 20.38 Frederick Bull Essex 102 17.77 Willis Cuttell Lancashire 102 18.52 Jack Hearne MiddlesexSource:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1897/Bowling_by_Wickets.html Bowling in County Championship 1897 (Ordered by Wickets) CricketArchive 2011-05-10 References Category:1897 in English cricket Category:County Championship seasons County