1914 County Championship

English cricket tournament April 2022 First-class cricket (3 days) League system Surrey 7 16 Jack Hobbs (2,499 for Surrey) Colin Blythe (159 for Kent) 1913 1913 County Championship 1919 1919 County Championship The 1914 County Championship was the 25th officially organised running of the County Championship, and began on 2 May 1914. Originally scheduled to run until 9 September, the last two matches of the season (both involving Surrey) were cancelled due to the outbreak of World War I.subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9455.html Sussex v Surrey in 1914 CricketArchive 18 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20121023162822/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9455.html 23 October 2012 live subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9459.html Surrey v Leicestershire in 1914 CricketArchive 18 April 2009 With the final positions in the table being calculated by the percentage of possible points gained, Surrey were named champions for the seventh time.subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/County_Championship_1914.html County Championship 1914 Table CricketArchive 18 April 2009 Table Five points were awarded for each win, three points were awarded to the team winning on first innings in a drawn match, and one point was awarded to the team losing on first innings in a drawn match. Defeats and abandonments scored no points. TeamPldWTLDAPtsPts%Surrey281502829374.4Middlesex201102707070.0Kent281607508762.1Yorkshire2814041008661.4Hampshire2813041108258.6Sussex2810061016852.3Warwickshire24907806150.8Essex24909605949.2Northamptonshire22706815148.6Nottinghamshire20505904648.4Lancashire266091105139.2Derbyshire205012303434.0Leicestershire244011813833.0Worcestershire222013602221.0Somerset203016011515.8Gloucestershire221017401513.6Source: Leading averages Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 2,499 62.47 Jack Hobbs Surrey 2,235 55.87 Phil Mead Hampshire 1,933 46.02 Frank Woolley Kent 1,828 76.16 J. W. Hearne Middlesex 1,735 38.55 Wally Hardinge KentSource:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1914/Batting_by_Runs.html Batting in 1914 County Championship (Ordered by Runs) CricketArchive 18 April 2009 Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 159 15.03 Colin Blythe Kent 148 20.09 Alec Kennedy Hampshire 141 18.28 Major Booth Yorkshire 135 16.36 Alonzo Drake Yorkshire 126 19.76 Bill Hitch SurreySource:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1914/Bowling_by_Wickets.html Bowling in 1914 County Championship (Ordered by Wickets) CricketArchive 18 April 2009 See also 1914 English cricket season References External links 1914 County Championship https://web.archive.org/web/20140716141435/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/ENG/1914_ENG_County_Championship_1914.html 2014-07-16 at CricketArchive Category:1914 in English cricket Category:County Championship seasons County