1900 English cricket season

Cricket season review March 2015 March 2015 1899 1899 English cricket season 1901 1901 English cricket season The 1900 English cricket season featured the 11th edition of the County Championship. Yorkshire finished the season unbeaten to take the championship title and were the first unbeaten champions since the official competition began in 1890.Wynne-Thomas Peter The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records 1983 Hamlyn Publishing Group 0-600-34667-6 Defending champions Surrey finished seventh. Lancashire were second, and the matches between the two top teams both ended in draws; Yorkshire made 230 in the first innings of the first game, compared to Lancashire's 96, but still could not force a victory, and in the second, with a crowd of over 44,000 present over three days at Old Trafford, Yorkshire took a lead of seven runs on first innings, but as only two and a half hours of play had been possible on the second day, the game was drawn. Sussex, who finished third with 18 of 24 matches drawn, enjoyed 2,000 runs from Ranjitsinhji for the second season running, as he bettered the record for most runs in a Championship season to 2,563. There were no international matches during this season. Honours County Championship – Yorkshire Minor Counties Championship – Durham, Glamorgan, Northamptonshire (shared title) Wisden Cricketers of the Year (Mr R E Foster and Four Yorkshiremen) – Tip Foster, Schofield Haigh, George Hirst, Tom Taylor, John Tunnicliffe County Championship 1900 County Championship Final table The final County Championship table is shown below. One point was awarded for a win, none for a draw, and minus one for a loss. Positions were decided on percentage of points over completed games. County Championship 1900 - Final Standings Team P W L D Pts GC1 Pts/GC (as %) 1 Yorkshire 28 16 0 12 16 16 100.00 2 Lancashire 28 15 2 11 13 17 76.47 3 Kent 22 8 4 10 4 12 33.33 3 Sussex 24 4 2 18 2 6 33.33 5 Nottinghamshire 18 7 4 7 3 11 27.27 6 Warwickshire 18 3 2 13 1 5 20.00 7 Gloucestershire 22 9 7 6 2 16 12.50 7 Middlesex 22 9 7 6 2 16 12.50 7 Surrey 28 9 7 12 2 16 12.50 10 Essex 22 4 6 12 -2 10 -20.00 11 Somerset 16 4 11 1 -7 15 -46.67 12 Worcestershire 22 3 10 9 -7 13 -53.85 13 Derbyshire 18 2 7 9 -5 9 -55.56 14 Leicestershire 22 3 11 8 -8 14 -57.14 15 Hampshire 22 0 16 6 -16 16 -100.00 1 Games completed Points system: 1 for a win 0 for a draw, a tie or an abandoned match -1 for a loss Most runs in the County Championship 1900 County Championship - leading batsmen Name Team Matches Runs Average 100s 50sRanjitsinhji Sussex 22 2563 85.43 9 9Bobby Abel Surrey 22 1880 58.75 10 3Tom Hayward Surrey 28 1850 50.00 6 8C. B. Fry Sussex 20 1830 63.10 9 4Gilbert Jessop Gloucestershire 22 1733 44.43 5 11 Most wickets in the County Championship 1900 County Championship - leading bowlers Name Team Matches Balls bowled Wickets taken AverageWilfred Rhodes Yorkshire 26 6973 206 12.29Albert Trott Middlesex 22 6261 154 19.85Schofield Haigh Yorkshire 28 4954 145 14.16Walter Mead Essex 22 5323 122 15.45Johnny Briggs Lancashire 27 6699 120 17.45 Overall first-class statistics Leading batsmen 1900 English cricket season - leading batsmen Name Team(s) Matches Runs Average 100s 50sRanjitsinhji Sussex 26 3065 87.57 11 10Tom Hayward Players, South of England, Surrey 38 2693 53.86 10 11Bobby Abel Players, South of England, Surrey 31 2592 56.34 12 7C. B. Fry Gentlemen, London County, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Sussex 26 2325 61.18 9 9Gilbert Jessop Gentlemen, Gloucestershire, London County, South of England 31 2210 40.18 6 13 Leading bowlers 1900 English cricket season - leading bowlers Name Team(s) Matches Balls bowled Wickets taken AverageWilfred Rhodes North of England, Players, Yorkshire 35 9300 261 13.81Albert Trott London County, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Middlesex, Players, South of England 36 9182 211 23.33Schofield Haigh Players, Yorkshire 33 5751 163 14.82Fred Tate Sussex 30 6863 141 21.53J. T. Hearne Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Middlesex, Players 29 6646 135 21.05 References Annual reviews Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1901 External links Cricket in England in 1900 Category:1900 in English cricket 1900