1910 English cricket season

none March 2015 May 2026 1909 1909 English cricket season 1911 1911 English cricket season The 1910 English cricket season was the 21st since the beginning of the County Championship. Honours County Championship – Kent Minor Counties Championship – Norfolk Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Harry Foster, Alfred Hartley, Charles Llewellyn, Razor Smith, Frank Woolley.note 5CY As announced in Wisden's 1911 edition.https://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/155970.html?years=1911 Pardon Sydney Sydney Pardon 1910: Notes on the Season Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 48th John Wisden & Co. Ltd London 1911 Cricinfo 1910 County Championship 1910 County Championship For the first time since the official County Championship began, the scoring system was changed. Several matches were either abandoned owing to the death of King Edward VII, or limited to two days on account of the funeral of the King. It was later agreed not to count these games as "matches played" under the new point system. Proposals to reform the game as a result of financial losses by many counties in the wet summer of 1909Pardon Sydney H. Sydney Pardon John Wisden's Cricketer's Alamanack 47th 1910 165, 211, 265, 279–280Warwickshire County Cricket Club: More Funds Required The Birmingham Post 16 March 1910 7 – including a proposal by Lord Hawke of relegation and promotion as practiced by The Football LeagueThe Future of Cricket – Important Recommendations: Reform from Lord's Gloucestershire Chronicle 26 March 1910 Gloucester, Gloucestershire 6 – led to first WarwickshireLord Hawke's Cricket Scheme – Warwickshire's Alternative Proposals Evening Sentinel 31 January 1910 Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire 3 and then Lancashire advocating a plan under which only wins would count in determining a county's position. This would be adopted as a trial on 26 April,Cricket – Important Proposals Accepted: The County Championship Western Daily Press 26 April 1910 Bristol 5 a few days before the season started. CountyPlayedWonLostDrawnAbandonedPts %1Kent25193311976.002Surrey281671521657.143Middlesex22115601150.004Lancashire291451011448.275Nottinghamshire209470945.006Hampshire241010401041.667Sussex25109611040.008Yorkshire271071011037.069Northamptonshire197841736.8410Leicestershire1761101635.2911Essex1758141529.4112Gloucestershire2051140525.0013Worcestershire225890522.7214Warwickshire194871421.0515Derbyshire2021442210.0016Somerset180153000.00Details as recorded in John Wisden’s Cricketers’ AlmanackJohn Wisden's Cricketer's Almanack John Wisden & Co. 1911 Pardon Sydney H. Sydney Pardon 48th London 1 Part II: The Leading Counties in 1910 One point was awarded for a win. Final placings were decided by dividing the number of points earned by the number of completed matches (i.e. those that ended in a win, loss or draw), and multiplying by 100. Minor Counties Championship For this season, the four-division format would be replaced by a two-division format of "North and East" and "South and West", following a meeting at Lord's in September 1909.Cricket – Minor Counties Championship Southern Daily Echo 23 September 1909 Southampton, Hampshire 3 Each team would play at least four opponents from their own division home and away, and the winners of the two divisions would meet in a final to decide the Minor Counties Champion. North and East CountyPlayedWonWon on1st innsNoResultPossiblepointsPointsobtained%1Norfolk10620503672.002Suffolk8510402870,003Yorkshire Second Eleven10421452657.774Northumberland8410402357.505Staffordshire12610603355.006Lincolnshire10320502142.007Durham10400502040.008Nottinghamshire Second Eleven10221451635.559Bedfordshire8200401025.0010Cheshire10040501224.0011Cambridgeshire80004000.00 South and West Berkshire won the South and West division over Glamorgan by virtue of having a better batting average over the season. The teams had tied for first place with 45 points and 90%.Cricket Notes Evening Post 25 August 1910 Nottingham 3 CountyPlayedWonWon on1st innsNoResultPossiblepointsPointsobtained%1Berkshire10900504590.002Glamorgan10900504590.003Monmouthshire8510402870.004Surrey Second Eleven10521453168.885Carmarthenshire8300401537.505Hertfordshire8300401537.507Devon10222451635.558Dorset10211501326.009Cornwall8200401025.0010Wiltshire10120501122.0011Buckinghamshire80004000.00 Final 1910 08 31 y Norfolk Berkshire 397 G.A. Stevens 201, N.W. Stevens 57 Belcher 4/101 153 C.Y. Nepean 40 Allsopp 5/42, G.B. Raikes 4/50 94 Allsopp 3/15 Norfolk won by an innings and 150 runs Pardon John Wisden's Cricketer's Almanack 1911 357 48th County Ground, Lakenham Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat. Leading batsmen (qualification 20 innings) 1910 English season leading batsmenWynne-Thomas Peter The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records Rigby Publishers 1983 072701868X Australia 24NameTeamMatchesInningsNot outsRunsHighest scoreAverage100sJohnny TyldesleyLancashire35514226515846.227Kenneth HutchingsKent29422165414441.355Plum WarnerMiddlesexMCC274441646150 not out41.155Cecil WoodLeicestershire1935212509937.870Jack SharpLancashire33452162615037.814Alfred HartleyLancashire32474158523436.863Henry FosterWorcestershire16280103212636.853James SeymourKent29464154619336.803Punter HumphreysKent294621618200 not out36.773Frank TarrantMiddlesexMCC26412141514236.533 Leading bowlers (qualification 1,000 balls) 1910 English season leading bowlersNameTeamMatchesBalls bowledRuns concededWickets takenAverageBest bowling5 wickets in innings10 wickets in matchJ.T. HearneMiddlesexMCC214512152311912.798/34113Razor SmithSurrey368541322524713.058/13268Douglas CarrKent1018568956314.208/8662Colin BlytheKent256249249717514.267/53184Frank WoolleyKent314389197313614.508/52111George HirstYorkshire366127242616414.799/23112Harry DeanLancashire295799211313715.429/7784Philip Le CouteurOxford University14199111517215.986/2063Frank TarrantMiddlesexMCC265595216913416.187/42123James IremongerNottinghamshire21371113587917.187/3561 Annual reviews John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1911 Notes note References External links CricketArchive – season summaries Category:1910 in English cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 20th century