1911 English cricket season

none March 2015 May 2026 1910 1910 English cricket season 1912 1912 English cricket season 1911 was the 22nd season of County Championship cricket in England. Warwickshire were champions for the first time. Honours County Championship – Warwickshire Minor Counties Championship – Staffordshire Wisden (Five Members of the MCC's Team in Australia) – Frank Foster, J. W. Hearne, Sep Kinneir, Phil Mead, Bert Strudwick County Championship 1911 County Championship The experimental point scoring system adopted for 1910 on the recommendation of Lancashire was generally regarded as unsatisfactory. Several alternative proposals were put forward by counties such as YorkshireCounty Cricket – Yorkshire Club's Suggested Scheme of Counting Weekly Examiner 8 October 1910 Huddersfield, Yorkshire 7 Sussex, and Surrey.Cricket Reform: Somerset's Proposal Carried – Five Points for a Win Outright The Guardian 25 February 1911 Manchester 13 Ultimately Somerset in February 1911 put forward a scheme in which, for the first time, points were awarded for a win on the first innings, and this was accepted by the MCC in the final week of that month. CountyPlayedWonLostFirst InningsPoints %WonLostNoresultPossObtd1Warwickshire201343001007474.002Kent261743201309673.843Middlesex221453001107971.814Lancashire301575301509362.005Surrey301574401509160.666Essex1885410905358.887Yorkshire281481411357757.038Nottinghamshire20953301005757.009Worcestershire2412110101206150.8310Northamptonshire1889001854047.0511Hampshire247104301205041.6612Gloucestershire205120301003838.0013Sussex244162201202823.3314Derbyshire18213030901314.4415Leicestershire221162301101412.7216Somerset161130208078.75Details as recorded in John Wisden’s Cricketers’ AlmanackJohn Wisden's Cricketer's Almanack John Wisden & Co. 1912 Pardon Sydney H. Sydney Pardon 49th London 1 Part II: The Leading Counties in 1911 Five points were awarded for a win. Three points were awarded for "winning" the first innings of a drawn match. One point was awarded for "losing" the first innings of a drawn match. Matches in which no result was achieved on the first innings were not included in calculating maximum possible points. Final placings were decided by calculating the percentage of possible points. Minor Counties Championship For this season, the Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire Second Elevens withdrew from the competition due to their counties' financial difficulties;The Cricket Season: Attempts To Awaken Interest – Prospect of the Counties Western Daily Press 13 April 1911 Bristol 7 however, Kent Second Eleven joined the South and West division and Hertfordshire moved to the North and East.Minor Counties' Association Evening Despatch 7 December 1910 Birmingham 8 North and East CountyPlayedWonFirst InningsPointsPardon John Wisden's Cricketer's Almanack 1912 49th 386 Second-Class Counties%WonLostNo ResultPossibleObtained1Staffordshire87000403587.502Durham107010503672.003Bedfordshire83300402460.004Hertfordshire105020502754.005Cambridgeshire103230502448.006Northumberland83100401845.007Suffolk82200401640.008Lincolnshire103100501636.009Norfolk122130601626.6610Cheshire8101040615.00 South and West CountyPlayedWonFirst InningsPoints%WonLostNo ResultPossibleObtained1Berkshire1090014545100.002Surrey Second Eleven86100403382.503Kent Second Eleven108000504080.004Glamorgan107100503876.005Monmouthshire84110402460.006Dorset81310401537.507Buckinghamshire102120501530.008Devon102030501326.009Cornwall82000401025.0010Wiltshire1001105048.0011Carmarthenshire800013500.00 South and West Challenge Match Because Berkshire had not played Surrey Second Eleven, the new rules required a challenge match. 1911 08 23 y Berkshire Surrey Second Eleven 87 80 219/5 Surrey Second Eleven won by five wickets Daily Mirror London Minor Counties' Championship 25 August 1911 14 Reading Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat Harrison 68, G.W. Palmer 64 210 Final 1911 08 30 y Staffordshire Surrey Second Eleven 289 Nichols 61, B. Meakin 50, Hollywood 45 Abel 4/99 83 Barnes 4/31, Nicholls 3/31 127 Barnes 6/43 Staffordshire won by 334 runs Pardon Second-Class Counties John Wisden's Cricketer's Almanack 1912 387 49th County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat. Spring 34 255 B. Meakin 133 Abel 5/65 Staffordshire did not enforce the follow-on Leading batsmen (qualification 20 innings) 1911 English season leading batsmenWynne-Thomas Peter The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records Rigby Publishers 1983 072701868X Australia 24NameTeamMatchesInningsNot outsRunsHighest scoreAverage100sC. B. FryHampshire152621728258 not out72.007Phil MeadHampshire29525256222354.519Reggie SpoonerLancashire26450231222451.377Percy PerrinEssex15272128111451.246Septimus KinneirWarwickshire203631629268 not out49.366Tom HaywardSurrey30516214920247.755Plum WarnerMiddlesex MCC31515212324446.155Frank TarrantMiddlesex MCC294842030207 not out46.135Joe Hardstaff seniorNottinghamshire21406154714545.505Cecil WoodLeicestershire234471614117 not out43.625 Leading bowlers (qualification 1,000 balls) 1911 English season leading bowlersNameTeamMatchesBalls bowledRuns concededWickets takenAverageBest bowling5 wickets in innings10 wickets in matchPunter HumphreysKent2910735343316.185/2910George ThompsonNorthamptonshire224415188911316.717/44134William EastNorthamptonshire1726479885916.747/1141Arthur DayKent1212595833417.148/4920Schofield HaighYorkshire31404716849717.367/2020Harry DeanLancashire287781319118317.439/109153J.T. HearneMiddlesexMCC246246213412217.497/3370Arthur LitteljohnMiddlesex720119045117.728/6952Douglas CarrKent918189855517.908/6742John EvansOxford UniversityHampshire913085753217.967/5021 References Annual reviews John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1912 External links CricketArchive – season summaries Category:1911 in English cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 20th century