1911 County Championship

English cricket tournament April 2022 First-class cricket (3 days) League system Warwickshire 1 16 180 Tom Hayward (1,963 for Surrey) Harry Dean (175 for Lancashire) 1910 1910 County Championship 1912 1912 County Championship The 1911 County Championship was the twenty-second officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 4 May to 5 September 1911. Warwickshire County Cricket Club won their first championship title.http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/page/477366.html County Champions 1890–2013 / County Championship ESPNcricinfo 28 May 2015 Somerset finished bottom of the table, winning only one match all season.subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/0/County_Championship_1911.html County Championship 1911 Table CricketArchive 28 May 2015 Tom Hayward topping the batting charts, scoring 1,963 runs for Surrey at an average of 50.33, though C. B. Fry scored his 1,299 runs at a far superior average of 76.41. Lancashire's Harry Dean took the most wickets, accumulating 175 at an average of 17.52. The championship adopted a new method of scoring points, which was proposed by Somerset. Previously the only way to score points was by winning a match, but the new method introduced points for draws. A winning team scored five points, a team which drew a match, but scored more runs in the first innings scored three points, and a team which drew a match, but scored less runs in the first innings scored one point. In his editorial in the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, Sydney Pardon notes that had any of the previous scoring methods been used, Kent would have won the championship, rather than Warwickshire.http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/150201.html Notes by the Editor Pardon Sydney Sydney Pardon ESPNcricinfo 1912 28 May 2015 In their book A History of Cricket, Harry Altham and E. W. Swanton describe Kent as being "possibly a finer all-round team" than Warwickshire, but heap praise on Warwickshire's batting, and their young captain, Frank Foster.Altham H.S. Harry Altham Swanton E.W. E. W. Swanton A History of Cricket Second 1938 1926 George Allen & Unwin Ltd. London 282 Pardon was complimentary of the cricket played during the season, and described that cricket "generally flourished". However, he also observed that a number of counties were in financially difficulty, an issue that Lord Cobham attributed partially to the wages of professional players. Table 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 which ended without both teams completing a first innings were added to the "No result" column. Teams won no points for these draws, but these matches were not included in the calculation of possible points. Final placings were decided by calculating the percentage of possible points. + County Championship tableCountyPlayedWonLostFirst InningsPoints %WonLostNoresultPossObtd1Warwickshire201343001007474.002Kent261743201309673.843Middlesex221453001107971.814Lancashire301575301509362.005Surrey301574401509160.666Essex1885410905358.887Yorkshire281481411357757.038Nottinghamshire20953301005757.009Worcestershire2412110101206150.8310Northamptonshire1889001854047.0511Hampshire247104301205041.6612Gloucestershire205120301003838.0013Sussex244162201202823.3314Derbyshire18213030901314.4415Leicestershire221162301101412.7216Somerset161130208078.75 Records +Most runssubscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1911/Batting_by_Runs.html Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1911 (Ordered by Runs) CricketArchive 28 May 2015 Aggregate Average Player County 1,963 50.33 Tom Hayward Surrey 1,959 41.68 Jack Sharp Lancashire 1,744 39.63 David Denton Yorkshire 1,706 58.82 Phil Mead Hampshire 1,700 56.66 Reggie Spooner Lancashire+ Most wicketssubscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1911/Bowling_by_Wickets.html Bowling in County Championship 1911 (Ordered by Wickets) CricketArchive 28 May 2015 Aggregate Average Player County 175 17.52 Harry Dean Lancashire 152 19.25 Razor Smith Surrey 125 19.46 Charlie Blythe Kent 123 21.83 Tom Rushby Surrey 122 19.48 Frank Field Warwickshire References 30em Category:1911 in English cricket Category:County Championship seasons County