1903 County Championship

English cricket tournament April 2022 First-class cricket(3 days) League system Middlesex 1 15 C. B. Fry (2,413 for Sussex) Wilfred Rhodes (143 for Yorkshire) 1902 1902 County Championship 1904 1904 County Championship England right 350 Location of the home ground of each county England 52.927506 -1.461103 Derbyshire left England 51.56734 0.010783 Essex right England 51.477225 -2.584156 Gloucestershire bottom England 50.919490 -1.409986 Hampshire top England 51.266667 1.091667 Kent bottom England 53.456347 -2.286761 Lancashire left England 52.607814 -1.142686 Leicestershire right England 51.5294 -0.1727 Middlesex top England 52.95 -1.133333 Nottinghamshire right England 51.0192 -3.1045 Somerset bottom England 51.483719 -0.114981 Surrey bottom England 50.83 -0.164167 Sussex right England 52.455814 -1.902489 Warwickshire left England 52.189225 -2.226925 Worcestershire left England 53.816944 -1.582222 Yorkshire right The 1903 County Championship was the 14th officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 4 May to 3 September 1903. Middlesex won their first championship title, ending Yorkshire's run of three successive titles. Sussex finished in second place for the second successive season. Table One point was awarded for a win, and one point was taken away for each loss. 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 or a loss), and multiplying by 100. TeamPldWLDAPtsFin%FinMiddlesex1881727977.77Sussex24721415955.55Yorkshire261358081844.44Lancashire2610511031533.33Nottinghamshire206410021020.00Worcestershire20866021414.28Warwickshire1854901911.11Essex2276721137.69Kent2276721137.69Somerset1866510120.00Surrey2871191–418–22.22Derbyshire164750–311–27.27Gloucestershire2031070–713–53.84Hampshire1811043–911–81.81Leicestershire1811043–911–81.81Source:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/0/County_Championship_1903.html County Championship 1903 Points Table CricketArchive 21 October 2012 Records Batting Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 2,413 80.43 C. B. Fry Sussex 1,618 44.94 Johnny Tyldesley Lancashire 1,565 40.12 Archie MacLaren Lancashire 1,449 34.50 Ernie Hayes Surrey 1,428 44.62 Percy Perrin EssexSource:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/County_Championship_1903/Batting_by_Runs.html Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1903 (Ordered by Runs) CricketArchive 21 October 2012 Bowling Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 143 14.72 Wilfred Rhodes Yorkshire 137 13.05 Charlie Blythe Kent 131 17.85 Sydney Barnes Lancashire 123 12.17 Sam Hargreave Warwickshire 115 12.79 George Hirst YorkshireSource:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/County_Championship_1903/Bowling_by_Wickets.html Bowling in County Championship 1903 (Ordered by Wickets) CricketArchive 21 October 2012 References External links Category:1903 in English cricket Category:County Championship seasons County