| Cricket format | First-class cricket (3 days) |
|---|---|
| Tournament format | League system |
| Champions | Surrey (5th title) |
| Participants | 14 |
| Matches | 131 |
| Most runs | Bobby Abel (1,787 for Surrey) [1] |
| Most wickets | Tom Richardson (239 for Surrey) [2] |
The 1895 County Championship was the sixth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 6 May to 2 September 1895. Surrey claimed their fifth title, which was decided by the percentage of completed matches by each team. [3]
The competition saw the first participation in the competition by Derbyshire, Essex, Hampshire, Leicestershire and Warwickshire.
| Team | Pld | W | T | L | D | A | Pts | Fin | %Fin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surrey | 26 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 21 | 61.91 |
| Lancashire | 22 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 55.56 |
| Yorkshire | 26 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 33.33 |
| Gloucestershire | 18 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 14.29 |
| Derbyshire | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11.11 |
| Middlesex | 18 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.00 |
| Warwickshire | 18 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.00 |
| Somerset | 18 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | –2 | 14 | –14.29 |
| Essex | 16 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | –2 | 12 | –16.67 |
| Hampshire | 16 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | –3 | 15 | –20.00 |
| Sussex | 18 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | –4 | 14 | –28.57 |
| Leicestershire | 16 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | –7 | 13 | –53.85 |
| Nottinghamshire | 16 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | –7 | 13 | –53.85 |
| Kent | 18 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | –8 | 14 | –57.14 |
| Source: [3] | |||||||||
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