1898 County Championship

1898 County Championship

Cricket format	First-class cricket (3 days)
Tournament format	League system
Champions	Yorkshire (3rd title)
Participants	14
Matches	138
Most runs	Bobby Abel (1,832 for Surrey)
Most wickets	Charlie Townsend (130 for Gloucestershire)
← 1897 1899 →

The 1898 County Championship was the ninth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 9 May to 3 September 1898. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won their third championship title, with Middlesex finishing as runners-up for the first time.

In April, John Tunnicliffe and Jack Brown of Yorkshire, set a then-record partnership for any wicket of 554, against Derbyshire at Queen's Park, Chesterfield. ^[1]

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.

Team	Pld	W	L	D	A	Pts	Fin	%Fin
Yorkshire	26	16	3	7	0	13	19	68.42
Middlesex	18	10	3	5	0	7	13	53.85
Gloucestershire	20	9	3	8	0	6	12	50.00
Surrey	26	11	4	9	2	7	15	46.67
Essex	20	10	6	4	0	4	16	25.00
Lancashire	26	9	6	11	0	3	15	20.00
Kent	20	5	6	9	0	–1	11	–9.09
Nottinghamshire	16	1	2	13	0	–1	3	–33.33
Derbyshire	16	2	6	7	1	–4	8	–50.00
Sussex	20	3	9	8	0	–6	12	–50.00
Warwickshire	18	2	6	9	1	–4	8	–50.00
Hampshire	18	2	8	8	0	–6	10	–60.00
Leicestershire	16	1	10	5	0	–9	11	–81.82
Somerset	16	1	10	5	0	–9	11	–81.82
Source: CricketArchive [2]

Records

Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 1,832 57.25 Bobby Abel Surrey 1,801 39.15 Johnny Tyldesley Lancashire 1,604 59.40 C. B. Fry Sussex 1,538 46.60 John Tunnicliffe Yorkshire 1,468 43.17 Bill Brockwell Surrey Source: [3]

Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 130 20.00 Charlie Townsend Gloucestershire 126 13.84 Wilfred Rhodes Yorkshire 126 21.29 Tom Richardson Surrey 125 14.76 Jack Hearne Middlesex 109 17.06 William Lockwood Surrey Source: [4]

References

1. "England win the Ashes after close to two decades". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
2. "County Championship 1898 Points Table" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
3. "Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1898 (Ordered by Runs)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
4. "Bowling in County Championship 1898 (Ordered by Wickets)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2012.

External links

• http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/ENG/1898_ENG_County_Championship_1898.html