1902 Scottish County Championship

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1902 Scottish County Championship
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Forfarshire (1st title)
Participants5
Matches20
Most runsJoe Anderson (333 for Perthshire)
1903

The 1902 Scottish County Championship was the first running of organised county cricket, under the new Scottish County Championship, in Scotland which ran from 5 May to 23 August 1902. Forfarshire won the inaugural season.

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Final table

One point was awarded for a win, and one point was taken away for each loss, therefore:

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. Abandoned matches were counted as draws.

TeamPld W T L D PtsFin%Fin
Forfarshire 8500355100
Aberdeenshire 830142450
Perthshire830231520
Stirlingshire80035-33-100
Fifeshire80053-55-100
Source: [2]

Records

Most runs
Aggregate Average PlayerCounty
33355.5Joe AndersonPerthshire
31545.0W. R. Sharp Forfarshire
25536.4W. Webster Aberdeenshire
21123.4SmithPerthshire
19232.0W. Stewart Forfarshire
Source: [3]

References

  1. Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game. London: Merritt and Hatcher. 1902. p. 102. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  2. "The Champion County". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 25 August 1902. p. 3.
  3. "Cricket - Scottish County Batting Averages" . Edinburgh Evening News. 29 August 1902. p. 5. Retrieved 23 July 2025 via the British Newspaper Archive.