1912 County Championship

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1912 County Championship
Cricket format First-class cricket
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Yorkshire (9th title)
Participants16
1911
1913

The 1912 County Championship was the twenty-third officially organised running of the County Championship. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won their ninth championship title. [1]

Contents

A No Result (NR) column was introduced for the first time which included all matches in which no decision was reached on first innings: these games were not used when calculating maximum possible points. Five matches were abandoned without a ball being bowled and were included in the NR column.

Table

CountyPlayed Won Lost First InningsPoints %
Won Lost No
result
PossObtd
1 Yorkshire 28131743 [a] 1259072.00
2 Northamptonshire 18101241856070.58
3 Kent 261453311258265.60
4 Lancashire 2282435 [a] 855564.70
5 Middlesex 2074522905257.77
6 Hampshire 2473446905156.66
7 Surrey 2675653 [a] 1155850.43
8 Nottinghamshire 1855521 [a] 854249.41
9 Warwickshire 2265344 [a] 904347.44
10 Sussex 286106421305240.00
11 Gloucestershire 1838115 [a] 651929.23
12 Derbyshire 1827234701927.14
13 Leicestershire 223132221002323.00
14 Somerset 1628132701622.85
15 Essex 1818234 [a] 701420.00
16 Worcestershire 20110063851112.94

Records

Most runs [2]
Aggregate Average PlayerCounty
1,83153.85 David Denton Yorkshire
1,45346.87 Ernie Hayes Surrey
1,39730.36 Robert Relf Sussex
1,35732.30 Joe Vine Sussex
1,15131.10 Wally Hardinge Kent
Most wickets [3]
Aggregate Average PlayerCounty
17011.35 Colin Blythe Kent
11816.00 George Dennett Gloucestershire
11217.26 Alec Kennedy Hampshire
10913.14 Harry Dean Lancashire
10614.59 George Thompson Northamptonshire

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The matches between Yorkshire and Surrey at Sheffield, Lancashire and Essex at Manchester, Gloucestershire at Nottinghamshire at Gloucester, Gloucestershire and Surrey at Cheltenham, and between Lancashire and Warwickshire at Manchester were abandoned without a ball being bowled. All these are included in the "No Result" column.

References

  1. Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records. Hamlyn Publishing Group. p. 57. ISBN   0-600-34667-6.
  2. "Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1912 (Ordered by Runs)" . CricketArchive.
  3. "Bowling in County Championship 1912 (Ordered by Wickets)" . CricketArchive.