1913 English cricket season

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1913 English cricket season
1912
1914

1913 was the twenty-fourth season of County Championship cricket in England. Kent won the title for the fourth time in eight seasons.

Contents

Honours

County Championship

CountyPlayedWonLostFirst InningsPoints %
WonLostNo
result
PossObtd
1 Kent 2820331113511081.48
2 Yorkshire 281644311359570.37
3 Surrey 261354401308162.30
4 Northamptonshire 221241501106861.81
5 Nottinghamshire 20853401005353.00
6 Middlesex 20764301005050.00
7 Sussex 2810104311356548.14
8 Lancashire 267117011255644.80
9 Gloucestershire 228111201104540.90
10 Hampshire 267114401305139.23
11 Warwickshire 247113301204739.16
12 Worcestershire 2069131953637.89
13 Derbyshire 18410220902831.11
14 Leicestershire 224131401102724.54
15 Essex 1829241852023.52
16 Somerset 16211210801721.25
Details as recorded in John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack [1]

Minor Counties Championship

1913 Minor Counties Championship table [2]
CountyPlayedWonFirst inningsPoints%
WonLostNo
result
PossObtd
1 Norfolk 84300402972.50
Glamorgan 85110402972.50
3 Hertfordshire 84220402870.00
4 Staffordshire 106011453168.88
5 Durham 105111452964.44
6 Northumberland 105101452862.22
7 Lincolnshire 104310503060.00
8 Bedfordshire 84020402255.00
9 Surrey Second Eleven 83200402152.50
10 Berkshire 84000402050.00
Dorset 84000402050.00
12 Monmouthshire 83110401947.50
13 Devon 83100401845.00
14 Cornwall 83010401640.00
15 Cheshire 82001351028.57
16 Buckinghamshire 82010401127.50
Cambridgeshire 82010401127.50
Wiltshire 82010401127.50
19 Kent Second Eleven 81120401025.00
20 Suffolk 800104012.50

Final

Because Norfolk and Glamorgan were tied on percentage and had not played each other, the rules required that they play a challenge match. Glamorgan accepted this on condition that a guarantee of £50 be given. [3]

1 September 1913 (1913-09-01)
[4]
v
244
R. F. Popham 74
Hacker 4/79, Creber 4/79
168

Fulcher 5/26, Falconer 5/49
61

Creber 8/33
Norfolk won on first innings
County Ground, Lakenham
  • Norfolk won the toss and decided to bat
  • Rain prevented any play on the first day until 2:55 P.M., [5] and on the second day until 3:50 P.M. [6]

When rain prevented the match being played out, Norfolk were declared champions by virtue of their first innings lead. [7]

Leading batsmen (qualification 20 innings)

1913 English season leading batsmen [8]
NameTeamMatchesInningsNot outsRunsHighest scoreAverage100s
Phil Mead Hampshire 326082627171 not out50.519
Jack Hobbs Surrey 32575260518450.099
George Gunn Nottinghamshire 22395169717049.916
Eric Leslie Kidd Cambridge University
Middlesex
14243104115049.573
Frank Woolley Kent 294561760224 not out45.124
Reginald Lagden Cambridge University 1120184715344.573
J. W. Hearne Middlesex 29493203618944.266
John Gunn Nottinghamshire 21386140512643.903
Wally Hardinge Kent 32567203726841.577
Frank Tarrant Middlesex
MCC
26422163014240.753

Leading bowlers (qualification 1,000 balls)

1913 English season leading bowlers [8]
NameTeamMatchesBalls bowledRuns concededWickets takenAverageBest bowling5 wickets
in innings
10 wickets
in match
Basil von Melle Oxford University 921028755515.907/4871
Colin Blythe Kent 346722272916716.347/21153
Norman Holloway Sussex 1220219315516.926/10450
Alonzo Drake Yorkshire 324908196511616.938/5960
Frank Tarrant Middlesex
MCC
265919232313617.088/20123
Sidney Smith Northamptonshire 245160191511117.257/3983
Razor Smith Surrey 13277411276517.338/6163
George Thompson Northamptonshire 235872256914817.357/39166
Albert Relf Sussex 347322255214118.096/3082
Douglas Carr Kent 11181411026018.366/8861

References

  1. Pardon, Sydney H., ed. (1914). "Part II: The Leading Counties in 1913". John Wisden's Cricketer's Almanack (51st ed.). London: John Wisden & Co. p. 1.
  2. Pardon, ed. (1914). "The Second-Class Counties". John Wisden's Cricketer's Almanack (51st ed.). p. 365.
  3. Spartan (30 August 1913). "Staffordshire County: Norfolk and Glamorgan Play Off for Championship – A Review of the Season". Evening Sentinel . Stoke-on-Trent. p. 4.
  4. Pardon, ed. (1913). "Second-Class Counties". John Wisden's Cricketer's Almanack (51st ed.). p. 366.
  5. "Minor Counties Championship: Norfolk v Glamorgan". The Times . London. 2 September 1913. p. 10.
  6. "Norfolk v. Glamorgan". The Times. London. 3 September 1913. p. 10.
  7. "Cricket – The Minor Counties Championship". The Times. London. 26 September 1913. p. 9.
  8. 1 2 Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records. Australia: Rigby Publishers. p. 24. ISBN   072701868X.

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