1948 County Championship

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1948 County Championship
Cricket format First-class cricket (3 days)
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Glamorgan (1st title)
Participants17
Matches221
Most runs Arthur Fagg
(2,404 for Kent) [1]
Most wickets Tom Pritchard
(163 for Warwickshire) [2]
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The 1948 County Championship was the 49th officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 8 May to 31 August 1948. Glamorgan County Cricket Club claimed their first title. [3] [4]

Contents

In August 1948, Glamorgan's match against Gloucestershire at Eugene Cross Park, play was stopped due to mountain mist around the ground and a flock of sheep. [5]

Table

PositionTeamPlayedWonLostDrawnNo Dec1st inn

lead match L

1st inn

lead match D

Points
1 Glamorgan 261356213172
2 Surrey 261394013168
3 Middlesex 261348101160
4 Yorkshire 2611410133156
5 Lancashire 2682151014152
6 Derbyshire 261167204148
7 Warwickshire 26978215132
8 Gloucestershire 26979114128
9 Hampshire 26988121120
10 Worcestershire 266811117104
11 Leicestershire 26611811596
12 Somerset 26514614492
13 Essex 26581122490
14 Nottinghamshire 26510921382
15 Kent 264111010776
16 Sussex 264111011572
17 Northamptonshire 26391401352

NOTES: Essex and Nottinghamshire totals include six points each for a drawn match that ended with scores equal (no allowance made in Championship scoring at this stage for the fact that Essex were still batting). Surrey total includes eight points for a win on first innings in a match reduced to one day.

Leading averages

Batting

Aggregate Average PlayerCounty
1,39192.73 Cyril Washbrook Lancashire
1,56592.05 Len Hutton Yorkshire
1,23661.80 Denis Compton Middlesex
1,33160.50 Bill Edrich Middlesex
1,43557.40 Jack Crapp Gloucestershire
2,40457.23 Arthur Fagg Kent
1,85554.55 Jack Robertson Middlesex
Qualification: 1,000 runs, 50.00 average.
Source: CricketArchive [1]

Bowling

Aggregate Average PlayerCounty
12415.57 Cliff Gladwin Derbyshire
13916.38 Len Muncer Glamorgan
10017.24 George Pope Derbyshire
16317.47 Tom Pritchard Warwickshire
12917.62 Johnny Wardle Yorkshire
10917.97 Jim Bailey Hampshire
Qualification: 100 wickets, 18.00 average.
Source: CricketArchive [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1948 (Ordered by Average)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Bowling in County Championship 1948 (Ordered by Average)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  3. ↑ Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN   0-947766-83-9.
  4. ↑ Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records. Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN   0-600-34667-6.
  5. ↑ "How often have both openers been dismissed for ducks in an ODI?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2020.


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