1910 County Championship

The 1910 County Championship was the 21st officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 2 May to 1 September 1910. Kent County Cricket Club won their third championship title, their second title in successive seasons.[1] Somerset finished bottom of the table, failing to win a match all season.[2]

1910 County Championship
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket (3 days)
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsKent (3rd title)
Participants16
Matches182
Most runsJohnny Tyldesley
(1,961 for Lancashire)
Most wicketsRazor Smith
(215 for Surrey)
1909
1911

Table

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Team Pld W L D A Pts %PC
Kent 26 19 3 3 1 19 76.000
Surrey 30 16 7 5 2 16 57.143
Middlesex 22 11 5 6 0 11 50.000
Lancashire 30 14 5 10 1 14 48.276
Nottinghamshire 20 9 4 7 0 9 45.000
Hampshire 24 10 10 4 0 10 41.667
Sussex 26 10 9 6 1 10 40.000
Yorkshire 28 10 7 10 1 10 37.037
Northamptonshire 20 7 8 4 1 7 36.842
Leicestershire 18 6 11 0 1 6 35.294
Essex 18 5 8 4 1 5 29.412
Gloucestershire 20 5 11 4 0 5 25.000
Worcestershire 22 5 8 9 0 5 22.727
Warwickshire 20 4 8 7 1 4 21.053
Derbyshire 22 2 14 4 2 2 10.000
Somerset 18 0 15 3 0 0 0.000
Source: CricketArchive[2]
  • One point was awarded for a win. 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, loss or draw), and multiplying by 100.

Statistics

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Most runs, 1910 County Championship
Aggregate Average Player County
1,961 49.02 Johnny Tyldesley Lancashire
1,511 38.74 Alfred Hartley Lancashire
1,483 38.02 Punter Humphreys Kent
1,457 39.37 James Seymour Kent
1,432 31.13 Jack Hobbs Surrey
Source: CricketArchive[3]
Most wickets, 1910 County Championship
Aggregate Average Player County
215 12.56 Razor Smith Surrey
156 18.45 Jack Newman Hampshire
149 13.77 Charlie Blythe Kent
134 15.05 George Hirst Yorkshire
133 15.22 Harry Dean Lancashire
Source: CricketArchive[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "County Champions 1890-2013 / County Championship". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b "County Championship 1910 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1910 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Bowling in County Championship 1910 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 December 2014.