1895 County Championship
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| Cricket format | First-class cricket (3 days) |
|---|---|
| Tournament format | League system |
| Champions | Surrey (5th title) |
| Participants | 14 |
| Matches | 131 |
| Most runs | Bobby Abel (1,787 for Surrey)[1] |
| Most wickets | Tom Richardson (239 for Surrey)[2] |
The 1895 County Championship was the sixth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 6 May to 2 September 1895. Surrey claimed their fifth title, which was decided by the percentage of completed matches by each side.[3]
The competition saw the first participation in the competition by Derbyshire, Essex, Hampshire, Leicestershire and Warwickshire.
Table
[edit | edit source]- One point was awarded for a win, and one point was taken away for each loss. Final placings were decided by dividing the number of points earned by the number of completed matches (i.e. those that ended in win or loss).
| Team | Pld | W | T | L | D | A | Pts | Fin | %Fin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surrey | 26 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 21 | 61.91 |
| Lancashire | 22 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 55.56 |
| Yorkshire | 26 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 33.33 |
| Gloucestershire | 18 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 14.29 |
| Derbyshire | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11.11 |
| Middlesex | 18 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.00 |
| Warwickshire | 18 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.00 |
| Somerset | 18 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | –2 | 14 | –14.29 |
| Essex | 16 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | –2 | 12 | –16.67 |
| Hampshire | 16 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | –3 | 15 | –20.00 |
| Sussex | 18 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | –4 | 14 | –28.57 |
| Leicestershire | 16 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | –7 | 13 | –53.85 |
| Nottinghamshire | 16 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | –7 | 13 | –53.85 |
| Kent | 18 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | –8 | 14 | –57.14 |
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Leading averages
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References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- 1895 County Championship Archived 2014-07-16 at the Wayback Machine at CricketArchive
