1912 County Championship
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
|---|---|
| Tournament format(s) | League system |
| Champions | Yorkshire (9th title) |
| Participants | 16 |
| Most runs | David Denton (1,831 for Yorkshire) |
| Most wickets | Colin Blythe – (170 for Kent) |
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]
Worcestershire finished last for the first time since becoming first-class in 1899,[2] whilst Essex – as high as sixth in 1911 – had their worst season in the Championship to date and won a single game for the only time in their Championship history.[3]
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
[edit]- Five points were awarded for a win.
- Three points were awarded for "winning" the first innings of a drawn match.
- One point was awarded for "losing" the first innings of a drawn match.
- Final placings were decided by calculating the percentage of possible points.
| County | Played | Won | Lost | First Innings | Points | % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Lost | No result |
Poss | Obtd | ||||||
| 1 | Yorkshire | 28 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3[a] | 125 | 90 | 72.00 |
| 2 | Northamptonshire | 18 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 85 | 60 | 70.58 |
| 3 | Kent | 26 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 125 | 82 | 65.60 |
| 4 | Lancashire | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5[a] | 85 | 55 | 64.70 |
| 5 | Middlesex | 20 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 90 | 52 | 57.77 |
| 6 | Hampshire | 24 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 90 | 51 | 56.66 |
| 7 | Surrey | 26 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3[a] | 115 | 58 | 50.43 |
| 8 | Nottinghamshire | 18 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1[a] | 85 | 42 | 49.41 |
| 9 | Warwickshire | 22 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4[a] | 90 | 43 | 47.44 |
| 10 | Sussex | 28 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 130 | 52 | 40.00 |
| 11 | Gloucestershire | 18 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5[a] | 65 | 19 | 29.23 |
| 12 | Derbyshire | 18 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 70 | 19 | 27.14 |
| 13 | Leicestershire | 22 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100 | 23 | 23.00 |
| 14 | Somerset | 16 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 70 | 16 | 22.85 |
| 15 | Essex | 18 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4[a] | 70 | 14 | 20.00 |
| 16 | Worcestershire | 20 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 85 | 11 | 12.94 |
Records
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Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g 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
[edit]- ^ Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records. Hamlyn Publishing Group. p. 57. ISBN 0-600-34667-6.
- ^ Vockins, M.D. (1980). Worcestershire County Cricket Club: A Pictorial History. London: Severn House. pp. 114, 126. ISBN 072780619X.
- ^ Lemmon, David (1986). Essex County Cricket Club: The Official History. Chelmsford: Essex County Cricket Club. pp. 404–405. ISBN 9780434981113.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1912 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive.
- ^ "Bowling in County Championship 1912 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive.