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

Honours

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County Championship

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Main article: 1913 County Championship
County Played Won Lost First Innings Points %
Won Lost No
result 		Poss Obtd
1 Kent 28 20 3 3 1 1 135 110 81.48
2 Yorkshire 28 16 4 4 3 1 135 95 70.37
3 Surrey 26 13 5 4 4 0 130 81 62.30
4 Northamptonshire 22 12 4 1 5 0 110 68 61.81
5 Nottinghamshire 20 8 5 3 4 0 100 53 53.00
6 Middlesex 20 7 6 4 3 0 100 50 50.00
7 Sussex 28 10 10 4 3 1 135 65 48.14
8 Lancashire 26 7 11 7 0 1 125 56 44.80
9 Gloucestershire 22 8 11 1 2 0 110 45 40.90
10 Hampshire 26 7 11 4 4 0 130 51 39.23
11 Warwickshire 24 7 11 3 3 0 120 47 39.16
12 Worcestershire 20 6 9 1 3 1 95 36 37.89
13 Derbyshire 18 4 10 2 2 0 90 28 31.11
14 Leicestershire 22 4 13 1 4 0 110 27 24.54
15 Essex 18 2 9 2 4 1 85 20 23.52
16 Somerset 16 2 11 2 1 0 80 17 21.25
Details as recorded in John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack[1]
  • 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.
  • Matches in which no result was achieved on the first innings were not included in calculating maximum possible points.
  • Final placings were decided by calculating the percentage of possible points.

Minor Counties Championship

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1913 Minor Counties Championship table[2]
County Played Won First innings Points %
Won Lost No
result 		Poss Obtd
1 Norfolk 8 4 3 0 0 40 29 72.50
Glamorgan 8 5 1 1 0 40 29 72.50
3 Hertfordshire 8 4 2 2 0 40 28 70.00
4 Staffordshire 10 6 0 1 1 45 31 68.88
5 Durham 10 5 1 1 1 45 29 64.44
6 Northumberland 10 5 1 0 1 45 28 62.22
7 Lincolnshire 10 4 3 1 0 50 30 60.00
8 Bedfordshire 8 4 0 2 0 40 22 55.00
9 Surrey Second Eleven 8 3 2 0 0 40 21 52.50
10 Berkshire 8 4 0 0 0 40 20 50.00
Dorset 8 4 0 0 0 40 20 50.00
12 Monmouthshire 8 3 1 1 0 40 19 47.50
13 Devon 8 3 1 0 0 40 18 45.00
14 Cornwall 8 3 0 1 0 40 16 40.00
15 Cheshire 8 2 0 0 1 35 10 28.57
16 Buckinghamshire 8 2 0 1 0 40 11 27.50
Cambridgeshire 8 2 0 1 0 40 11 27.50
Wiltshire 8 2 0 1 0 40 11 27.50
19 Kent Second Eleven 8 1 1 2 0 40 10 25.00
20 Suffolk 8 0 0 1 0 40 1 2.50
  • 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.
  • Matches in which no result was achieved on the first innings were not included in calculating maximum possible points.
  • Final placings were decided by calculating the percentage of possible points.

Final

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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)
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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)

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1913 English season leading batsmen[8]
Name Team Matches Innings Not outs Runs Highest score Average 100s
Phil Mead Hampshire 32 60 8 2627 171 not out 50.51 9
Jack Hobbs Surrey 32 57 5 2605 184 50.09 9
George Gunn Nottinghamshire 22 39 5 1697 170 49.91 6
Eric Leslie Kidd Cambridge University
Middlesex 		14 24 3 1041 150 49.57 3
Frank Woolley Kent 29 45 6 1760 224 not out 45.12 4
Reginald Lagden Cambridge University 11 20 1 847 153 44.57 3
J. W. Hearne Middlesex 29 49 3 2036 189 44.26 6
John Gunn Nottinghamshire 21 38 6 1405 126 43.90 3
Wally Hardinge Kent 32 56 7 2037 268 41.57 7
Frank Tarrant Middlesex
MCC 		26 42 2 1630 142 40.75 3

Leading bowlers (qualification 1,000 balls)

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1913 English season leading bowlers[8]
Name Team Matches Balls bowled Runs conceded Wickets taken Average Best bowling 5 wickets
in innings 		10 wickets
in match
Basil von Melle Oxford University 9 2102 875 55 15.90 7/48 7 1
Colin Blythe Kent 34 6722 2729 167 16.34 7/21 15 3
Norman Holloway Sussex 12 2021 931 55 16.92 6/104 5 0
Alonzo Drake Yorkshire 32 4908 1965 116 16.93 8/59 6 0
Frank Tarrant Middlesex
MCC 		26 5919 2323 136 17.08 8/20 12 3
Sidney Smith Northamptonshire 24 5160 1915 111 17.25 7/39 8 3
Razor Smith Surrey 13 2774 1127 65 17.33 8/61 6 3
George Thompson Northamptonshire 23 5872 2569 148 17.35 7/39 16 6
Albert Relf Sussex 34 7322 2552 141 18.09 6/30 8 2
Douglas Carr Kent 11 1814 1102 60 18.36 6/88 6 1

References

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  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. ^ a b Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records. Australia: Rigby Publishers. p. 24. ISBN 072701868X.

Annual reviews

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