1907 County Championship

The 1907 County Championship was the 18th officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 2 May to 2 September 1907. Nottinghamshire won its first championship title, while Worcestershire and Yorkshire tied for second place. The previous season's winners, Kent, finished in eighth place.

1907 County Championship
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
(3 days)
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsNottinghamshire (1st title)
Participants16
Most runsErnie Hayes
(1,721 for Surrey)
Most wicketsGeorge Dennett
(184 for Gloucestershire)
1906
1908

Table

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  • 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 a win or a loss), and multiplying by 100.
Team Pld W L D A Pts Fin %Fin
Nottinghamshire 20 15 0 4 1 15 15 100.00
Worcestershire 18 8 2 8 0 6 10 60.00
Yorkshire 28 12 3 11 2 9 15 60.00
Surrey 28 12 4 12 0 8 16 50.00
Middlesex 20 8 4 8 0 4 12 33.33
Lancashire 26 11 7 8 0 4 18 22.22
Essex 22 10 7 5 0 3 17 17.64
Kent 26 12 9 5 0 3 21 14.28
Warwickshire 20 6 5 8 1 1 11 9.09
Gloucestershire 22 8 12 2 0 –4 20 –20.00
Leicestershire 20 6 10 4 0 –4 16 –25.00
Hampshire 24 6 11 7 0 –5 17 –29.41
Sussex 26 7 13 6 0 –6 20 –30.00
Somerset 18 3 12 3 0 –9 15 –60.00
Northamptonshire 20 2 12 6 0 –10 14 –71.42
Derbyshire 22 2 17 1 2 –15 19 –78.94
Source:[1]

Records

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Batting

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Most runs
Aggregate Average Player County
1,721 37.41 Ernie Hayes Surrey
1,717 40.88 Jack Hobbs Surrey
1,597 38.02 Johnny Tyldesley Lancashire
1,570 46.17 Tom Hayward Surrey
1,483 38.02 James Seymour Kent
Source:[2]

Bowling

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Most wickets
Aggregate Average Player County
184 15.65 George Dennett Gloucestershire
153 11.78 Albert Hallam Nottinghamshire
151 16.87 Arthur Fielder Kent
145 13.57 Thomas Wass Nottinghamshire
141 16.41 Wilfred Rhodes Yorkshire
Source:[3]

References

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  1. ^ "County Championship 1907 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1907 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Bowling in County Championship 1907 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2013.