1895 County Championship Explained
Cricket Format: | First-class cricket (3 days) |
Tournament Format: | League system |
Champions: | Surrey |
Count: | 5 |
Participants: | 14 |
Matches: | 131 |
Most Runs: | (1,787 for Surrey) |
Most Wickets: | (239 for Surrey) |
Previous Year: | 1894 |
Previous Tournament: | 1894 County Championship |
Next Year: | 1896 |
Next Tournament: | 1896 County Championship |
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.[1]
The competition saw the first participation in the competition by Derbyshire, Essex, Hampshire, Leicestershire and Warwickshire.
Table
- 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).
width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Tied" | T | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Abandoned" | A | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts | width=20 abbr="Finished matches" | Fin | width=50 abbr="Percentage of finished matches" | %Fin |
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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
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: subscription . County Championship 1895 Table . CricketArchive . 30 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110522041402/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/County_Championship_1895.html . 22 May 2011 . live .
- Web site: subscription . Batting in 1895 County Championship (Ordered by Runs). CricketArchive. 30 May 2009.
- Web site: subscription . Bowling in 1895 County Championship (Ordered by Wickets). CricketArchive. 30 May 2009.