1898 English cricket season explained

1898 was the ninth season of County Championship cricket in England. Yorkshire won the championship for the second time in three years. It was an emphatic victory with a record of sixteen wins and seven draws in 26 games. Middlesex finished second after two wins over Kent in late August to improve five places on their 1897 finish. Derbyshire broke their streak of 22 Championship matches without victory by beating Hampshire in late May. As for individual performances, Surrey batsman Bobby Abel made 1800 runs for the second season in succession, one run shy of his own championship record in 1897.

Honours

• County Championship – Yorkshire
• Minor Counties Championship – Worcestershire
• Wisden (Five Cricketers of the Year) – Wilfred Rhodes, Bill Storer, Charlie Townsend, Albert Trott, William Lockwood

County Championship

See main article: 1898 County Championship.

Final table

County Championship 1898 – Final Standings
	Team	P	W	L	D		Pts	GC1	Pts/GC (as %)
1	Yorkshire	26	16	3	7	0	13	19	68.42
2		18	10	3	5	0	7	13	53.85
3		20	9	3	8	0	6	12	50.00
4		26	11	4	9	2	7	15	46.67
5		20	10	6	4	0	4	16	25.00
6		26	9	6	11	0	3	15	20.00
7		20	5	6	9	0	−1	11	−9.09
8		16	1	2	13	0	−1	3	−33.33
9		16	2	6	7	1	−4	8	−50.00
9		20	3	9	8	0	−6	12	−50.00
9		18	2	6	9	1	−4	8	−50.00
12		18	2	8	8	0	−6	10	−60.00
13		16	1	10	5	0	−9	11	−81.82
14		16	1	10	5	0	−9	11	−81.82

• ¹ Games completed

Points system:

• 1 for a win
• 0 for a draw, a tie or an abandoned match
• -1 for a loss

Most runs in the County Championship

1898 County Championship – leading batsmen
Name	Team	Matches	Runs	Average	100s	50s
		24	1832	57.25	7	10
		26	1801	39.15	2	12
		16	1604	59.40	6	8
		24	1538	46.60	4	8
		24	1468	43.17	5	5

Most wickets in the County Championship

1898 County Championship – leading bowlers
Name	Team	Matches	Balls bowled	Wickets taken	Average
		20	4905	130	20.00
		26	4949	126	13.84
		24	5167	126	21.29
		18	5663	125	14.76
		21	4188	109	17.06

Overall first-class statistics

Leading batsmen

1898 English cricket season – leading batsmen
Name	Team(s)	Matches	Runs	Average	100s	50s
		30	2053	48.88	7	11
		29	1918	37.60	2	13
		30	1804	41.00	4	9
		19	1788	54.18	6	10
		30	1686	38.31	6	5

Leading bowlers

1898 English cricket season – leading bowlers
Name	Team(s)	Matches	Balls bowled	Wickets taken	Average
		30	9053	222	14.05
		29	6119	161	19.54
		33	6149	154	14.60
		25	5587	145	20.64
		26	5010	134	16.62

Annual reviews

• James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1899
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1899

External links

• Cricket in England in 1898