1908 County Championship

The 1908 County Championship was the 19th officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 4 May to 31 August 1908. Yorkshire won their eighth championship title, while Kent finished in second place. The previous season's winners, Nottinghamshire, finished in eighth place. In May, Yorkshire bowled out Northamptonshire for 27 and 14,^[1] the lowest aggregate in first-class cricket at that point.^[2]

1908 County Championship

Cricket format	First-class cricket (3 days)
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Yorkshire (8th title)
Participants	16
Most runs	Tom Hayward (1,874 for Surrey)
Most wickets	Colin Blythe (167 for Kent)
← 1907 1909 →

Derbyshire

Essex

Gloucestershire

Hampshire

Kent

Lancashire

Leicestershire

Middlesex

Northamptonshire

Nottinghamshire

Somerset

Surrey

Sussex

Warwickshire

Worcestershire

Yorkshire

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Location of the home ground of each county

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 a win or a loss), and multiplying by 100.

Team	Pld	W	L	D	A	Pts	Fin	%Fin
Yorkshire	28	16	0	12	0	16	16	100.00
Kent	26	17	3	5	1	14	20	70.00
Surrey	30	13	4	12	1	9	17	52.94
Middlesex	20	6	3	10	1	3	9	33.33
Sussex	28	6	4	18	0	2	10	20.00
Worcestershire	18	6	5	7	0	1	11	9.09
Lancashire	26	10	9	6	1	1	19	5.26
Nottinghamshire	20	6	7	7	0	–1	13	–7.69
Hampshire	22	7	9	6	0	–2	16	–12.50
Gloucestershire	24	8	11	5	0	–3	19	–15.78
Essex	22	5	7	10	0	–2	12	–16.66
Warwickshire	22	5	9	7	1	–4	14	–28.57
Leicestershire	22	4	8	9	1	–4	12	–33.33
Derbyshire	22	5	13	4	0	–8	18	–44.44
Northamptonshire	22	3	14	5	0	–11	17	–64.70
Somerset	20	2	13	5	0	–11	15	–73.33
Source:^[3]

Records

Batting

Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 1,874 46.85 Tom Hayward Surrey 1,655 40.36 Alan Marshall Surrey 1,646 42.20 Gilbert Jessop Gloucestershire 1,522 43.48 Johnny Tyldesley Lancashire 1,507 39.65 Jack Hobbs Surrey Source:^[4] Bowling Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 167 16.48 Colin Blythe Kent 156 12.44 George Hirst Yorkshire 149 20.46 George Dennett Gloucestershire 148 15.27 Walter Brearley Lancashire 124 18.66 Harry Dean Lancashire Source:^[5]

References

1. "County Championship, 1908: Northamptonshire v Yorkshire". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
2. "The finisher". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
3. "County Championship 1908 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
4. "Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1908 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
5. "Bowling in County Championship 1908 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2013.