1898 County Championship
{{Short description|English cricket tournament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| administrator =
| cricket format = First-class cricket (3 days)
| tournament format = League system
| champions = Yorkshire
| count = 3
| participants = 14
| matches = 138
| most runs = Bobby Abel {{Clear}} (1,832 for Surrey)
| most wickets = Charlie Townsend {{Clear}} (130 for Gloucestershire)
| previous_year = 1897
| previous_tournament = 1897 County Championship
| next_year = 1899
| next_tournament = 1899 County Championship
}}
The 1898 County Championship was the ninth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 9 May to 3 September 1898. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won their third championship title, with Middlesex finishing as runners-up for the first time.
In April, John Tunnicliffe and Jack Brown of Yorkshire, set a then-record partnership for any wicket of 554, against Derbyshire at Queen's Park, Chesterfield.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149631.html |title=England win the Ashes after close to two decades |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=22 August 2018}}
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.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| width=175 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|Yorkshire |26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 68.42 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Middlesex
|18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 53.85 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Gloucestershire
|20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 50.00 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Surrey
|26 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 46.67 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Essex
|20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 25.00 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Lancashire
|26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 20.00 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Kent
|20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | –1 | 11 | –9.09 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Nottinghamshire
|16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | –1 | 3 | –33.33 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Derbyshire
|16 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | –4 | 8 | –50.00 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Sussex
|20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | –6 | 12 | –50.00 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Warwickshire
|18 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | –4 | 8 | –50.00 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Hampshire
|18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | –6 | 10 | –60.00 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Leicestershire
|16 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | –9 | 11 | –81.82 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Somerset
|16 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | –9 | 11 | –81.82 |
| colspan=10 align="left"|Source: CricketArchive{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/County_Championship_1898.html |title=County Championship 1898 Points Table |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2011-05-10}} |
Records
| valign="top" | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
!colspan=4| Most runs | ||
| Aggregate
! Average ! Player ! County | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center;"| 1,832 | style="text-align:center;"| 57.25 | Bobby Abel | Surrey |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1,801 | style="text-align:center;"| 39.15 | Johnny Tyldesley | Lancashire |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1,604 | style="text-align:center;"| 59.40 | C. B. Fry | Sussex |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1,538 | style="text-align:center;"| 46.60 | John Tunnicliffe | Yorkshire |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1,468 | style="text-align:center;"| 43.17 | Bill Brockwell | Surrey |
| colspan=4 align="left"|Source:{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1898/Batting_by_Runs.html|title=Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1898 (Ordered by Runs)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2012-05-30}} |
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
!colspan=4| Most wickets | |||
| Aggregate
! Average ! Player ! County | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center;"| 130 | style="text-align:center;"| 20.00 | Charlie Townsend | Gloucestershire |
| style="text-align:center;"| 126 | style="text-align:center;"| 13.84 | Wilfred Rhodes | Yorkshire |
| style="text-align:center;"| 126 | style="text-align:center;"| 21.29 | Tom Richardson | Surrey |
| style="text-align:center;"| 125 | style="text-align:center;"| 14.76 | Jack Hearne | Middlesex |
| style="text-align:center;"| 109 | style="text-align:center;"| 17.06 | William Lockwood | Surrey |
| colspan=4 align="left"|Source:{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1898/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|title=Bowling in County Championship 1898 (Ordered by Wickets)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2012-05-30}} |
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/ENG/1898_ENG_County_Championship_1898.html
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Category:1898 in English cricket
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