1913 County Championship
{{Short description|English cricket tournament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| administrator =
| cricket format = First-class cricket
| tournament format = League system
| champions = Kent
| count = 4
| participants = 16
| matches =
| most runs =Jack Hobbs {{-}} 2,238 for Surrey
| most wickets = Major Booth {{-}} 158 for Yorkshire
| previous_year = 1912
| previous_tournament = 1912 County Championship
| next_year = 1914
| next_tournament = 1914 County Championship
}}
The 1913 County Championship was the twenty-fourth officially organised running of the County Championship. Kent County Cricket Club won their fourth championship title, and equalled Yorkshire's 1901 record of twenty wins in one season.{{cite book|last=Wynne-Thomas|first=Peter|title=The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records|year=1983|publisher=Hamlyn Publishing Group|isbn=0-600-34667-6}}
Table
- Five points were awarded for a win.
- Three points were awarded for "winning" the first innings of a drawn match.
- One point was awarded for "losing" the first innings of a drawn match.
- Final placings were decided by calculating the percentage of possible points.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" | ! rowspan="2" |County ! rowspan="2" |Played ! rowspan="2" |Won ! rowspan="2" |Lost ! colspan="3" |First Innings ! colspan="2" |Points ! rowspan="2" | % |
| Won
!Lost !Poss !Obtd |
|---|
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|1 | style="text-align:left;"|Kent |28 |20 |3 |3 |1 |1 |135 |110 |81.48 |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;"|Yorkshire |28 |16 |4 |4 |3 |1 |135 |95 |70.37 |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;"|Surrey |26 |13 |5 |4 |4 |0 |130 |81 |62.30 |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;"|Northamptonshire |22 |12 |4 |1 |5 |0 |110 |68 |61.81 |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;"|Nottinghamshire |20 |8 |5 |3 |4 |0 |100 |53 |53.00 |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;"|Middlesex |20 |7 |6 |4 |3 |0 |100 |50 |50.00 |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;"|Sussex |28 |10 |10 |4 |3 |1 |135 |65 |48.14 |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;"|Lancashire |26 |7 |11 |7 |0 |1 |125 |56 |44.80 |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;"|Gloucestershire |22 |8 |11 |1 |2 |0 |110 |45 |40.90 |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;"|Hampshire |26 |7 |11 |4 |4 |0 |130 |51 |39.23 |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;"|Warwickshire |24 |7 |11 |3 |3 |0 |120 |47 |39.16 |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;"|Worcestershire |20 |6 |9 |1 |3 |1 |95 |36 |37.89 |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;"|Derbyshire |18 |4 |10 |2 |2 |0 |90 |28 |31.11 |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;"|Leicestershire |22 |4 |13 |1 |4 |0 |110 |27 |24.54 |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;"|Essex |18 |2 |9 |2 |4 |1 |85 |20 |23.52 |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;"|Somerset |16 |2 |11 |2 |1 |0 |80 |17 |21.25 |
Records
| valign="top" | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" | ||
| Aggregate
! Average ! Player ! County | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center;" | 2,238 | style="text-align:center;" | 52.04 | Jack Hobbs | Surrey |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2,146 | style="text-align:center;" | 48.77 | Phil Mead | Hampshire |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1,949 | style="text-align:center;" | 44.29 | Wally Hardinge | Kent |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1,804 | style="text-align:center;" | 42.95 | James Seymour | Kent |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1,609 | style="text-align:center;" | 40.22 | Johnny Tyldesley | Lancashire |
||
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" | |||
| Aggregate
! Average ! Player ! County | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center;"| 158 | style="text-align:center;" | 19.09 | Major Booth | Yorkshire |
| style="text-align:center;"| 154 | style="text-align:center;" | 19.31 | Bill Hitch | Surrey |
| style="text-align:center;" | 153 | style="text-align:center;" | 20.51 | George Dennett | Gloucestershire |
| style="text-align:center;" | 145 | style="text-align:center;" | 15.54 | Colin Blythe | Kent |
| style="text-align:center;" | 138 | style="text-align:center;" | 17.50 | George Thompson | Northamptonshire |
|}
Notable events
- Lancashire, after suffering severe financial losses despite a dry summer,{{Cite news |date=25 August 1913 |title=Lancashire Cricket Bombshell – Mr. A. H. Hornby's Criticism – Captain and the Team's Failure |work=Liverpool Daily Post |page=5}} would propose radical reductions in the county cricket fixture list.{{Cite book |title=John Wisden's Cricketer's Almanack |publisher=John Wisden & Co. |year=1914 |editor-last=Pardon |editor-first=Sydney H. |editor-link=Sydney Pardon |edition=51st |location=London |pages=141-142 |chapter=Lancashire Matches}} This would lead that club's committee to ultimately propose a reduction in county matches to two days.{{cite news |title=The Coming Cricket Season – Large Numbers of Week-End Starts – The Centenary of Lord's |work=The Times |date=9 April 1914 |location=London |page=36}} After increasing financial losses throughout county cricket the following season, this reduction would be carried out for 1919,After the 1914 season, World War I meant that no county cricket was played between 1915 and 1918{{cite news |title=County Cricket – Two-Day Matches This Season – Team interval Allowed |work=The Guardian |date=6 February 1919 |page=7}} but was almost instantly considered a failure and a reversion to three-day matches took place for 1920.
Notes
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References
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{{County Championship seasons}}
{{English cricket seasons}}
Category:1913 in English cricket