1894 County Championship Explained

Cricket Format:First-class cricket (3 days)
Tournament Format:League system
Champions:Surrey
Count:4
Participants:9
Matches:72
Most Runs:
(851 for Nottinghamshire)
Most Wickets:
(144 for Lancashire)
Previous Year:1893
Previous Tournament:1893 County Championship
Next Year:1895
Next Tournament:1895 County Championship

The 1894 County Championship was the fifth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 14 May to 30 August 1894. Surrey reclaimed the title that Yorkshire had taken from them the previous season.[1]

Table

width=175 Teamwidth=20 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=20 abbr="Won" Wwidth=20 abbr="Tied" Twidth=20 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=20 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=20 abbr="Abandoned" Awidth=20 abbr="Points" Pts
Surrey1613120011
Yorkshire1612021110
Middlesex16805303
Kent16606310
Lancashire16717100
Somerset1660730 - 1
Nottinghamshire1640840 - 4
Sussex16301120 - 8
Gloucestershire16201310 - 11
Source:

Leading averages

Most runs
AggregateAveragePlayerCounty
851 37.00 Nottinghamshire
754 34.27 Surrey
751 26.82 Lancashire
748 25.79 Somerset
717 28.68 Lancashire
Source:[2]
Most wickets
AggregateAveragePlayerCounty
144 11.36 Lancashire
120 11.31 Surrey
119 14.03 Middlesex
99 13.35 Kent
97 10.17 Yorkshire
Source:[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: subscription . County Championship 1894 Table . CricketArchive . 18 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023163932/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/County_Championship_1894.html . 23 October 2012 . live .
  2. Web site: subscription . Batting in 1894 County Championship (Ordered by Runs). CricketArchive. 18 April 2009.
  3. Web site: subscription . Bowling in 1894 County Championship (Ordered by Wickets). CricketArchive. 18 April 2009.