1900 County Championship Explained

Cricket Format:	First-class cricket (3 days)
Tournament Format:	League system
Champions:	Yorkshire
Count:	4
Participants:	15
Matches:	166
Most Runs:	(2,563 for Sussex)
Most Wickets:	(206 for Yorkshire)
Previous Year:	1899
Previous Tournament:	1899 County Championship
Next Year:	1901
Next Tournament:	1901 County Championship

The 1900 County Championship was the 11th officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 7 May to 1 September 1900. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won their fourth championship title, remaining unbeaten throughout the season. Lancashire finished as runners-up, their best position since winning the Championship in 1897.

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.

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=25 abbr="Points"	Pts	width=20 abbr="Finished matches"	Fin	width=50 abbr="Percentage of finished matches"	%Fin
Yorkshire	28	16	0	12	16	16	100.00
Lancashire	28	15	2	11	13	17	76.47
Kent	22	8	4	10	4	12	33.33
Sussex	24	4	2	18	2	6	33.33
Nottinghamshire	18	7	4	7	3	11	27.27
Warwickshire	18	3	2	13	1	5	20.00
Gloucestershire	22	9	7	6	2	16	12.50
Middlesex	22	9	7	6	2	16	12.50
Surrey	28	9	7	12	2	16	12.50
Essex	22	4	6	12	–2	10	–20.00
Somerset	16	4	11	1	–7	15	–46.67
Worcestershire	22	3	10	9	–7	13	–53.85
Derbyshire	18	2	7	9	–5	9	–55.56
Leicestershire	22	3	11	8	–8	14	–57.14
Hampshire	22	0	16	6	–16	16	–100.00
Source: CricketArchive^[1]

Records

Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 2,563 85.43 Sussex 1,880 58.75 Surrey 1,850 50.00 Surrey 1,830 63.10 Sussex 1,733 44.43 Gloucestershire Source:^[2]

Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 206 12.29 Yorkshire 154 19.85 Middlesex 145 14.16 Yorkshire 122 15.45 Essex 120 17.45 Lancashire Source:^[3]

External links

Cricket Archive Fixtures (Archive)

Notes and References

1. Web site: subscription . County Championship 1900 Points Table . CricketArchive . 2011-05-10.
2. Web site: subscription . Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1900 (Ordered by Runs). CricketArchive. 2012-05-30.
3. Web site: subscription . Bowling in County Championship 1900 (Ordered by Wickets). CricketArchive. 2012-05-30.