1910 County Championship Explained

Cricket Format:	First-class cricket (3 days)
Tournament Format:	League system
Champions:	Kent
Count:	3
Participants:	16
Matches:	182
Most Runs:	(1,961 for Lancashire)
Most Wickets:	(215 for Surrey)
Previous Year:	1909
Previous Tournament:	1909 County Championship
Next Year:	1911
Next Tournament:	1911 County Championship

The 1910 County Championship was the 21st officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 2 May to 1 September 1910. Kent County Cricket Club won their third championship title, their second title in successive seasons.^[1] Somerset finished bottom of the table, failing to win a match all season.^[2]

Table

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=40 abbr="Percentage of finished matches"	%PC
Kent	26	19	3	3	1	19	76.000
Surrey	30	16	7	5	2	16	57.143
Middlesex	22	11	5	6	0	11	50.000
Lancashire	30	14	5	10	1	14	48.276
Nottinghamshire	20	9	4	7	0	9	45.000
Hampshire	24	10	10	4	0	10	41.667
Sussex	26	10	9	6	1	10	40.000
Yorkshire	28	10	7	10	1	10	37.037
Northamptonshire	20	7	8	4	1	7	36.842
Leicestershire	18	6	11	0	1	6	35.294
Essex	18	5	8	4	1	5	29.412
Gloucestershire	20	5	11	4	0	5	25.000
Worcestershire	22	5	8	9	0	5	22.727
Warwickshire	20	4	8	7	1	4	21.053
Derbyshire	22	2	14	4	2	2	10.000
Somerset	18	0	15	3	0	0	0.000
Source: CricketArchive

• One point was awarded for a win. 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, loss or draw), and multiplying by 100.

Statistics

Most runs, 1910 County Championship Aggregate Average Player County 1,961 49.02 Lancashire 1,511 38.74 Lancashire 1,483 38.02 Kent 1,457 39.37 Kent 1,432 31.13 Surrey Source: CricketArchive^[3]

Most wickets, 1910 County Championship Aggregate Average Player County 215 12.56 Surrey 156 18.45 Hampshire 149 13.77 Kent 134 15.05 Yorkshire 133 15.22 Lancashire Source: CricketArchive^[4]

See also

• 1910 English cricket season
• Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1910
• Kent County Cricket Club in 1910

Notes and References

1. Web site: County Champions 1890-2013 / County Championship . . 11 December 2014.
2. Web site: subscription . County Championship 1910 Table . CricketArchive . 11 December 2014.
3. Web site: subscription . Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1910 (Ordered by Runs). CricketArchive. 11 December 2014.
4. Web site: subscription . Bowling in County Championship 1910 (Ordered by Wickets). CricketArchive. 11 December 2014.