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| Previous Tournament: | 1923 English cricket season |
| Next Year: | 1925 |
| Next Tournament: | 1925 English cricket season |
1924 was the 31st season of County Championship cricket in England. Yorkshire secured a hat-trick of titles. England, in their first home series since 1921, proved too strong for South Africa and won the Test series 3–0.
See main article: 1924 County Championship.
See main article: South African cricket team in England in 1924. England defeated South Africa 3–0 with two matches drawn. There was a sensational start to the series when the visitors were bowled out in their first innings in the First Test at Edgbaston for 30, in just 12.3 overs, after England had made over 400. Arthur Gilligan, the Sussex and England captain, and his county colleague Maurice Tate, making his Test debut, bowled unchanged, with the former taking 6/7 and the latter 4/12.
Andy Sandham topped the averages with 2082 runs with an average of 59.48.
George Macaulay topped the averages with 190 wickets with an average of 13.23