1937 English cricket season explained

Previous Year:	1936
Previous Tournament:	1936 English cricket season
Next Year:	1938
Next Tournament:	1938 English cricket season

1937 was the 44th season of County Championship cricket in England and resulted in a 19th championship success for Yorkshire. New Zealand were on tour and England won the Test series 1–0.

Honours

• County Championship – Yorkshire
• Minor Counties Championship – Lancashire II
• Wisden – Tom Goddard, Joe Hardstaff, Leonard Hutton, Jim Parks senior, Eddie Paynter

Test series

See main article: New Zealand cricket team in England in 1937. England defeated New Zealand 1–0 with two matches drawn.

County Championship

See main article: 1937 County Championship.

Leading batsmen

• Wally Hammond topped the averages with 3252 runs @ 65.04
• Jim Parks senior achieved the unique double of 3000 runs and 100 wickets

Leading bowlers

Hedley Verity topped the averages with 202 wickets @ 15.68

Annual reviews

• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1938

External links

• CricketArchive  - season summary