1903 County Championship
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
(3 days)
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsMiddlesex (1st title)
Participants15
Most runsC. B. Fry
(2,413 for Sussex)
Most wicketsWilfred Rhodes
(143 for Yorkshire)
← 1902
1904 →
1903 County Championship is located in England
Derbyshire
Essex
Gloucestershire
Hampshire
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Middlesex
Nottinghamshire
Somerset
Surrey
Sussex
Warwickshire
Worcestershire
Yorkshire
Location of the home ground of each county

The 1903 County Championship was the 14th officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 4 May to 3 September 1903. Middlesex won their first championship title, ending Yorkshire's run of three successive titles. Sussex finished in second place for the second successive season.

Table

Team Pld W L D A Pts Fin %Fin
Middlesex 18 8 1 7 2 7 9 77.77
Sussex 24 7 2 14 1 5 9 55.55
Yorkshire 26 13 5 8 0 8 18 44.44
Lancashire 26 10 5 11 0 3 15 33.33
Nottinghamshire 20 6 4 10 0 2 10 20.00
Worcestershire 20 8 6 6 0 2 14 14.28
Warwickshire 18 5 4 9 0 1 9 11.11
Essex 22 7 6 7 2 1 13 7.69
Kent 22 7 6 7 2 1 13 7.69
Somerset 18 6 6 5 1 0 12 0.00
Surrey 28 7 11 9 1 –4 18 –22.22
Derbyshire 16 4 7 5 0 –3 11 –27.27
Gloucestershire 20 3 10 7 0 –7 13 –53.84
Hampshire 18 1 10 4 3 –9 11 –81.81
Leicestershire 18 1 10 4 3 –9 11 –81.81
Source:[1]

Records

Batting

Most runs
Aggregate Average Player County
2,413 80.43 C. B. Fry Sussex
1,618 44.94 Johnny Tyldesley Lancashire
1,565 40.12 Archie MacLaren Lancashire
1,449 34.50 Ernie Hayes Surrey
1,428 44.62 Percy Perrin Essex
Source:[2]

Bowling[edit]

Most wickets
Aggregate Average Player County
143 14.72 Wilfred Rhodes Yorkshire
137 13.05 Charlie Blythe Kent
131 17.85 Sydney Barnes Lancashire
123 12.17 Sam Hargreave Warwickshire
115 12.79 George Hirst Yorkshire
Source:[3]

References

  1. ^ "County Championship 1903 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1903 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Bowling in County Championship 1903 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 October 2012.

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