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1908 English cricket season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| previous_year | 1907 |
| previous_tournament | 1907 English cricket season |
| next_year | 1909 |
| next_tournament | 1909 English cricket season |
1908 was the nineteenth season of County Championship cricket in England.
American John Barton "Bart" King topped the bowling averages as a member of the touring Philadelphian cricket team.
Honours
- County Championship – Yorkshire
- Minor Counties Championship – Staffordshire
- Wisden (Lord Hawke and Four Cricketers of the Year) – Walter Brearley, Lord Hawke, Jack Hobbs, Alan Marshal, John Newstead
County Championship
Main article: 1908 County Championship
| County | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Abandoned | Points | Finished | % | Details as recorded in *John Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanack* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yorkshire | 28 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 100.00 |
| 2 | Kent | 25 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 20 | 70.00 |
| 3 | Surrey | 29 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 52.94 |
| 4 | Middlesex | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 33.33 |
| 5 | Sussex | 28 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 20.00 |
| 6 | Worcestershire | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9.09 |
| 7 | Lancashire | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5.26 |
| 8 | Nottinghamshire | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | -1 | 13 | -7.69 |
| 9 | Hampshire | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | -2 | 16 | -12.50 |
| 10 | Gloucestershire | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | -3 | 19 | -15.78 |
| 11 | Essex | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | -2 | 12 | -16.67 |
| 12 | Warwickshire | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | -4 | 14 | -28.57 |
| 13 | Leicestershire | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | -4 | 12 | -33.33 |
| 14 | Derbyshire | 22 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | -8 | 18 | -44.44 |
| 15 | Northamptonshire | 22 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 0 | -11 | 17 | -64.71 |
| 16 | Somerset | 20 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 0 | -11 | 15 | -73.33 |
Points system:
- 1 for a win
- 0 for a draw, a tie or an abandoned match
- -1 for a loss
Minor Counties Championship
Worcestershire Second Eleven dropped out and Carmarthenshire took their place. Dorset moved from the West division in 1907 to the South.
North
| County | Played | Won | Won on | No | Possible | Points | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Staffordshire | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 37 |
| 2 | Durham | 10 | 6 | 0 | 50 | 30 | 60.00 |
| 3 | Yorkshire Second Eleven | 10 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 19 | 38.00 |
| 4 | Lincolnshire | 10 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 18 | 36.00 |
| 6 | Northumberland | 10 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 18 | 36.00 |
| 6 | Lancashire Second Eleven | 10 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 10 | 20.00 |
South
| County | Played | Won | Won on | No | Possible | Points | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wiltshire | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 33 |
| 2 | Surrey Second Eleven | 8 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 30 | 75.00 |
| 3 | Dorset | 8 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 13 | 32.50 |
| 4 | Buckinghamshire | 8 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 10 | 25.00 |
| 5 | Berkshire | 8 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 8 | 20.00 |
East
| County | Played | Won | Won on | No | Possible | Points | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hertfordshire | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 24 |
| 2 | Bedfordshire | 8 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 23 | 57.50 |
| 2 | Suffolk | 8 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 23 | 57.50 |
| 4 | Norfolk | 8 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 13 | 32.50 |
| 5 | Cambridgeshire | 8 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 7.50 |
West
| County | Played | Won | Won on | No | Possible | Points | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glamorgan | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 30 |
| 1 | Monmouthshire | 8 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 30 | 90.00 |
| 1 | Devon | 8 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 20 | 50.00 |
| 4 | Cornwall | 8 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 8 | 27.50 |
| 5 | Carmarthenshire | 8 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0.00 |
Points system:
- 5 for an outright win
- 3 for a win on the first innings
- 0 for a loss either outright or on the first innings of a drawn match
Matches with no first innings result are ignored when calculating maximum possible points.
Glamorgan v. Monmouthshire (play-off)
Glamorgan and Monmouthshire met in a play-off to decide who should meet Wiltshire. The two were chosen over Devon because Monmouthshire had a better average runs, and Glamorgan had played in the 1907 semi-finals.
| score-team1-inns1 = 136 | runs-team1-inns1 = Bancroft 43 | wickets-team1-inns1 = G. Phillips 4/27
| score-team2-inns1 = did not bat Mr. F.E. Lacey awarded the right to meet Wiltshire to Glamorgan after the washout of the second day.
Semi-Finals
Staffordshire v. Hertfordshire
| score-team1-inns1 = 231 | runs-team1-inns1 = Winser 53 | score-team2-inns1 = 41 | wickets-team2-inns1 = Bucknell 6/14, Barnes 4/14 | score-team1-inns2 = 82 | wickets-team1-inns2 = White 5/17 | score-team2-inns2 = 43 | wickets-team2-inns2 = Barnes 5/11, Bucknell 5/43
Wiltshire v. Glamorgan
| score-team1-inns1 = 41 | wickets-team1-inns1 = Creber 8/18 | score-team2-inns1 = 172 | runs-team2-inns1 = Whittington 36, Riches 35 | score-team1-inns2 = 51/2
Final
| score-team1-inns1 = 134 | wickets-team1-inns1 = Nash 4/47, Creber 4/62 | score-team2-inns1 = 60 | runs-team2-inns1 = Riches 23 | wickets-team2-inns1 = Barnes 7/19 | score-team1-inns2 = 9/1 | wickets-team1-inns2 = | score-team2-inns2 = 79 | wickets-team2-inns2 = Barnes 8/35
Leading batsmen (qualification 20 innings)
| 1908 English season leading batsmen | Name | Team | Matches | Innings | Not outs | Runs | Highest score | Average | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Bosanquet | Middlesex | 14 | 22 | 2 | 1081 | 214 | 54.05 | 3 | |
| C.B. Fry | Sussex | 13 | 20 | 1 | 1000 | 214 | 52.63 | 3 | |
| Henry Foster | Worcestershire | 14 | 21 | 1 | 1105 | 215 | 48.04 | 2 | |
| Tom Hayward | Surrey | 37 | 52 | 1 | 2337 | 175 | 45.82 | 5 | |
| Plum Warner | Middlesex | 29 | 45 | 5 | 1822 | 120 | 45.55 | 5 | |
| Ranjitsinhji | Sussex | 18 | 28 | 3 | 1138 | 200 | 45.52 | 3 | |
| Johnny Tyldesley | Lancashire | 26 | 45 | 2 | 1891 | 243 | 43.97 | 6 | |
| Gilbert Jessop | Gloucestershire | 26 | 48 | 3 | 1885 | 164 | 41.88 | 4 | |
| Frank Tarrant | Middlesex | 33 | 49 | 7 | 1724 | 157 | 41.04 | 5 | |
| Alan Marshal | Surrey | 33 | 50 | 2 | 1931 | 176 | 40.22 | 5 |
Leading bowlers (qualification 1,000 balls)
| 1908 English season leading bowlers | Name | Team | Matches | Balls bowled | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Average | Best bowling | 5 wickets | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| in innings | 10 wickets | |||||||||
| in match | ||||||||||
| Bart King | Philadelphians | 10 | 2028 | 958 | 87 | 11.01 | 7/28 | 10 | 3 | |
| Schofield Haigh | Yorkshire | 26 | 3740 | 1380 | 103 | 13.39 | 7/23 | 8 | 2 | |
| George Hirst | Yorkshire | 35 | 6731 | 2445 | 174 | 14.05 | 7/51 | 15 | 3 | |
| Ernest Kirk | Surrey | 5 | 1236 | 470 | 30 | 15.66 | 6/41 | 3 | 0 | |
| Razor Smith | Surrey | 15 | 2244 | 895 | 57 | 15.70 | 6/27 | 5 | 2 | |
| Wilfred Rhodes | Yorkshire | 36 | 4827 | 1855 | 115 | 16.13 | 6/17 | 6 | 0 | |
| Walter Brearley | Lancashire | 20 | 5138 | 2636 | 163 | 16.17 | 8/61 | 21 | 7 | |
| John Newstead | Yorkshire | 36 | 6273 | 2311 | 140 | 16.50 | 7/18 | 9 | 3 | |
| Frank Tarrant | Middlesex | |||||||||
| MCC | 33 | 6744 | 2819 | 169 | 16.68 | 8/120 | 20 | 5 | ||
| Colin Blythe | Kent | 28 | 8200 | 3326 | 197 | 16.88 | 8/83 | 20 | 6 |
References
Annual reviews
- John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1909
References
- (1909). "John Wisden's Cricketer's Almanack". John Wisden & Co..
- (1909). "John Wisden's Cricketer's Almanack".
- (25 August 1908). "Minor Counties Championship: Glamorgan and Monmouthshire to Meet Again". [[South Wales Argus]].
- (28 August 1908). "Cricket: Glamorgan v Monmouthshire – Match Abandoned". South Wales Argus.
- (29 August 1908). "The Minor Counties Championship". [[The Times (London).
- (26 August 1908). "Minor Counties Semi-Final: Staffordshire Beat Hertford". [[Manchester Courier.
- (5 September 1908). "Cricket – Minor Counties Competition: Semi-final – Wiltshire v Glamorgan". [[Evening Sentinel]].
- (7 September 1908). "Minor Counties Championship – Wilts. v Glamorgan". [[Western Daily Press]].
- (8 September 1908). "Minor Counties Championship – Staffordshire v Glamorgan". [[The Guardian]].
- (9 September 1908). "Minor Counties Championship – Staffordshire v. Glamorgan". Western Daily Press.
- Wynne-Thomas, Peter. (1983). "The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records". Rigby Publishers.
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