1913 English cricket season

1913 English cricket season

1913 was the twenty-fourth season of County Championship cricket in England. Kent won the title for the fourth time in eight seasons.

Honours

County Championship

Main article: 1913 County Championship
County Played Won Lost First Innings Points %
Won Lost No
result 		Poss Obtd
1 Kent 28 20 3 3 1 1 135 110 81.48
2 Yorkshire 28 16 4 4 3 1 135 95 70.37
3 Surrey 26 13 5 4 4 0 130 81 62.30
4 Northamptonshire 22 12 4 1 5 0 110 68 61.81
5 Nottinghamshire 20 8 5 3 4 0 100 53 53.00
6 Middlesex 20 7 6 4 3 0 100 50 50.00
7 Sussex 28 10 10 4 3 1 135 65 48.14
8 Lancashire 26 7 11 7 0 1 125 56 44.80
9 Gloucestershire 22 8 11 1 2 0 110 45 40.90
10 Hampshire 26 7 11 4 4 0 130 51 39.23
11 Warwickshire 24 7 11 3 3 0 120 47 39.16
12 Worcestershire 20 6 9 1 3 1 95 36 37.89
13 Derbyshire 18 4 10 2 2 0 90 28 31.11
14 Leicestershire 22 4 13 1 4 0 110 27 24.54
15 Essex 18 2 9 2 4 1 85 20 23.52
16 Somerset 16 2 11 2 1 0 80 17 21.25
Details as recorded in John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack[1]
  • Five points were awarded for a win.
  • Three points were awarded for "winning" the first innings of a drawn match.
  • One point was awarded for "losing" the first innings of a drawn match.
  • Matches in which no result was achieved on the first innings were not included in calculating maximum possible points.
  • Final placings were decided by calculating the percentage of possible points.

Minor Counties Championship

1913 Minor Counties Championship table[2]
County Played Won First innings Points %
Won Lost No
result 		Poss Obtd
1 Norfolk 8 4 3 0 0 40 29 72.50
Glamorgan 8 5 1 1 0 40 29 72.50
3 Hertfordshire 8 4 2 2 0 40 28 70.00
4 Staffordshire 10 6 0 1 1 45 31 68.88
5 Durham 10 5 1 1 1 45 29 64.44
6 Northumberland 10 5 1 0 1 45 28 62.22
7 Lincolnshire 10 4 3 1 0 50 30 60.00
8 Bedfordshire 8 4 0 2 0 40 22 55.00
9 Surrey Second Eleven 8 3 2 0 0 40 21 52.50
10 Berkshire 8 4 0 0 0 40 20 50.00
Dorset 8 4 0 0 0 40 20 50.00
12 Monmouthshire 8 3 1 1 0 40 19 47.50
13 Devon 8 3 1 0 0 40 18 45.00
14 Cornwall 8 3 0 1 0 40 16 40.00
15 Cheshire 8 2 0 0 1 35 10 28.57
16 Buckinghamshire 8 2 0 1 0 40 11 27.50
Cambridgeshire 8 2 0 1 0 40 11 27.50
Wiltshire 8 2 0 1 0 40 11 27.50
19 Kent Second Eleven 8 1 1 2 0 40 10 25.00
20 Suffolk 8 0 0 1 0 40 1 2.50
  • Five points were awarded for a win.
  • Three points were awarded for "winning" the first innings of a drawn match.
  • One point was awarded for "losing" the first innings of a drawn match.
  • Matches in which no result was achieved on the first innings were not included in calculating maximum possible points.
  • Final placings were decided by calculating the percentage of possible points.

Final

Because Norfolk and Glamorgan were tied on percentage and had not played each other, the rules required that they play a challenge match. Glamorgan accepted this on condition that a guarantee of £50 be given.[3]

1 September 1913 (1913-09-01)
[4]
v
244
R. F. Popham 74
Hacker 4/79, Creber 4/79
168

Fulcher 5/26, Falconer 5/49
61

Creber 8/33
Norfolk won on first innings
County Ground, Lakenham
  • Norfolk won the toss and decided to bat
  • Rain prevented any play on the first day until 2:55 P.M.,[5] and on the second day until 3:50 P.M.[6]

When rain prevented the match being played out, Norfolk were declared champions by virtue of their first innings lead.[7]

Leading batsmen (qualification 20 innings)

1913 English season leading batsmen[8]
Name Team Matches Innings Not outs Runs Highest score Average 100s
Phil Mead Hampshire 32 60 8 2627 171 not out 50.51 9
Jack Hobbs Surrey 32 57 5 2605 184 50.09 9
George Gunn Nottinghamshire 22 39 5 1697 170 49.91 6
Eric Leslie Kidd Cambridge University
Middlesex 		14 24 3 1041 150 49.57 3
Frank Woolley Kent 29 45 6 1760 224 not out 45.12 4
Reginald Lagden Cambridge University 11 20 1 847 153 44.57 3
J. W. Hearne Middlesex 29 49 3 2036 189 44.26 6
John Gunn Nottinghamshire 21 38 6 1405 126 43.90 3
Wally Hardinge Kent 32 56 7 2037 268 41.57 7
Frank Tarrant Middlesex
MCC 		26 42 2 1630 142 40.75 3

Leading bowlers (qualification 1,000 balls)

1913 English season leading bowlers[8]
Name Team Matches Balls bowled Runs conceded Wickets taken Average Best bowling 5 wickets
in innings 		10 wickets
in match
Basil von Melle Oxford University 9 2102 875 55 15.90 7/48 7 1
Colin Blythe Kent 34 6722 2729 167 16.34 7/21 15 3
Norman Holloway Sussex 12 2021 931 55 16.92 6/104 5 0
Alonzo Drake Yorkshire 32 4908 1965 116 16.93 8/59 6 0
Frank Tarrant Middlesex
MCC 		26 5919 2323 136 17.08 8/20 12 3
Sidney Smith Northamptonshire 24 5160 1915 111 17.25 7/39 8 3
Razor Smith Surrey 13 2774 1127 65 17.33 8/61 6 3
George Thompson Northamptonshire 23 5872 2569 148 17.35 7/39 16 6
Albert Relf Sussex 34 7322 2552 141 18.09 6/30 8 2
Douglas Carr Kent 11 1814 1102 60 18.36 6/88 6 1

References

  1. ^ Pardon, Sydney H., ed. (1914). "Part II: The Leading Counties in 1913". John Wisden's Cricketer's Almanack (51st ed.). London: John Wisden & Co. p. 1.
  2. ^ Pardon, ed. (1914). "The Second-Class Counties". John Wisden's Cricketer's Almanack (51st ed.). p. 365.
  3. ^ Spartan (30 August 1913). "Staffordshire County: Norfolk and Glamorgan Play Off for Championship – A Review of the Season". Evening Sentinel. Stoke-on-Trent. p. 4.
  4. ^ Pardon, ed. (1913). "Second-Class Counties". John Wisden's Cricketer's Almanack (51st ed.). p. 366.
  5. ^ "Minor Counties Championship: Norfolk v Glamorgan". The Times. London. 2 September 1913. p. 10.
  6. ^ "Norfolk v. Glamorgan". The Times. London. 3 September 1913. p. 10.
  7. ^ "Cricket – The Minor Counties Championship". The Times. London. 26 September 1913. p. 9.
  8. ^ a b Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records. Australia: Rigby Publishers. p. 24. ISBN 072701868X.

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