1896 County Championship

1896 County Championship
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket (3 days)
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsYorkshire (2nd title)
Participants14
Matches126
Most runsKumar Shri Ranjitsinhji
(1,698 for Sussex)
Most wicketsTom Richardson
(191 for Surrey)
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The 1896 County Championship was the seventh officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 4 May to 31 August 1896. Yorkshire County Cricket Club claimed victory that year, winning 16 of their 26 matches and losing only three.[1] Five of Yorkshire's players made over 1,000 runs in the season, including John Brown who was placed third nationally,[2] while Yorkshireman Bobby Peel was sixth highest wicket taker and Schofield Haigh held one of the leading bowling averages.[3] Although Yorkshire had a crop of players accruing these statistics, Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji of Sussex took the plaudits for the most runs that year, 1,698, at the highest average, 58.55,[4] while Surrey's Tom Richardson took the most wickets – 191, and William Attewell of Nottinghamshire returned the best average – 14.63 for his 87 wickets.[5]

  1. ^ "County Championship 1896 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  2. ^ "Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1896 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Bowling in County Championship 1896 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  4. ^ "Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1896 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  5. ^ "Bowling in County Championship 1896 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2009.