1895 County Championship

1895 County Championship

Cricket format	First-class cricket (3 days)
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Surrey (5th title)
Participants	14
Matches played	131
Most runs	Bobby Abel (1,787 for Surrey)
Most wickets	Tom Richardson (239 for Surrey)

The 1895 County Championship was the sixth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 6 May to 2 September 1895. Surrey claimed their fifth title, which was decided by the percentage of completed matches by each side.

The competition saw the first participation in the competition by Derbyshire, Essex, Hampshire, Leicestershire and Warwickshire.

Table

• One point was awarded for a win, and one point was taken away for each loss. Final placings were decided by dividing the number of points earned by the number of completed matches (i.e. those that ended in win or loss).

Team	Pld	W	T	L	D	A	Pts	Fin	%Fin
Surrey	26	17	0	4	5	0	13	21	61.91
Lancashire	22	14	0	4	3	1	10	18	55.56
Yorkshire	26	14	0	7	5	0	7	21	33.33
Gloucestershire	18	8	0	6	4	0	2	14	14.29
Derbyshire	16	5	0	4	7	0	1	9	11.11
Middlesex	18	6	0	6	6	0	0	12	0.00
Warwickshire	18	6	0	6	6	0	0	12	0.00
Somerset	18	6	0	8	3	1	–2	14	–14.29
Essex	16	5	0	7	4	0	–2	12	–16.67
Hampshire	16	6	0	9	1	0	–3	15	–20.00
Sussex	18	5	0	9	4	0	–4	14	–28.57
Leicestershire	16	3	0	10	3	0	–7	13	–53.85
Nottinghamshire	16	3	0	10	3	0	–7	13	–53.85
Kent	18	3	0	11	4	0	–8	14	–57.14
Source:

Leading averages

Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 1,787 51.05 Bobby Abel Surrey 1,446 43.81 Albert Ward Lancashire 1,424 50.85 W. G. Grace Gloucestershire 1,364 41.33 K. S. Ranjitsinhji Sussex 1,167 27.13 John Tunnicliffe Yorkshire Source:

Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 239 13.78 Tom Richardson Surrey 182 13.71 Arthur Mold Lancashire 136 14.80 Bobby Peel Yorkshire 130 16.93 George Hirst Yorkshire 124 12.58 Charlie Townsend Gloucestershire Source:

External links

• 1895 County Championship at CricketArchive