1899 County Championship

1899 County Championship

Cricket format	First-class cricket (3 days)
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Surrey (6th title)
Participants	15
Matches played	150
Most runs	Ranji (2,285 for Sussex)
Most wickets	Albert Trott (146 for Middlesex)

The 1899 County Championship was the tenth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 1 May to 6 September 1899. Surrey County Cricket Club won their sixth championship title, with Middlesex finishing as runners-up for the second season in a row. Worcestershire were admitted to the Championship, increasing the number of counties with first-class status to 15.

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 a win or a loss), and multiplying by 100.

Team	Pld	W	L	D	A	Pts	Fin	%Fin
Surrey	26	10	2	14	0	8	12	66.67
Middlesex	18	11	3	4	0	8	14	57.14
Yorkshire	28	14	4	10	0	10	18	55.56
Lancashire	26	12	6	7	1	6	18	33.33
Sussex	22	7	5	10	0	2	12	16.67
Essex	20	6	6	8	0	0	12	0.00
Warwickshire	20	4	5	11	0	–1	9	–11.11
Kent	20	6	8	5	1	–2	14	–14.29
Gloucestershire	20	5	8	7	0	–3	13	–23.08
Hampshire	20	4	8	8	0	–4	12	–33.33
Nottinghamshire	16	2	4	10	0	–2	6	–33.33
Worcestershire	12	2	5	5	0	–3	7	–42.86
Leicestershire	18	2	8	8	0	–6	10	–60.00
Somerset	16	2	8	6	0	–6	10	–60.00
Derbyshire	18	2	9	7	0	–7	11	–63.64
Source: CricketArchive

Records

Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 2,285 76.16 K. S. Ranjitsinhji Sussex 2,134 64.66 Bobby Abel Surrey 1,798 64.21 Tom Hayward Surrey 1,694 56.46 Charlie Townsend Gloucestershire 1,584 41.68 Johnny Tyldesley Lancashire Source:

Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 146 15.69 Albert Trott Middlesex 129 15.66 Wilfred Rhodes Yorkshire 125 18.93 Arthur Paish Gloucestershire 112 17.12 Walter Mead Essex 112 18.77 Bill Bradley Kent Source: