1897 English cricket season

1897 English cricket season

1897 was the eighth season of County Championship cricket in England. Lancashire won the championship for the first time, thanks mainly to only three losses in twenty-six matches. Surrey won more games, and beat Lancashire twice, but one more loss than Lancashire meant that they would have to be content with second place. They could have taken the championship if they had beaten Sussex in the last game at Hove but, after gaining a five-run lead on first innings, Surrey let Billy Murdoch, C. B. Fry and George Bean make half-centuries, and rain spoiled their chances of winning on the final day. At the bottom of the table, Derbyshire suffered a run of 16 matches without victory to finish last in the table and, with the end of the 1896 season having yielded three matches without a win, Derbyshire's streak ran to 19 matches without a win.

Honours

County Championship

Final table

County Championship 1897 – Final Standings
Team P W L D Pts GC1 Pts/GC (as %)
1 Lancashire 26 16 3 7 13 19 68.42
2 Surrey 26 17 4 5 13 21 61.90
3 Essex 16 7 2 7 5 9 55.56
4 Yorkshire 26 13 5 8 8 18 44.44
5 Gloucestershire 18 7 5 6 2 12 16.67
6 Sussex 20 5 6 9 −1 11 −9.09
7 Middlesex 16 3 4 9 −1 7 −14.29
7 Warwickshire 18 3 4 11 −1 7 −14.29
9 Hampshire 18 4 7 7 −3 11 −27.27
10 Nottinghamshire 16 2 5 9 −3 7 −42.86
11 Somerset 16 3 9 4 −6 12 −50.00
12 Kent 18 2 10 6 −8 12 −66.67
13 Leicestershire 14 1 10 3 −9 11 −81.82
14 Derbyshire 16 0 9 7 −9 9 −100.00
  • 1 Games completed

Points system:

  • 1 for a win
  • 0 for a draw, a tie or an abandoned match
  • -1 for a loss

Most runs in the County Championship

1897 County Championship – leading batsmen
Name Team Matches Runs Average 100s 50s
Bobby Abel Surrey 26 1833 50.91 6 5
Jack Brown Yorkshire 22 1431 43.36 3 6
Ted Wainwright Yorkshire 25 1372 39.20 5 4
David Denton Yorkshire 26 1328 34.05 2 8
Ranjitsinhji Sussex 19 1318 42.51 3 6

Most wickets in the County Championship

1897 County Championship – leading bowlers
Name Team Matches Balls bowled Wickets taken Average
Tom Richardson Surrey 26 6990 238 14.23
Johnny Briggs Lancashire 26 5770 140 16.38
Frederick Bull Essex 16 4365 109 20.38
Willis Cuttell Lancashire 26 519 102 17.77
John Hearne Middlesex 16 5333 102 18.52

Overall first-class statistics

Leading batsmen

1897 English cricket season – leading batsmen
Name Team(s) Matches Runs Average 100s 50s
Bobby Abel Players, South of England, Surrey 32 2099 44.65 6 7
Ranjitsinhji Gentlemen, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Sussex 26 1940 45.11 5 7
Jack Brown North of England, Players, Yorkshire 29 1809 42.06 3 9
George Brann Gentlemen, South of England, Sussex 26 1626 36.95 3 12
Ted Wainwright North of England, Players, Yorkshire 32 1612 35.82 5 6

Leading bowlers

1897 English cricket season – leading bowlers
Name Team(s) Matches Balls bowled Wickets taken Average
Tom Richardson Players, South of England, Surrey 30 8019 273 14.45
John Hearne Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Middlesex, Players 26 8113 173 17.72
Johnny Briggs Lancashire 28 6465 155 16.51
Cyril Bland South of England, Sussex 26 5703 129 21.66
Willis Cuttell Lancashire, North of England 29 5609 120 16.45

References

Annual reviews

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