1913 English cricket season
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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 â Kent
- Minor Counties Championship â Norfolk
- Wisden â Major Booth, George Gunn, Bill Hitch, Albert Relf, Lionel Tennyson
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
| 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]
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168 Fulcher 5/26, Falconer 5/49 | ||
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 |