1902 County Championship

1902 County Championship

Cricket format	First-class cricket (3 days)
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Yorkshire (6th title)
Participants	15
Matches played	156
Most runs	Bobby Abel (1,570 for Surrey)
Most wickets	Fred Tate (153 for Sussex)

The 1902 County Championship was the thirteenth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 1 May to 6 September 1902. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won their sixth championship title, their third title in successive seasons. Sussex finished in second place, their best placing yet.

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
Yorkshire	26	13	1	11	1	12	14	85.71
Sussex	24	7	3	14	0	4	10	40.00
Nottinghamshire	20	6	3	11	0	3	9	33.33
Surrey	28	8	5	15	0	3	13	23.08
Lancashire	24	7	5	11	1	2	12	16.67
Warwickshire	18	6	5	7	0	1	11	9.09
Kent	22	8	8	6	0	0	16	0.00
Somerset	18	7	7	4	0	0	14	0.00
Worcestershire	22	5	6	11	0	-1	11	–9.09
Derbyshire	16	4	5	7	0	–1	9	–11.11
Leicestershire	20	2	4	13	1	–2	6	–33.33
Middlesex	18	3	7	7	1	–4	10	–40.00
Essex	20	2	5	13	0	–3	7	–42.86
Gloucestershire	20	3	9	8	0	–6	12	–50.00
Hampshire	16	2	10	4	0	–8	12	–66.67
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Records

Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 1,570 47.57 Bobby Abel Surrey 1,349 40.87 Cuthbert Burnup Kent 1,291 44.51 Johnny Tyldesley Lancashire 1,276 45.57 Tom Taylor Yorkshire 1,153 52.40 Arthur Shrewsbury Nottinghamshire Source:

Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 153 14.28 Fred Tate Sussex 140 12.48 Wilfred Rhodes Yorkshire 138 15.32 Thomas Wass Nottinghamshire 123 11.99 Schofield Haigh Yorkshire 115 17.15 Beaumont Cranfield Somerset Source: