1898 English cricket season

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1898 English cricket season

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1898 was the ninth season of County Championship cricket in England. Yorkshire won the championship for the second time in three years. It was an emphatic victory with a record of sixteen wins and seven draws in 26 games. Middlesex finished second after two wins over Kent in late August to improve five places on their 1897 finish. Derbyshire broke their streak of 22 Championship matches without victory by beating Hampshire in late May. As for individual performances, Surrey batsman Bobby Abel made 1800 runs for the second season in succession, one run shy of his own championship record in 1897.

## Honours

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* County Championship – Yorkshire
* Minor Counties Championship – Worcestershire
* Wisden (Five Cricketers of the Year) – Wilfred Rhodes, Bill Storer, Charlie Townsend, Albert Trott, William Lockwood

## County Championship

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Main article: 1898 County Championship

### Final table

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County Championship 1898 – Final Standings

| Team  | P  | W  | L  | D  |  | Pts  | GC1 | Pts/GC (as %)
1 | Yorkshire | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 68.42
2  | Middlesex | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 53.85
3  | Gloucestershire | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 50.00
4  | Surrey | 26 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 46.67
5  | Essex | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 25.00
6  | Lancashire | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 20.00
7  | Kent | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | −1 | 11 | −9.09
8  | Nottinghamshire | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | −1 | 3 | −33.33
9  | Derbyshire | 16 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | −4 | 8 | −50.00
9  | Sussex | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | −6 | 12 | −50.00
9  | Warwickshire | 18 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | −4 | 8 | −50.00
12  | Hampshire | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | −6 | 10 | −60.00
13  | Leicestershire | 16 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | −9 | 11 | −81.82
14  | Somerset | 16 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | −9 | 11 | −81.82

* 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

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1898 County Championship – leading batsmen

Name  | Team  | Matches  | Runs  | Average  | 100s  | 50s
Bobby Abel | Surrey | 24 | 1832 | 57.25 | 7 | 10
Johnny Tyldesley | Lancashire | 26 | 1801 | 39.15 | 2 | 12
CB Fry | Sussex | 16 | 1604 | 59.40 | 6 | 8
John Tunnicliffe | Yorkshire | 24 | 1538 | 46.60 | 4 | 8
Bill Brockwell | Surrey | 24 | 1468 | 43.17 | 5 | 5

### Most wickets in the County Championship

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1898 County Championship – leading bowlers

Name  | Team  | Matches  | Balls bowled  | Wickets taken  | Average
Charlie Townsend | Gloucestershire | 20 | 4905 | 130 | 20.00
Wilfred Rhodes | Yorkshire | 26 | 4949 | 126 | 13.84
Tom Richardson | Surrey | 24 | 5167 | 126 | 21.29
Jack Hearne | Middlesex | 18 | 5663 | 125 | 14.76
Bill Lockwood | Surrey | 21 | 4188 | 109 | 17.06

## Overall first-class statistics

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### Leading batsmen

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1898 English cricket season – leading batsmen

Name  | Team(s)  | Matches  | Runs  | Average  | 100s  | 50s
Bobby Abel | Players, Surrey | 30 | 2053 | 48.88 | 7 | 11
Johnny Tyldesley | Lancashire, Players | 29 | 1918 | 37.60 | 2 | 13
John Tunnicliffe | Players, Yorkshire | 30 | 1804 | 41.00 | 4 | 9
CB Fry | Gentlemen, Sussex | 19 | 1788 | 54.18 | 6 | 10
Bill Brockwell | Players, Surrey | 30 | 1686 | 38.31 | 6 | 5

### Leading bowlers

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1898 English cricket season – leading bowlers

Name  | Team(s)  | Matches  | Balls bowled  | Wickets taken  | Average
J. T. Hearne | MCC, Middlesex, Players | 30 | 9053 | 222 | 14.05
Tom Richardson | Surrey | 29 | 6119 | 161 | 19.54
Wilfred Rhodes | Players, Yorkshire | 33 | 6149 | 154 | 14.60
Charlie Townsend | Gentlemen, Gloucestershire | 25 | 5587 | 145 | 20.64
Bill Lockwood | Players, Surrey | 26 | 5010 | 134 | 16.62

## References

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## Annual reviews

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* James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1899
* Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1899

## External links

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* Cricket in England in 1898

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