1948 County Championship
Cricket format | First-class cricket (3 days) |
---|---|
Tournament format(s) | League system |
Champions | Glamorgan (1st title) |
Participants | 17 |
Matches | 221 |
Most runs | Arthur Fagg (2,404 for Kent)[1] |
Most wickets | Tom Pritchard (163 for Warwickshire)[2] |
← 1947 1949 → |
The 1948 County Championship was the 49th officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 8 May to 31 August 1948. Glamorgan County Cricket Club claimed their first title.[3][4]
In August 1948, Glamorgan's match against Gloucestershire at Eugene Cross Park, play was stopped due to mountain mist around the ground and a flock of sheep.[5]
Table
- 12 points for a win
- 6 points to each side in a match in which scores finish level
- 4 points for first innings lead in a lost or drawn match
- 2 points for tie on first innings in a lost or drawn match
- If no play possible on the first two days, the match played to one-day laws with 8 points for a win.
Position | Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | No Dec | 1st inn lead match L | 1st inn lead match D | Points |
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1 | Glamorgan | 26 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 172 |
2 | Surrey | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 168 |
3 | Middlesex | 26 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 160 |
4 | Yorkshire | 26 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 156 |
5 | Lancashire | 26 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 152 |
6 | Derbyshire | 26 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 148 |
7 | Warwickshire | 26 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 132 |
8 | Gloucestershire | 26 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 128 |
9 | Hampshire | 26 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 120 |
10 | Worcestershire | 26 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 104 |
11 | Leicestershire | 26 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 96 |
12 | Somerset | 26 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 92 |
13 | Essex | 26 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 90 |
14 | Nottinghamshire | 26 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 82 |
15 | Kent | 26 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 76 |
16 | Sussex | 26 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 72 |
17 | Northamptonshire | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 52 |
NOTES: Essex and Nottinghamshire totals include six points each for a drawn match that ended with scores equal (no allowance made in Championship scoring at this stage for the fact that Essex were still batting). Surrey total includes eight points for a win on first innings in a match reduced to one day.
Leading averages
Batting
Aggregate | Average | Player | County |
---|---|---|---|
1,391 | 92.73 | Cyril Washbrook | Lancashire |
1,565 | 92.05 | Len Hutton | Yorkshire |
1,236 | 61.80 | Denis Compton | Middlesex |
1,331 | 60.50 | Bill Edrich | Middlesex |
1,435 | 57.40 | Jack Crapp | Gloucestershire |
2,404 | 57.23 | Arthur Fagg | Kent |
1,855 | 54.55 | Jack Robertson | Middlesex |
Qualification: 1,000 runs, 50.00 average. Source: CricketArchive[1] |
Bowling
Aggregate | Average | Player | County |
---|---|---|---|
124 | 15.57 | Cliff Gladwin | Derbyshire |
139 | 16.38 | Len Muncer | Glamorgan |
100 | 17.24 | George Pope | Derbyshire |
163 | 17.47 | Tom Pritchard | Warwickshire |
129 | 17.62 | Johnny Wardle | Yorkshire |
109 | 17.97 | Jim Bailey | Hampshire |
Qualification: 100 wickets, 18.00 average. Source: CricketArchive[2] |
References
- ^ a b "Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1948 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
- ^ a b "Bowling in County Championship 1948 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
- ^ Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
- ^ Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records. Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 0-600-34667-6.
- ^ "How often have both openers been dismissed for ducks in an ODI?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
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