1901 County Championship

The 1901 County Championship was the 12th officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 6 May to 4 September 1901. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won their fifth championship title, their second title in successive seasons. Middlesex finished in a distant second place.

1901 County Championship

Cricket format	First-class cricket (3 days)
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Yorkshire (5th title)
Participants	15
Matches	164
Most runs	Johnny Tyldesley (2,605 for Lancashire)
Most wickets	Wilfred Rhodes (196 for Yorkshire)

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	28	20	1	6	1	19	21	90.48
Middlesex	18	6	2	10	0	4	8	50.00
Lancashire	28	11	5	12	0	6	16	37.50
Sussex	24	8	4	12	0	4	12	33.33
Warwickshire	16	7	4	5	0	3	11	27.27
Surrey	28	7	6	14	1	1	13	7.69
Hampshire	18	6	6	6	0	0	12	0.00
Kent	22	7	7	7	1	0	14	0.00
Nottinghamshire	20	5	6	8	1	-1	11	-9.09
Essex	22	4	5	12	1	–1	9	–11.11
Worcestershire	22	7	10	4	1	–3	17	–17.65
Leicestershire	20	4	10	5	1	–6	14	–42.86
Somerset	18	4	10	3	1	–6	14	–42.86
Gloucestershire	24	3	10	11	0	–7	13	–53.85
Derbyshire	20	0	13	7	0	–13	13	–100.00
Source: CricketArchive

Records

Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 2,605 60.58 Johnny Tyldesley Lancashire 2,382 74.43 C. B. Fry Sussex 2,264 50.31 Bobby Abel Surrey 2,067 76.55 K. S. Ranjitsinhji Sussex 2,039 58.25 Tom Hayward Surrey Source:

Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 196 13.59 Wilfred Rhodes Yorkshire 135 16.75 George Hirst Yorkshire 126 20.00 Fred Tate Sussex 118 22.56 Frederick Roberts Gloucestershire 115 23.25 Charlie Llewellyn Hampshire Source: