1898 English cricket season

Yorkshire won the County Championship in the 1898 English cricket season, thus giving them their second title in three years, and it was an emphatic one. No one came close to their record of sixteen wins in 26 games, and seven draws also helped them along to the Championship victory. Middlesex finished second after two wins over Kent in late August, to improve five places on their 1897 finish, while 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 off his own Championship record from 1897.

Honours

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

Final table

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

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

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

Leading batsmen

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

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

Annual reviews

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

External links

Cricket in England in 1898

English cricket seasons

Historic era

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County Championship era

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