1902 English cricket season
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The 1902 English cricket season saw Yorkshire win their third consecutive County Championship title, as they, like in 1901 went through the season with one defeat from more than 25 games, and, like in 1901, it was Somerset who defeated them. The season also saw the first Ashes series in England since 1899, when Australia had won a series in England for the first time since 1882. Australia won again, this time 2–1, with the first two Tests rained off.
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[edit] Honours
- County Championship - Yorkshire
- Minor Counties Championship - Wiltshire
- Wisden - Warwick Armstrong, Cuthbert Burnup, James Iremonger, James Kelly, Victor Trumper
[edit] County Championship
[edit] Final table
The final County Championship table is shown below. One point was awarded for a win, none for a draw, and minus one for a loss. Positions were decided on percentage of points over completed games.
| County Championship 1902 - Final Standings | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | P | W | L | D | A | Pts | GC1 | Pts/GC (as %) | |
| 1 | Yorkshire | 26 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 85.71 |
| 2 | Sussex | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 40.00 |
| 3 | Nottinghamshire | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 33.33 |
| 4 | Surrey | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 23.08 |
| 5 | Lancashire | 24 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 16.67 |
| 6 | Warwickshire | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9.09 |
| =7 | Kent | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.00 |
| =7 | Somerset | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.00 |
| 9 | Worcestershire | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | -1 | 11 | -9.09 |
| 10 | Derbyshire | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | -1 | 9 | -11.11 |
| 11 | Leicestershire | 20 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 1 | -2 | 6 | -33.33 |
| 12 | Middlesex | 18 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | -4 | 10 | -40.00 |
| 13 | Essex | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 0 | -3 | 7 | -42.86 |
| 14 | Gloucestershire | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | -6 | 12 | -50.00 |
| 15 | Hampshire | 16 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | -8 | 12 | -66.67 |
- 1 Games completed
Points system:
- 1 for a win
- 0 for a draw, a tie or an abandoned match
- -1 for a loss
[edit] Most runs in the County Championship
| 1902 County Championship - leading batsmen | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team | Matches | Runs | Average | 100s | 50s |
| Bobby Abel | Surrey | 26 | 1570 | 47.57 | 7 | 1 |
| Cuthbert Burnup | Kent | 22 | 1349 | 40.87 | 3 | 10 |
| Johnny Tyldesley | Lancashire | 20 | 1291 | 44.51 | 3 | 8 |
| Tom Taylor | Yorkshire | 22 | 1276 | 45.57 | 4 | 8 |
| Arthur Shrewsbury | Nottinghamshire | 20 | 1153 | 52.40 | 4 | 6 |
[edit] Most wickets in the County Championship
| 1902 County Championship - leading bowlers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team | Matches | Balls bowled | Wickets taken | Average |
| Fred Tate | Sussex | 20 | 5846 | 153 | 14.28 |
| Wilfred Rhodes | Yorkshire | 22 | 5260 | 140 | 12.48 |
| Thomas Wass | Nottinghamshire | 19 | 4625 | 138 | 15.32 |
| Schofield Haigh | Yorkshire | 25 | 3652 | 123 | 11.99 |
| Beaumont Cranfield | Somerset | 18 | 4131 | 115 | 17.15 |
[edit] Ashes tour
In the 1967 Wisden Cricketer's Almanack, A.A. Thomson described this series as "a rubber more exciting than any in history except [the Australia v West Indies series in 1960–61]"[1]. This description came despite the fact that Australia had secured the series after four of five matches, leading 2–0 before the final Test; the first two matches had been drawn due to rain, with the second match at Lord's yielding only 38 overs in three days.
The third Test, the only at Bramall Lane to date, saw Australia win by 143 runs, and in the fourth Test Australia won by three runs, despite 11 wickets from recalled bowler Bill Lockwood. It came down to Fred Tate and Wilfred Rhodes needing to hit eight runs: Tate hit a four, but was bowled by John Saunders on the fourth ball of his over.[2] England came back to win the final Test, conceding a first-innings deficit of 141, then going to 48 for five needing 263 to win, before Gilbert Jessop hit a hundred in 75 minutes and England won by a wicket.
[edit] Overall first-class statistics
[edit] Leading batsmen
| 1902 English cricket season - leading batsmen | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team(s) | Matches | Runs | Average | 100s | 50s |
| Victor Trumper | Australians | 36 | 2570 | 48.49 | 11 | 11 |
| Bobby Abel | England, Players, South of England, Surrey | 41 | 2299 | 41.05 | 9 | 3 |
| Cuthbert Burnup | Gentlemen, Kent, MCC, South of England | 33 | 2048 | 39.38 | 6 | 11 |
| Johnny Tyldesley | England, Lancashire, Players | 34 | 1934 | 40.29 | 4 | 13 |
| Tom Hayward | England, Players, South of England, Surrey | 37 | 1737 | 32.77 | 3 | 9 |
[edit] Leading bowlers
| 1902 English cricket season - leading bowlers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team(s) | Matches | Balls bowled | Wickets taken | Average |
| Wilfred Rhodes | England, Players, Yorkshire | 37 | 7845 | 213 | 13.15 |
| Fred Tate | England, Players, South of England, Sussex | 27 | 7100 | 180 | 15.71 |
| Len Braund | England, London County, MCC, Players, Somerset, South of England | 33 | 6600 | 172 | 19.80 |
| Charles Llewellyn | Hampshire, London County, Players | 26 | 6784 | 170 | 18.61 |
| Schofield Haigh | Players, Yorkshire | 34 | 4794 | 158 | 12.55 |
[edit] References
- Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
- The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records by Peter Wynne-Thomas (PWT)
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)
- Cricket in England in 1902
[edit] Further reference
- ^ My favourite summer, by A.A. Thomson, from Cricinfo, retrieved 26 June 2006
- ^ Australia in England in 1902 (4th Test)
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