1948 County Championship

1948 County Championship
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket (3 days)
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsGlamorgan (1st title)
Participants17
Matches221
Most runsArthur Fagg
(2,404 for Kent)[1]
Most wicketsTom Pritchard
(163 for Warwickshire)[2]
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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
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

  1. ^ a b "Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1948 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Bowling in County Championship 1948 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  3. ^ Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
  4. ^ Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records. Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 0-600-34667-6.
  5. ^ "How often have both openers been dismissed for ducks in an ODI?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2020.


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