1912 County Championship

1912 County Championship
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format	League system
Champions	Yorkshire (9th title)
Participants	16
Most runs	David Denton (1,831 for Yorkshire)
Most wickets	Colin Blythe – (170 for Kent)
	← 1911 1913 →

The 1912 County Championship was the twenty-third officially organised running of the County Championship. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won their ninth championship title.^[1]

Worcestershire finished last for the first time since becoming first-class in 1899,^[2] whilst Essex – as high as sixth in 1911 – had their worst season in the Championship to date and won a single game for the only time in their Championship history.^[3]

Table

Five points were awarded for a win.
Three points were awarded for "winning" the first innings of a drawn match.
One point was awarded for "losing" the first innings of a drawn match.
Matches which ended without both teams completing a first innings were added to the "No result" column. Teams won no points for these draws, but these matches were not included in the calculation of possible points.
Final placings were decided by calculating the percentage of possible points.

	County	Played	Won	Lost	First Innings			Points		%
	County	Played	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	No result	Poss	Obtd	%
1	Yorkshire	28	13	1	7	4	3^[a]	125	90	72.00
2	Northamptonshire	18	10	1	2	4	1	85	60	70.58
3	Kent	26	14	5	3	3	1	125	82	65.60
4	Lancashire	22	8	2	4	3	5^[a]	85	55	64.70
5	Middlesex	20	7	4	5	2	2	90	52	57.77
6	Hampshire	24	7	3	4	4	6	90	51	56.66
7	Surrey	26	7	5	6	5	3^[a]	115	58	50.43
8	Nottinghamshire	18	5	5	5	2	1^[a]	85	42	49.41
9	Warwickshire	22	6	5	3	4	4^[a]	90	43	47.44
10	Sussex	28	6	10	6	4	2	130	52	40.00
11	Gloucestershire	18	3	8	1	1	5^[a]	65	19	29.23
12	Derbyshire	18	2	7	2	3	4	70	19	27.14
13	Leicestershire	22	3	13	2	2	2	100	23	23.00
14	Somerset	16	2	8	1	3	2	70	16	22.85
15	Essex	18	1	8	2	3	4^[a]	70	14	20.00
16	Worcestershire	20	1	10	0	6	3	85	11	12.94

Records

Most runs^[4]
Aggregate	Average	Player	County
1,831	53.85	David Denton	Yorkshire
1,453	46.87	Ernie Hayes	Surrey
1,397	30.36	Robert Relf	Sussex
1,357	32.30	Joe Vine	Sussex
1,151	31.10	Wally Hardinge	Kent

Most wickets^[5]
Aggregate	Average	Player	County
170	11.35	Colin Blythe	Kent
118	16.00	George Dennett	Gloucestershire
112	17.26	Alec Kennedy	Hampshire
109	13.14	Harry Dean	Lancashire
106	14.59	George Thompson	Northamptonshire

Notes

^ a b c d e f g The matches between Yorkshire and Surrey at Sheffield, Lancashire and Essex at Manchester, Gloucestershire at Nottinghamshire at Gloucester, Gloucestershire and Surrey at Cheltenham, and between Lancashire and Warwickshire at Manchester were abandoned without a ball being bowled. All these are included in the "No Result" column.

References

^ Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records. Hamlyn Publishing Group. p. 57. ISBN 0-600-34667-6.
^ Vockins, M.D. (1980). Worcestershire County Cricket Club: A Pictorial History. London: Severn House. pp. 114, 126. ISBN 072780619X.
^ Lemmon, David (1986). Essex County Cricket Club: The Official History. Chelmsford: Essex County Cricket Club. pp. 404–405. ISBN 9780434981113.
^ "Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1912 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive.
^ "Bowling in County Championship 1912 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive.

[abandoned-4] The matches between Yorkshire and Surrey at Sheffield, Lancashire and Essex at Manchester, Gloucestershire at Nottinghamshire at Gloucester, Gloucestershire and Surrey at Cheltenham, and between Lancashire and Warwickshire at Manchester were abandoned without a ball being bowled. All these are included in the "No Result" column.

[1] Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records. Hamlyn Publishing Group. p. 57. ISBN 0-600-34667-6.

[2] Vockins, M.D. (1980). Worcestershire County Cricket Club: A Pictorial History. London: Severn House. pp. 114, 126. ISBN 072780619X.

[3] Lemmon, David (1986). Essex County Cricket Club: The Official History. Chelmsford: Essex County Cricket Club. pp. 404–405. ISBN 9780434981113.

[bat-5] "Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1912 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive.

[bowl-6] "Bowling in County Championship 1912 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive.