1949 English cricket season
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The 1949 English cricket season saw the County Championship being shared for the first time since the official competition began in 1890.
Contents |
[edit] Honours
- County Championship - Middlesex, Yorkshire (shared title)
- Minor Counties Championship - Lancashire II
- Wisden - Trevor Bailey, Roly Jenkins, John Langridge, Reg Simpson, Bert Sutcliffe
[edit] County Championship Table
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | No Dec | 1st inn
lead match L |
1st inn
lead match D |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | – | – | 12 | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | – |
| 1 | Middlesex | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 192 |
| 1 | Yorkshire | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 192 |
| 3 | Worcestershire | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 172 |
| 4 | Warwickshire | 26 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 168 |
| 5 | Surrey | 26 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 156 |
| 6 | Northamptonshire | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 140 |
| 7 | Gloucestershire | 26 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 132 |
| 8 | Glamorgan | 26 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 120 |
| =9 | Essex | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 108 |
| =9 | Somerset | 26 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 108 |
| =11 | Lancashire | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 100 |
| =11 | Nottinghamshire | 26 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 100 |
| =13 | Kent | 26 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 96 |
| =13 | Sussex | 26 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 96 |
| 15 | Derbyshire | 26 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 88 |
| 16 | Hampshire | 26 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 84 |
| 17 | Leicestershire | 26 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 56 |
[edit] Test Series
England and New Zealand drew all four Test matches.
[edit] Leading batsmen
| 1949 English cricket season – leading batsmen by average | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Innings | Runs | Highest | Average | 100s | |
| Joe Hardstaff junior | 40 | 2251 | 162* | 72.61 | 8 | |
| Len Hutton | 56 | 3429 | 269* | 68.58 | 12 | |
| Peter May | 12 | 695 | 175 | 63.18 | 1 | |
| Reg Simpson | 46 | 2525 | 238 | 63.12 | 6 | |
| Martin Donnelly | 45 | 2287 | 206 | 61.81 | 5 | |
| John Thompson | 12 | 609 | 103 | 60.90 | 2 | |
| 1949 English cricket season – leading batsmen by aggregate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Innings | Runs | Highest | Average | 100s | |
| Len Hutton | 56 | 3429 | 269* | 68.58 | 12 | |
| John Langridge | 53 | 2914 | 234* | 60.70 | 12 | |
| Bert Sutcliffe | 49 | 2627 | 243 | 59.70 | 7 | |
| Denis Compton | 56 | 2530 | 182 | 48.65 | 9 | |
| Reg Simpson | 46 | 2525 | 238 | 63.12 | 6 | |
| Laurie Fishlock | 56 | 2426 | 210 | 45.77 | 7 | |
[edit] Leading bowlers
| 1949 English cricket season – leading bowlers by average | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Average | |
| Ron Aspinall | 799 | 32 | 289 | 30 | 9.63 | |
| Tom Goddard | 7124 | 326 | 3069 | 160 | 19.18 | |
| Abdul Hafeez Kardar | 5537 | 366 | 1777 | 92 | 19.31 | |
| Dick Howorth | 6682 | 386 | 2278 | 117 | 19.47 | |
| Horace Hazell | 5539 | 303 | 2065 | 106 | 19.48 | |
| 1949 English cricket season – leading bowlers by aggregate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Average | |
| Roly Jenkins | 6877 | 187 | 3879 | 183 | 21.19 | |
| Eric Hollies | 9766 | 584 | 3413 | 166 | 20.56 | |
| Tom Goddard | 7124 | 326 | 3069 | 160 | 19.18 | |
| Jack Young | 8721 | 526 | 2948 | 150 | 19.65 | |
| Jack Walsh | 6367 | 135 | 3800 | 132 | 28.78 | |
[edit] References
- Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
- The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records by Peter Wynne-Thomas (PWT)
- Playfair Cricket Annual (annual)
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)
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