1907 County Championship

1907 County Championship

Cricket format	First-class cricket (3 days)
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Nottinghamshire (1st title)
Participants	16
Most runs	Ernie Hayes (1,721 for Surrey)
Most wickets	George Dennett (184 for Gloucestershire)

Derbyshire

Essex

Gloucestershire

Hampshire

Kent

Lancashire

Leicestershire

Middlesex

Northamptonshire

Nottinghamshire

Somerset

Surrey

Sussex

Warwickshire

Worcestershire

Yorkshire

Location of the home ground of each county

The 1907 County Championship was the eighteenth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 2 May to 2 September 1907. Nottinghamshire won its first championship title, while Worcestershire and Yorkshire tied for second place. The previous season's winners, Kent, finished in eighth place.

Table

• One point was awarded for a win, and one point was taken away for each loss. Final placings were decided by dividing the number of points earned by the number of completed matches (i.e. those that ended in a win or a loss), and multiplying by 100.

Team	Pld	W	L	D	A	Pts	Fin	%Fin
Nottinghamshire	20	15	0	4	1	15	15	100.00
Worcestershire	18	8	2	8	0	6	10	60.00
Yorkshire	28	12	3	11	2	9	15	60.00
Surrey	28	12	4	12	0	8	16	50.00
Middlesex	20	8	4	8	0	4	12	33.33
Lancashire	26	11	7	8	0	4	18	22.22
Essex	22	10	7	5	0	3	17	17.64
Kent	26	12	9	5	0	3	21	14.28
Warwickshire	20	6	5	8	1	1	11	9.09
Gloucestershire	22	8	12	2	0	–4	20	–20.00
Leicestershire	20	6	10	4	0	–4	16	–25.00
Hampshire	24	6	11	7	0	–5	17	–29.41
Sussex	26	7	13	6	0	–6	20	–30.00
Somerset	18	3	12	3	0	–9	15	–60.00
Northamptonshire	20	2	12	6	0	–10	14	–71.42
Derbyshire	22	2	17	1	2	–15	19	–78.94
Source:

Records

Batting

Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 1,721 37.41 Ernie Hayes Surrey 1,717 40.88 Jack Hobbs Surrey 1,597 38.02 Johnny Tyldesley Lancashire 1,570 46.17 Tom Hayward Surrey 1,483 38.02 James Seymour Kent Source: Bowling Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 184 15.65 George Dennett Gloucestershire 153 11.78 Albert Hallam Nottinghamshire 151 16.87 Arthur Fielder Kent 145 13.57 Thomas Wass Nottinghamshire 141 16.41 Wilfred Rhodes Yorkshire Source: