1897 English cricket season

The 1897 cricket season was the 300th in England since the earliest known definite reference to cricket in January 1597 (i.e., Old Style – 1598 New Style), and the eighth in which the County Championship has been an official competition. Lancashire won the County Championship for the first time, thanks mainly to only three losses in twenty-six matches. Surrey won more games, and beat Lancashire twice, but one more loss than Lancashire meant that they would have to be content with second place. They could have taken the Championship home if they had beaten Sussex in the last game at The County Ground, Hove, but after gaining a five-run lead on first innings, Surrey let Billy Murdoch, C. B. Fry and George Bean make half-centuries, and rain spoiled their chances of winning on the final day. In the bottom of the table, Derbyshire suffered a run of 16 matches without victory, as they finished last in the table, and with the end of 1896 yielding three matches without a win, Derbyshire's streak read 19 matches without a win at the end of the season.

Honours

County Championship – Lancashire
Minor Counties Championship – Worcestershire
Wisden – Frederick Bull, Willis Cuttell, Frank Druce, Gilbert Jessop, Jack Mason

County Championship

Final table

County Championship 1897 – Final Standings
	Team	P	W	L	D	Pts	GC¹	Pts/GC (as %)
1	Lancashire	26	16	3	7	13	19	68.42
2	Surrey	26	17	4	5	13	21	61.90
3	Essex	16	7	2	7	5	9	55.56
4	Yorkshire	26	13	5	8	8	18	44.44
5	Gloucestershire	18	7	5	6	2	12	16.67
6	Sussex	20	5	6	9	−1	11	−9.09
7	Middlesex	16	3	4	9	−1	7	−14.29
7	Warwickshire	18	3	4	11	−1	7	−14.29
9	Hampshire	18	4	7	7	−3	11	−27.27
10	Nottinghamshire	16	2	5	9	−3	7	−42.86
11	Somerset	16	3	9	4	−6	12	−50.00
12	Kent	18	2	10	6	−8	12	−66.67
13	Leicestershire	14	1	10	3	−9	11	−81.82
14	Derbyshire	16	0	9	7	−9	9	−100.00

¹ Games completed

Points system:

1 for a win
0 for a draw, a tie or an abandoned match
-1 for a loss

Most runs in the County Championship

1897 County Championship – leading batsmen
Name	Team	Matches	Runs	Average	100s	50s
Bobby Abel	Surrey	26	1833	50.91	6	5
Jack Brown	Yorkshire	22	1431	43.36	3	6
Ted Wainwright	Yorkshire	25	1372	39.20	5	4
David Denton	Yorkshire	26	1328	34.05	2	8
Ranjitsinhji	Sussex	19	1318	42.51	3	6

Most wickets in the County Championship

1897 County Championship – leading bowlers
Name	Team	Matches	Balls bowled	Wickets taken	Average
Tom Richardson	Surrey	26	6990	238	14.23
Johnny Briggs	Lancashire	26	5770	140	16.38
Frederick Bull	Essex	16	4365	109	20.38
Willis Cuttell	Lancashire	26	519	102	17.77
John Hearne	Middlesex	16	5333	102	18.52

Overall first-class statistics

Leading batsmen

1897 English cricket season – leading batsmen
Name	Team(s)	Matches	Runs	Average	100s	50s
Bobby Abel	Players, South of England, Surrey	32	2099	44.65	6	7
Ranjitsinhji	Gentlemen, MCC, Sussex	26	1940	45.11	5	7
Jack Brown	North of England, Players, Yorkshire	29	1809	42.06	3	9
George Brann	Gentlemen, South of England, Sussex	26	1626	36.95	3	12
Ted Wainwright	North of England, Players, Yorkshire	32	1612	35.82	5	6

Leading bowlers

1897 English cricket season – leading bowlers
Name	Team(s)	Matches	Balls bowled	Wickets taken	Average
Tom Richardson	Players, South of England, Surrey	30	8019	273	14.45
John Hearne	MCC, Middlesex, Players	26	8113	173	17.72
Johnny Briggs	Lancashire	28	6465	155	16.51
Cyril Bland	South of England, Sussex	26	5703	129	21.66
Willis Cuttell	Lancashire, North of England	29	5609	120	16.45

Annual reviews

James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1898
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1898

External links

Cricket in England in 1897

English cricket seasons

Historic era

1597 to 1725 1726 1727 1728 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733 1734 1735 1736 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824

Pre-County Championship era

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County Championship era

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