1909 County Championship

The 1909 County Championship was the 20th officially organised running of the County Championship. The season ran from 3 May to 30 August 1909. Kent won their second championship title, while Lancashire finished in second place. The previous season's winners, Yorkshire, finished third.

Table

Team	P	W	L	D	A	Pts	Fin	%Fin
Kent	26	16	2	8	0	14	18	77.77
Lancashire	24	14	4	6	0	10	18	55.55
Yorkshire	26	12	4	10	0	8	16	50.00
Sussex	26	7	3	16	0	4	10	40.00
Surrey	30	16	7	7	0	9	23	39.13
Middlesex	22	6	5	10	1	1	11	9.09
Northamptonshire	18	9	8	1	0	1	17	5.88
Hampshire	22	7	7	8	0	0	14	0.00
Worcestershire	20	8	8	4	0	0	16	0.00
Nottinghamshire	20	6	8	5	1	–2	14	–14.28
Somerset	16	4	7	5	0	–3	11	–27.27
Warwickshire	20	3	8	9	0	–5	11	–45.45
Leicestershire	22	3	10	8	1	–7	13	–53.84
Essex	20	2	7	9	2	–5	9	–55.55
Derbyshire	22	2	15	4	1	–13	17	–76.47
Gloucestershire	22	1	13	8	0	–12	14	–85.71
Source:

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.

Statistics

Batting

Most runs
Aggregate	Average	Player	County
1,844	39.23	Ernie Hayes	Surrey
1,771	45.41	Jack Hobbs	Surrey
1,544	37.65	David Denton	Yorkshire
1,451	40.30	Robert Relf	Sussex
1,352	37.55	Phil Mead	Hampshire
Source:

Bowling

Most wickets
Aggregate	Average	Player	County
178	14.07	Colin Blythe	Kent
135	19.11	George Dennett	Gloucestershire
120	20.17	Walter Lees	Surrey
118	13.80	George Thompson	Northamptonshire
111	12.67	Schofield Haigh	Yorkshire
Source:

1909 County Championship

Table

Statistics

Batting

Bowling

See also