1902 County Championship

{{Short description|English cricket tournament}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricket tournament | administrator = | cricket format = First-class cricket (3 days) | tournament format = League system | champions = Yorkshire | count = 6 | participants = 15 | matches = 156 | most runs = Bobby Abel {{Clear}} (1,570 for Surrey) | most wickets = Fred Tate {{Clear}} (153 for Sussex) | previous_year = 1901 | previous_tournament = 1901 County Championship | next_year = 1903 | next_tournament = 1903 County Championship }} The '''1902 County Championship''' was the 13th officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 1 May to 6 September 1902. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won their sixth championship title, their third title in successive seasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/page/477366.html |title=County Champions 1890-2013 / County Championship |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=11 December 2014}}</ref> Sussex finished in second place, their best placing yet.

==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. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !width=175 |Team !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Abandoned" |A !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts !width=20 abbr="Finished matches" |Fin !width=50 abbr="Percentage of finished matches" |%Fin |- style="background:#ccffcc;" |style="text-align:left;"|Yorkshire |26||13||1||11||1||12||14||'''85.71''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Sussex |24||7||3||14||0||4||10||'''40.00''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Nottinghamshire |20||6||3||11||0||3||9||'''33.33''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Surrey |28||8||5||15||0||3||13||'''23.08''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Lancashire |24||7||5||11||1||2||12||'''16.67''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Warwickshire |18||6||5||7||0||1||11||'''9.09''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Kent |22||8||8||6||0||0||16||'''0.00''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Somerset |18||7||7||4||0||0||14||'''0.00''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Worcestershire |22||5||6||11||0||-1||11||'''–9.09''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Derbyshire |16||4||5||7||0||–1||9||'''–11.11''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Leicestershire |20||2||4||13||1||–2||6||'''–33.33''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Middlesex |18||3||7||7||1||–4||10||'''–40.00''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Essex |20||2||5||13||0||–3||7||'''–42.86''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Gloucestershire |20||3||9||8||0||–6||12||'''–50.00''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Hampshire |16||2||10||4||0||–8||12||'''–66.67''' |- |colspan=10 align="left"|Source:<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/County_Championship_1902.html|title=County Championship 1902 Points Table|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2012-09-11}}</ref> |}

==Records== {| |- valign="top" || {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" !colspan=4| Most runs |- ! Aggregate ! Average ! Player ! County |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1,570 ||style="text-align:center;"| 47.57 || Bobby Abel || Surrey |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1,349 ||style="text-align:center;"| 40.87 || Cuthbert Burnup || Kent |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1,291 ||style="text-align:center;"| 44.51 || Johnny Tyldesley || Lancashire |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1,276 ||style="text-align:center;"| 45.57 || Tom Taylor || Yorkshire |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1,153 ||style="text-align:center;"| 52.40 || Arthur Shrewsbury || Nottinghamshire |- |colspan=4 align="left"|Source:<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1902/Batting_by_Runs.html|title=Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1902 (Ordered by Runs)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2012-09-11}}</ref> |} || {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" !colspan=4| Most wickets |- ! Aggregate ! Average ! Player ! County |- |style="text-align:center;"| 153 ||style="text-align:center;"| 14.28 || Fred Tate || Sussex |- |style="text-align:center;"| 140 ||style="text-align:center;"| 12.48 || Wilfred Rhodes || Yorkshire |- |style="text-align:center;"| 138 ||style="text-align:center;"| 15.32 || Thomas Wass || Nottinghamshire |- |style="text-align:center;"| 123 ||style="text-align:center;"| 11.99 || Schofield Haigh || Yorkshire |- |style="text-align:center;"| 115 ||style="text-align:center;"| 17.15 || Beaumont Cranfield || Somerset |- |colspan=4 align="left"|Source:<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/County_Championship_1902/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|title=Bowling in County Championship 1902 (Ordered by Wickets)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2012-09-11}}</ref> |} |}

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