{{Short description|English cricket tournament}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricket tournament | administrator = | cricket format = First-class cricket<br />(3 days) | tournament format = League system | champions = Yorkshire | count = 8 | participants = 16 | matches = | most runs = Tom Hayward {{Clear}} (1,874 for Surrey) | most wickets = Colin Blythe {{Clear}} (167 for Kent) | previous_year = 1907 | previous_tournament = 1907 County Championship | next_year = 1909 | next_tournament = 1909 County Championship }} {{location map+ |England |float=right |width=350 |caption=Location of the home ground of each county |places= {{location map~ |England |lat=52.927506 |long=-1.461103 |label=Derbyshire|position=left}} {{location map~ |England |lat=51.56734 |long=0.010783 |label=Essex|position=right}} {{location map~ |England |lat=51.477225 |long=-2.584156 |label=Gloucestershire|position=bottom}} {{location map~ |England |lat=50.919490 |long=-1.409986 |label=Hampshire|position=top}} {{location map~ |England |lat=51.266667 |long=1.091667 |label=Kent|position=bottom}} {{location map~ |England |lat=53.456347 |long=-2.286761 |label=Lancashire|position=left}} {{location map~ |England |lat=52.607814 |long=-1.142686 |label=Leicestershire|position=right}} {{location map~ |England |lat=51.5294 |long=-0.1727 |label=Middlesex|position=top}} {{location map~ |England |lat=52.248158 |long=-0.871206 |label=Northamptonshire|position=right}} {{location map~ |England |lat=52.95 |long=-1.133333 |label=Nottinghamshire|position=right}} {{location map~ |England |lat=51.0192 |long=-3.1045 |label=Somerset|position=bottom}} {{location map~ |England |lat=51.483719 |long=-0.114981 |label=Surrey|position=bottom}} {{location map~ |England |lat=50.83 |long=-0.164167 |label=Sussex|position=right}} {{location map~ |England |lat=52.455814 |long=-1.902489 |label=Warwickshire|position=left}} {{location map~ |England |lat=52.189225 |long=-2.226925 |label=Worcestershire|position=left}} {{location map~ |England |lat=53.816944 |long=-1.582222 |label=Yorkshire|position=right}} }} The '''1908 County Championship''' was the 19th officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 4 May to 31 August 1908. Yorkshire won their eighth championship title, while Kent finished in second place. The previous season's winners, Nottinghamshire, finished in eighth place. In May, Yorkshire bowled out Northamptonshire for 27 and 14,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1900S/1908/ENG_LOCAL/CC/NORTHANTS_YORKS_CC_07-08MAY1908.html|title=County Championship, 1908: Northamptonshire v Yorkshire|work=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=11 May 2018}}</ref> the lowest aggregate in first-class cricket at that point.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149303.html |title=The finisher |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=11 May 2018}}</ref>
==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=40 abbr="Percentage of finished matches" |%Fin |- style="background:#ccffcc;" |style="text-align:left;"|Yorkshire |28||16||0||12||0||16||16||'''100.00''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Kent |26||17||3||5||1||14||20||'''70.00''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Surrey |30||13||4||12||1||9||17||'''52.94''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Middlesex |20||6||3||10||1||3||9||'''33.33''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Sussex |28||6||4||18||0||2||10||'''20.00''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Worcestershire |18||6||5||7||0||1||11||'''9.09''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Lancashire |26||10||9||6||1||1||19||'''5.26''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Nottinghamshire |20||6||7||7||0||–1||13||'''–7.69''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Hampshire |22||7||9||6||0||–2||16||'''–12.50''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Gloucestershire |24||8||11||5||0||–3||19||'''–15.78''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Essex |22||5||7||10||0||–2||12||'''–16.66''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Warwickshire |22||5||9||7||1||–4||14||'''–28.57''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Leicestershire |22||4||8||9||1||–4||12||'''–33.33''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Derbyshire |22||5||13||4||0||–8||18||'''–44.44''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Northamptonshire |22||3||14||5||0||–11||17||'''–64.70''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|Somerset |20||2||13||5||0||–11||15||'''–73.33''' |- |colspan=10 align="left"|Source:<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/0/County_Championship_1908.html|title=County Championship 1908 Points Table|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=23 January 2013}}</ref> |}
==Records==
===Batting=== {| |- valign="top" || {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" !colspan=4| Most runs |- ! Aggregate ! Average ! Player ! County |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1,874 ||style="text-align:center;"| 46.85 || Tom Hayward || Surrey |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1,655 ||style="text-align:center;"| 40.36 || Alan Marshall || Surrey |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1,646 ||style="text-align:center;"| 42.20 || Gilbert Jessop || Gloucestershire |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1,522 ||style="text-align:center;"| 43.48 || Johnny Tyldesley || Lancashire |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1,507 ||style="text-align:center;"| 39.65 || Jack Hobbs || Surrey |- |colspan=4 align="left"|Source:<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/County_Championship_1908/Batting_by_Runs.html|title=Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1908 (Ordered by Runs)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=23 January 2013}}</ref> |}
===Bowling=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" !colspan=4| Most wickets |- ! Aggregate ! Average ! Player ! County |- |style="text-align:center;"| 167 ||style="text-align:center;"| 16.48 || Colin Blythe || Kent |- |style="text-align:center;"| 156 ||style="text-align:center;"| 12.44 || George Hirst || Yorkshire |- |style="text-align:center;"| 149 ||style="text-align:center;"| 20.46 || George Dennett || Gloucestershire |- |style="text-align:center;"| 148 ||style="text-align:center;"| 15.27 || Walter Brearley || Lancashire |- |style="text-align:center;"| 124 ||style="text-align:center;"| 18.66 || Harry Dean || Lancashire |- |colspan=4 align="left"|Source:<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/County_Championship_1908/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|title=Bowling in County Championship 1908 (Ordered by Wickets)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=23 January 2013}}</ref> |} |}
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