1948 County Championship

1948 County Championship

Cricket format	First-class cricket (3 days)
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Glamorgan (1st title)
Participants	17
Matches	221
Most runs	Arthur Fagg (2,404 for Kent)[1]
Most wickets	Tom Pritchard (163 for Warwickshire)[2]

The 1948 County Championship was the 49th officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 8 May to 31 August 1948. Glamorgan County Cricket Club claimed their first title.^[3][4]

In August 1948, Glamorgan's match against Gloucestershire at Eugene Cross Park, play was stopped due to mountain mist around the ground and a flock of sheep.^[5]

Table

• 12 points for a win
• 6 points to each side in a match in which scores finish level
• 4 points for first innings lead in a lost or drawn match
• 2 points for tie on first innings in a lost or drawn match
• If no play possible on the first two days, the match played to one-day laws with 8 points for a win.

Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	No Dec	1st inn lead match L	1st inn lead match D	Points
1	Glamorgan	26	13	5	6	2	1	3	172
2	Surrey	26	13	9	4	0	1	3	168
3	Middlesex	26	13	4	8	1	0	1	160
4	Yorkshire	26	11	4	10	1	3	3	156
5	Lancashire	26	8	2	15	1	0	14	152
6	Derbyshire	26	11	6	7	2	0	4	148
7	Warwickshire	26	9	7	8	2	1	5	132
8	Gloucestershire	26	9	7	9	1	1	4	128
9	Hampshire	26	9	8	8	1	2	1	120
10	Worcestershire	26	6	8	11	1	1	7	104
11	Leicestershire	26	6	11	8	1	1	5	96
12	Somerset	26	5	14	6	1	4	4	92
13	Essex	26	5	8	11	2	2	4	90
14	Nottinghamshire	26	5	10	9	2	1	3	82
15	Kent	26	4	11	10	1	0	7	76
16	Sussex	26	4	11	10	1	1	5	72
17	Northamptonshire	26	3	9	14	0	1	3	52

NOTES: Essex and Nottinghamshire totals include six points each for a drawn match that ended with scores equal (no allowance made in Championship scoring at this stage for the fact that Essex were still batting). Surrey total includes eight points for a win on first innings in a match reduced to one day.

Leading averages

Batting

Aggregate	Average	Player	County
1,391	92.73	Cyril Washbrook	Lancashire
1,565	92.05	Len Hutton	Yorkshire
1,236	61.80	Denis Compton	Middlesex
1,331	60.50	Bill Edrich	Middlesex
1,435	57.40	Jack Crapp	Gloucestershire
2,404	57.23	Arthur Fagg	Kent
1,855	54.55	Jack Robertson	Middlesex
Qualification: 1,000 runs, 50.00 average. Source: CricketArchive[1]

Bowling

Aggregate	Average	Player	County
124	15.57	Cliff Gladwin	Derbyshire
139	16.38	Len Muncer	Glamorgan
100	17.24	George Pope	Derbyshire
163	17.47	Tom Pritchard	Warwickshire
129	17.62	Johnny Wardle	Yorkshire
109	17.97	Jim Bailey	Hampshire
Qualification: 100 wickets, 18.00 average. Source: CricketArchive[2]

References

1. "Batting and Fielding in County Championship 1948 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
2. "Bowling in County Championship 1948 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
3. Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
4. Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records. Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 0-600-34667-6.
5. "How often have both openers been dismissed for ducks in an ODI?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2020.