1911 was the 22nd season of County Championship cricket in England. Warwickshire were champions for the first time.
Honours County Championship – Warwickshire Minor Counties Championship – Staffordshire Wisden (Five Members of the MCC's Team in Australia) – Frank Foster, J. W. Hearne, Sep Kinneir, Phil Mead, Bert Strudwick
County Championship
The experimental point scoring system adopted for 1910 on the recommendation of Lancashire was generally regarded as unsatisfactory. Several alternative proposals were put forward by counties such as Yorkshire Sussex, and Surrey. Ultimately Somerset in February 1911 put forward a scheme in which, for the first time, points were awarded for a win on the first innings, and this was accepted by the MCC in the final week of that month. CountyPlayedWonLostFirst InningsPoints %WonLostNoresultPossObtd1Warwickshire201343001007474.002Kent261743201309673.843Middlesex221453001107971.814Lancashire301575301509362.005Surrey301574401509160.666Essex1885410905358.887Yorkshire281481411357757.038Nottinghamshire20953301005757.009Worcestershire2412110101206150.8310Northamptonshire1889001854047.0511Hampshire247104301205041.6612Gloucestershire205120301003838.0013Sussex244162201202823.3314Derbyshire18213030901314.4415Leicestershire221162301101412.7216Somerset161130208078.75Details as recorded in John Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanack Five points were awarded for a win. Three points were awarded for "winning" the first innings of a drawn match. One point was awarded for "losing" the first innings of a drawn match. Matches in which no result was achieved on the first innings were not included in calculating maximum possible points. Final placings were decided by calculating the percentage of possible points.
Minor Counties Championship For this season, the Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire Second Elevens withdrew from the competition due to their counties' financial difficulties; however, Kent Second Eleven joined the South and West division and Hertfordshire moved to the North and East.
North and East CountyPlayedWonFirst InningsPoints%WonLostNo ResultPossibleObtained1Staffordshire87000403587.502Durham107010503672.003Bedfordshire83300402460.004Hertfordshire105020502754.005Cambridgeshire103230502448.006Northumberland83100401845.007Suffolk82200401640.008Lincolnshire103100501636.009Norfolk122130601626.6610Cheshire8101040615.00
South and West CountyPlayedWonFirst InningsPoints%WonLostNo ResultPossibleObtained1Berkshire1090014545100.002Surrey Second Eleven86100403382.503Kent Second Eleven108000504080.004Glamorgan107100503876.005Monmouthshire84110402460.006Dorset81310401537.507Buckinghamshire102120501530.008Devon102030501326.009Cornwall82000401025.0010Wiltshire1001105048.0011Carmarthenshire800013500.00
South and West Challenge Match Because Berkshire had not played Surrey Second Eleven, the new rules required a challenge match.
Final
Leading batsmen (qualification 20 innings) 1911 English season leading batsmenNameTeamMatchesInningsNot outsRunsHighest scoreAverage100sC. B. FryHampshire152621728258 not out72.007Phil MeadHampshire29525256222354.519Reggie SpoonerLancashire26450231222451.377Percy PerrinEssex15272128111451.246Septimus KinneirWarwickshire203631629268 not out49.366Tom HaywardSurrey30516214920247.755Plum WarnerMiddlesex MCC31515212324446.155Frank TarrantMiddlesex MCC294842030207 not out46.135Joe Hardstaff seniorNottinghamshire21406154714545.505Cecil WoodLeicestershire234471614117 not out43.625
Leading bowlers (qualification 1,000 balls) 1911 English season leading bowlersNameTeamMatchesBalls bowledRuns concededWickets takenAverageBest bowling5 wickets in innings10 wickets in matchPunter HumphreysKent2910735343316.185/2910George ThompsonNorthamptonshire224415188911316.717/44134William EastNorthamptonshire1726479885916.747/1141Arthur DayKent1212595833417.148/4920Schofield HaighYorkshire31404716849717.367/2020Harry DeanLancashire287781319118317.439/109153J.T. HearneMiddlesexMCC246246213412217.497/3370Arthur LitteljohnMiddlesex720119045117.728/6952Douglas CarrKent918189855517.908/6742John EvansOxford UniversityHampshire913085753217.967/5021
References
Annual reviews John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1912
External links CricketArchive – season summaries