The 1913 County Championship was the twenty-fourth officially organised running of the County Championship. Kent County Cricket Club won their fourth championship title, and equalled Yorkshire's 1901 record of twenty wins in one season.
Table 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. Final placings were decided by calculating the percentage of possible points. CountyPlayedWonLostFirst InningsPoints %WonLostNoresultPossObtd1Kent2820331113511081.482Yorkshire281644311359570.373Surrey261354401308162.304Northamptonshire221241501106861.815Nottinghamshire20853401005353.006Middlesex20764301005050.007Sussex2810104311356548.148Lancashire267117011255644.809Gloucestershire228111201104540.9010Hampshire267114401305139.2311Warwickshire247113301204739.1612Worcestershire2069131953637.8913Derbyshire18410220902831.1114Leicestershire224131401102724.5415Essex1829241852023.5216Somerset16211210801721.25
Records +Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 2,238 52.04 Jack Hobbs Surrey 2,146 48.77 Phil Mead Hampshire 1,949 44.29 Wally Hardinge Kent 1,804 42.95 James Seymour Kent 1,609 40.22 Johnny Tyldesley Lancashire+ Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 158 19.09 Major Booth Yorkshire 154 19.31 Bill Hitch Surrey 153 20.51 George Dennett Gloucestershire 145 15.54 Colin Blythe Kent 138 17.50 George Thompson Northamptonshire
Notable events Lancashire, after suffering severe financial losses despite a dry summer, would propose radical reductions in the county cricket fixture list. This would lead that club's committee to ultimately propose a reduction in county matches to two days. After increasing financial losses throughout county cricket the following season, this reduction would be carried out for 1919,After the 1914 season, World War I meant that no county cricket was played between 1915 and 1918 but was almost instantly considered a failure and a reversion to three-day matches took place for 1920. Notes
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