1906 ENGLISH CRICKET SEASON

The '1906 English cricket season' saw the Championship decided on the very last day with Kent just pipping Yorkshire for the title. George Hirst achieved the unique feat of a "double Double", i.e. scoring over 2000 runs and taking more than 200 wickets in first-class matches: 2385 runs and 208 wickets.

Contents

Honours

Leading batsmen

Leading bowlers

References

Honours

★ 'County Championship' - Kent

★ 'Minor Counties Championship' - Staffordshire

★ 'Wisden' - Jack Crawford, Arthur Fielder, Ernie Hayes, Kenneth Hutchings, Neville Knox

Leading batsmen

Cuthbert Burnup topped the averages with 1207 runs @ 67.05

Leading bowlers

Schofield Haigh topped the averages with 174 wickets @ 14.59

References

★ ''The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records'' by Peter Wynne-Thomas (PWT)

★ ''Wisden Cricketers Almanack'' (annual)