1903 County Championship

1903 County Championship

Cricket format	First-class cricket (3 days)
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Middlesex (1st title)
Participants	15
Most runs	C. B. Fry (2,413 for Sussex)
Most wickets	Wilfred Rhodes (143 for Yorkshire)

Derbyshire

Essex

Gloucestershire

Hampshire

Kent

Lancashire

Leicestershire

Middlesex

Nottinghamshire

Somerset

Surrey

Sussex

Warwickshire

Worcestershire

Yorkshire

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Location of the home ground of each county

The 1903 County Championship was the 14th officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 4 May to 3 September 1903. Middlesex won their first championship title, ending Yorkshire's run of three successive titles. Sussex finished in second place for the second successive season.

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.

Team	Pld	W	L	D	A	Pts	Fin	%Fin
Middlesex	18	8	1	7	2	7	9	77.77
Sussex	24	7	2	14	1	5	9	55.55
Yorkshire	26	13	5	8	0	8	18	44.44
Lancashire	26	10	5	11	0	3	15	33.33
Nottinghamshire	20	6	4	10	0	2	10	20.00
Worcestershire	20	8	6	6	0	2	14	14.28
Warwickshire	18	5	4	9	0	1	9	11.11
Essex	22	7	6	7	2	1	13	7.69
Kent	22	7	6	7	2	1	13	7.69
Somerset	18	6	6	5	1	0	12	0.00
Surrey	28	7	11	9	1	–4	18	–22.22
Derbyshire	16	4	7	5	0	–3	11	–27.27
Gloucestershire	20	3	10	7	0	–7	13	–53.84
Hampshire	18	1	10	4	3	–9	11	–81.81
Leicestershire	18	1	10	4	3	–9	11	–81.81
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Records

Batting

Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 2,413 80.43 C. B. Fry Sussex 1,618 44.94 Johnny Tyldesley Lancashire 1,565 40.12 Archie MacLaren Lancashire 1,449 34.50 Ernie Hayes Surrey 1,428 44.62 Percy Perrin Essex Source: Bowling Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 143 14.72 Wilfred Rhodes Yorkshire 137 13.05 Charlie Blythe Kent 131 17.85 Sydney Barnes Lancashire 123 12.17 Sam Hargreave Warwickshire 115 12.79 George Hirst Yorkshire Source: