The 1904 County Championship was the 15th officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 9 May to 5 September 1904. Lancashire won their second championship title, while six times champions Yorkshire finished in second place. The previous season's winners, Middlesex, finished in fourth place.
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. TeamPldWLDAPtsFin%FinLancashire261601001616100.00Yorkshire279216071163.63Kent211047061442.85Middlesex18945051338.46Nottinghamshire20749031127.27Sussex24541501911.11Leicestershire2066800120.00Warwickshire1655600100.00Gloucestershire185670-111–9.09Derbyshire185850-313–23.07Surrey28612100–618–33.33Somerset1851120–616–37.50Worcestershire183870–511–45.45Essex2031070–713–53.84Hampshire1821240–1014–71.42Source:
Records
Batting
Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 2,376 79.20 C. B. Fry Sussex 2,237 69.90 Johnny Tyldesley Lancashire 2,074 50.58 Tom Hayward Surrey 1,848 51.33 George Hirst Yorkshire 1,812 60.40 James Iremonger NottinghamshireSource:
Bowling Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 123 19.36 Edward Dennett Gloucestershire 121 19.38 Charlie Blythe Kent 112 23.50 George Cox Sussex 108 18.71 James Hallows Lancashire 106 26.16 Bill Reeves EssexSource:
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