The 1905 County Championship was the 16th officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 4 May to 4 September 1905. Yorkshire won their seventh championship title, while the previous season's winners, Lancashire, finished in fourth place. The number of participants was expanded from fifteen to sixteen, with Northamptonshire gaining first-class status, having previously played with some success in the Minor Counties Championship.
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. The tied match did not count as a finished match for working out the percentage. TeamPldW TLDAPtsFin%FinYorkshire28180370152171.42Lancashire26120310191560.00Sussex28130411091752.94Surrey2814166182040.00Leicestershire228059031323.07Kent2210174031717.64Warwickshire225041301911.11Gloucestershire18808200160.00Worcestershire18505800100.00Nottinghamshire2060770–113–7.69Middlesex1840770–311–27.27Essex20301070–713–53.84Northamptonshire1220820–610–60.00Derbyshire20301430–1117–64.70Somerset18101070–911–81.81Hampshire20101270–1113–84.61Source:
Records
Batting Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 1,963 46.73 David Denton Yorkshire 1,912 86.90 C. B. Fry Sussex 1,785 66.11 Willie Quaife Warwickshire 1,713 61.17 George Hirst Yorkshire 1,651 43.44 Levi Wright DerbyshireSource:
Bowling Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 169 17.01 Walter Lees Surrey 154 21.40 George Cox Sussex 131 19.48 George Dennett Gloucestershire 130 19.94 Charlie Blythe Kent 126 18.71 Wilfred Rhodes YorkshireSource:
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