1900 was the 11th season of

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in England.

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finished the season unbeaten to take the championship title and were the first unbeaten champions since the official competition began in 1890. Defending champions

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finished seventh.

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were second, and the matches between the two top teams both ended in draws; Yorkshire made 230 in the first innings of the first game, compared to Lancashire's 96, but still could not force a victory, and in the second, with a crowd of over 44,000 present over three days at

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, Yorkshire took a lead of seven runs on first innings, but as only two and a half hours of play had been possible on the second day, the game was drawn.

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, who finished third with 18 of 24 matches drawn, enjoyed 2,000 runs from

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for the second season running, as he bettered the record for most runs in a Championship season to 2,563. There were no international matches during this season.

Honours

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(''shared title'') *

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(''Mr R E Foster and Four Yorkshiremen'') –

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County Championship

Final table

The final

table is shown below. One point was awarded for a win, none for a draw, and minus one for a loss. Positions were decided on percentage of points over completed games. * ¹ Games completed Points system: * 1 for a win * 0 for a draw, a tie or an abandoned match * -1 for a loss

Most runs in the County Championship

Most wickets in the County Championship

Overall first-class statistics

Leading batsmen

Leading bowlers

References

Annual reviews

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1901

External links

Cricket in England in 1900
{{County Championship seasons 1900 in English cricket

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...