1949 English cricket season - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1949 English cricket season saw the County Championship being shared for the first time since the official competition began in 1890.

Honours

County Championship - Middlesex, Yorkshire (shared title)
Minor Counties Championship - Lancashire II
Wisden - Trevor Bailey
Trevor Bailey
Trevor Edward Bailey CBE was an England Test cricketer, cricket writer and broadcaster.An all-rounder, Bailey was known for his skilful but unspectacular batting...

, Roly Jenkins
Roly Jenkins
Roly Jenkins was an English cricketer, almost exclusively for Worcestershire as a leg spinner in the period immediately after World War II...

, John Langridge
John Langridge
John George Langridge was a cricketer who played for Sussex. His obituary in Wisden called him "one of the best English cricketers of the 20th century never to play a Test match"....

, Reg Simpson
Reg Simpson
Reginald Thomas Simpson is an English former cricketer, who played in twentry seven Tests from 1948 to 1955.-Life and career:...

, Bert Sutcliffe
Bert Sutcliffe
Bert Sutcliffe MBE was a New Zealand Test cricketer. Sutcliffe was a successful left-hand batsman. His batting achievements on tour in England in 1949, which included four fifties and a century in the Tests, earned him the accolade of being one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year...

County Championship Table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	No Dec	1st inn lead match L	1st inn lead match D	Points
Pts	–	–	12	–	–	–	4	4	–
1	Middlesex Middlesex County Cricket Club Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...	26	14	3	9	0	1	5	192
1	Yorkshire Yorkshire County Cricket Club Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....	26	14	2	10	0	0	6	192
3	Worcestershire Worcestershire County Cricket Club Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...	26	12	7	7	0	2	5	172
4	Warwickshire Warwickshire County Cricket Club Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...	26	12	5	8	1	0	6	168
5	Surrey Surrey County Cricket Club Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...	26	11	8	6	1	2	4	156
6	Northamptonshire Northamptonshire County Cricket Club Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...	26	10	7	9	0	2	3	140
7	Gloucestershire Gloucestershire County Cricket Club Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....	26	10	7	7	2	0	3	132
8	Glamorgan Glamorgan County Cricket Club Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...	26	7	6	12	1	2	7	120
=9	Essex Essex County Cricket Club Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...	26	7	9	10	0	0	6	108
=9	Somerset Somerset County Cricket Club Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...	26	8	15	3	0	2	1	108
=11	Lancashire Lancashire County Cricket Club Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...	26	6	7	13	0	0	7	100
=11	Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...	26	6	5	13	2	0	7	100
=13	Kent Kent County Cricket Club Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...	26	7	15	4	0	1	2	96
=13	Sussex Sussex County Cricket Club Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...	26	7	10	7	2	1	2	96
15	Derbyshire Derbyshire County Cricket Club Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...	26	6	13	6	1	2	2	88
16	Hampshire Hampshire County Cricket Club Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...	26	6	13	6	1	2	1	84
17	Leicestershire Leicestershire County Cricket Club Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....	26	3	14	8	1	3	2	56

Leading batsmen

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1949 English cricket season – leading batsmen by average
Name	Innings	Runs	Highest	Average	100s
Joe Hardstaff junior Joe Hardstaff junior Joseph Hardstaff junior was an English cricketer, who played in twenty three Tests for England from 1935 to 1948...	40	2251	162*	72.61	8
Len Hutton Len Hutton Sir Leonard "Len" Hutton was an English Test cricketer, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and England in the years around the Second World War as an opening batsman. He was described by Wisden Cricketer's Almanack as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket...	56	3429	269*	68.58	12
Peter May	12	695	175	63.18	1
Reg Simpson Reg Simpson Reginald Thomas Simpson is an English former cricketer, who played in twentry seven Tests from 1948 to 1955.-Life and career:...	46	2525	238	63.12	6
Martin Donnelly Martin Donnelly (cricketer) Martin Paterson Donnelly was a New Zealand Test cricketer and England Rugby Union player.Born in Ngaruawahia, New Zealand, Donnelly's twin brother Maurice died in the Spanish flu epidemic in 1918. His sporting talent emerged quickly and Donnelly became known for his batting and fielding skills, as...	45	2287	206	61.81	5
John Thompson	12	609	103	60.90	2

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1949 English cricket season – leading batsmen by aggregate
Name	Innings	Runs	Highest	Average	100s
Len Hutton Len Hutton Sir Leonard "Len" Hutton was an English Test cricketer, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and England in the years around the Second World War as an opening batsman. He was described by Wisden Cricketer's Almanack as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket...	56	3429	269*	68.58	12
John Langridge John Langridge John George Langridge was a cricketer who played for Sussex. His obituary in Wisden called him "one of the best English cricketers of the 20th century never to play a Test match"....	53	2914	234*	60.70	12
Bert Sutcliffe Bert Sutcliffe Bert Sutcliffe MBE was a New Zealand Test cricketer. Sutcliffe was a successful left-hand batsman. His batting achievements on tour in England in 1949, which included four fifties and a century in the Tests, earned him the accolade of being one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year...	49	2627	243	59.70	7
Denis Compton Denis Compton Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE was an English cricketer who played in 78 Test matches, and a footballer...	56	2530	182	48.65	9
Reg Simpson Reg Simpson Reginald Thomas Simpson is an English former cricketer, who played in twentry seven Tests from 1948 to 1955.-Life and career:...	46	2525	238	63.12	6
Laurie Fishlock Laurie Fishlock Laurence Barnard "Laurie" Fishlock was an English cricketer, who played in four Tests from 1936 to 1947. A specialist batsman, he achieved little in those four matches, but might have had a much more substantial Test career, had he not lost six of what should have been his best years to World War...	56	2426	210	45.77	7

Leading bowlers

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1949 English cricket season – leading bowlers by average
Name	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average
Ron Aspinall Ron Aspinall Ronald Aspinall was an English former cricketer, who played for Yorkshire, and a cricket umpire.-Life and career:Aspinall was born in Almondbury, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire....	799	32	289	30	9.63
Tom Goddard Tom Goddard Tom Goddard was the fifth highest wicket taker in first-class cricket....	7124	326	3069	160	19.18
Abdul Hafeez Kardar	5537	366	1777	92	19.31
Dick Howorth Dick Howorth Dick Howorth was an English all-rounder for Worcestershire between 1933 and 1951. Chiefly remembered as a left-arm spin bowler, Howorth also occasionally bowled medium pace and was a capable hard-hitting left-handed batsman...	6682	386	2278	117	19.47
Horace Hazell Horace Hazell Horace Leslie Hazell was a cricketer who played for Somerset County Cricket Club in English first-class cricket....	5539	303	2065	106	19.48

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1949 English cricket season – leading bowlers by aggregate
Name	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average
Roly Jenkins Roly Jenkins Roly Jenkins was an English cricketer, almost exclusively for Worcestershire as a leg spinner in the period immediately after World War II...	6877	187	3879	183	21.19
Eric Hollies Eric Hollies William Eric Hollies was an English cricketer, who is mainly remembered for taking the wicket of Donald Bradman for a duck in Bradman's final Test match innings, in which only four was needed for a Test average of 100...	9766	584	3413	166	20.56
Tom Goddard Tom Goddard Tom Goddard was the fifth highest wicket taker in first-class cricket....	7124	326	3069	160	19.18
Jack Young Jack Young (cricketer) John Albert "Jack" Young was an English cricketer, who played for Middlesex and England. His first-class cricket career lasted from 1933 to 1956....	8721	526	2948	150	19.65
Jack Walsh Jack Walsh John Edward "Jack" Walsh, born at Walcha, New South Wales on 4 December 1912 and died at Wallsend, New South Wales on 20 May 1980, was an Australian cricketer who played nearly all of his cricket in England....	6367	135	3800	132	28.78

External sources

CricketArchive – season summary

Annual reviews

Playfair Cricket Annual
Playfair Cricket Annual
Playfair Cricket Annual is a compact annual about cricket that is published in the United Kingdom each April, just before the English cricket season is due to begin. Its main purposes are to review the previous English season and to provide detailed career records and potted biographies of current...

1950
Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1950

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