1906 English cricket season
- 1906 English cricket season
The 1906 English cricket season saw the Championship decided on the very last day with Kent just pipping Yorkshire for the title. George Hirst achieved the unique feat of a "double Double", i.e. scoring over 2000 runs and taking more than 200 wickets in first-class matches: 2385 runs and 208 wickets.
Honours
*County Championship - Kent
*Minor Counties Championship - Staffordshire
*Wisden - Jack Crawford, Arthur Fielder, Ernie Hayes, Kenneth Hutchings, Neville Knox
Leading batsmen
Cuthbert Burnup topped the averages with 1207 runs @ 67.05
Leading bowlers
Schofield Haigh topped the averages with 174 wickets @ 14.59
External sources
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/1906_ENG.html CricketArchive – season summaries]
Annual reviews
* Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1907
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