1907 English cricket season
- 1907 English cricket season
The 1907 English cricket season gave Nottinghamshire its first-ever official County Championship title and saw the first Test matches to be held in England against South Africa.
Honours
*County Championship - Nottinghamshire
*Minor Counties Championship - Lancashire II
*Wisden - Albert Hallam, Reginald Schwarz, Frank Tarrant, Bert Vogler, Thomas Wass
outh African tour
This was the fourth South African tour of England following those in 1894, 1901 and 1904. The 1907 tour was the first to feature Test matches between England and South Africa in England, although the teams had played Tests in South Africa since 1888-89.
England won the series 1-0 with two matches drawn.
eries summary
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/7/7335.html 1st Test] at Lord's – match drawn
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/7/7385.html 2nd Test] at Headingley – England won by 53 runs
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/7/7431.html 3rd Test] at The Oval – match drawn
Leading batsmen
C B Fry topped the averages with 1449 runs @ 46.74
Leading bowlers
Reginald Schwarz topped the averages with 137 wickets @ 11.79
References
External sources
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/1907_ENG.html CricketArchive – England in 1907]
Further reading
* H S Altham, "A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914)", George Allen & Unwin, 1962
* Bill Frindall, "The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978", Wisden, 1979
* Roy Webber, "The Playfair Book of Cricket Records", Playfair Books, 1951
* "Wisden Cricketers Almanack" 1908
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