1900 in Sports - Cricket

Cricket

Events

  • Cricket is suspended in South Africa for the next three seasons on account of the Boer War.
  • Yorkshire completes the County Championship season unbeaten, the first time this has happened since the start of the official championship in 1890.
  • The Minor Counties Championship ends in a three-way tie between three future first-class clubs.

England

  • County Championship – Yorkshire
  • Minor Counties Championship – Durham, Glamorgan and Northamptonshire share the title
  • Most runs – K S Ranjitsinhji 3065 @ 87.57 (HS 275)
  • Most wickets – Wilfred Rhodes 261 @ 13.81 (BB 8–23)
  • Wisden Cricketers of the Year – R. E. Foster, Schofield Haigh, George Herbert Hirst, Tom Taylor, John Tunnicliffe

Australia

  • Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
  • Most runs – Victor Trumper 721 @ 72.10 (HS 208)
  • Most wickets – Monty Noble 37 @ 20.64 (BB 6–91)

India

  • Bombay Presidency – Europeans shared with Parsees

South Africa

  • Currie Cup – not contested

West Indies

  • Inter-Colonial Tournament – Barbados

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