1902 in Sports - Cricket

Cricket

Events

  • No cricket is played in South Africa due to the Boer War.
  • Australia defeats England in The Ashes by 2 Tests to 1 after the first two Tests have been rained off. In one of the most famous Test series in history, the final three matches are full of drama with Victor Trumper scoring a century before lunch in the Third Test, Australia winning the Fourth Test by just 3 runs and England winning the Fifth Test by one wicket following a century in only 75 minutes by Gilbert Jessop.

England

  • County Championship – Yorkshire
  • Minor Counties Championship – Wiltshire
  • Most runs – Victor Trumper 2570 @ 48.49 (HS 128)
  • Most wickets – Wilfred Rhodes 213 @ 13.15 (BB 8–26)
  • Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Warwick Armstrong, Cuthbert Burnup, James Iremonger, James Kelly, Victor Trumper

Australia

  • Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
  • Most runs – Clem Hill 1035 @ 51.75 (HS 107)
  • Most wickets – Len Braund 62 @ 28.69 (BB 6–90)

India

  • Bombay Presidency – Europeans shared with Parsees

South Africa

  • Currie Cup – not contested

West Indies

  • Inter-Colonial Tournament – not contested

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