1911 in Sports - Cricket

Cricket

Events

  • Warwickshire wins its first-ever County Championship title, the first of the competition's "new clubs" to do so

England

  • County Championship – Warwickshire
  • Minor Counties Championship – Staffordshire
  • Most runs – Phil Mead 2562 @ 54.51 (HS 223)
  • Most wickets – Harry Dean 183 @ 17.43 (BB 9–109)
  • Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Frank Foster, J W Hearne, Sep Kinneir, Phil Mead, Herbert Strudwick

Australia

  • Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
  • Most runs – Aubrey Faulkner 1534 @ 59.00 (HS 204)
  • Most wickets – Bill Whitty 70 @ 20.27 (BB 6–17)

India

  • Bombay Triangular – Europeans shared with Hindus

New Zealand

  • Plunket Shield – Canterbury

South Africa

  • Currie Cup – Natal

West Indies

  • Inter-Colonial Tournament – Barbados

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