1919 in Sports - Cricket

Cricket

Events

  • Very few first-class matches are played worldwide during the 1918–19 season but the County Championship is reintroduced in the 1919 English season to progress the game's post-war recovery.

England

  • County Championship – Yorkshire
  • Minor Counties Championship – not contested
  • Most runs – Jack Hobbs 2594 @ 60.32 (HS 205*)
  • Most wickets – Wilfred Rhodes 164 @ 14.42 (BB 8–44)
  • Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Andy Ducat, Patsy Hendren, Percy Holmes, Herbert Sutcliffe, Ernest Tyldesley

Australia

  • Sheffield Shield – not contested
  • Most runs – Warwick Armstrong 249 @ 83.00 (HS 162*)
  • Most wickets – Ted McDonald 25 @ 15.72 (BB 8–42)

India

  • Bombay Quadrangular – Europeans

New Zealand

  • Plunket Shield – Wellington (Dec 1918 to Jan 1919) and Canterbury (from Jan 1919)

South Africa

  • Currie Cup – not contested

West Indies

  • Inter-Colonial Tournament – not contested

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