1931 in Sports - Cricket

Cricket

Events

  • New Zealand plays its first Test series in England. England wins the series 1–0 with two matches drawn.

England

  • County Championship – Yorkshire
  • Minor Counties Championship – Leicestershire II
  • Most runs – Herbert Sutcliffe 3006 @ 96.96 (HS 230)
  • Most wickets – Tich Freeman 276 @ 15.60 (BB 10–79)
  • Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Bill Bowes, Stewie Dempster, James Langridge, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, Hedley Verity

Australia

  • Sheffield Shield – Victoria
  • Most runs – Don Bradman 1422 @ 79.00 (HS 258)
  • Most wickets – Clarrie Grimmett 74 @ 19.14 (BB 7–87)

India

  • Bombay Quadrangular – not contested

New Zealand

  • Plunket Shield – Canterbury

South Africa

  • Currie Cup – not contested

West Indies

  • Inter-Colonial Tournament – not contested

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