1908 English cricket season

1908 was the nineteenth season of County Championship cricket in England.

American John Barton "Bart" King topped the bowling averages as a member of the touring Philadelphian cricket team.

Honours

County Championship – Yorkshire
Minor Counties Championship – Staffordshire
Wisden (Lord Hawke and Four Cricketers of the Year) – Walter Brearley, Lord Hawke, Jack Hobbs, Alan Marshal, John Newstead

County Championship

Points system:

1 for a win
0 for a draw, a tie or an abandoned match
-1 for a loss

Minor Counties Championship

Worcestershire Second Eleven dropped out and Carmarthenshire took their place. Dorset moved from the West division in 1907 to the South.

North

South

East

West

Points system:

5 for an outright win
3 for a win on the first innings
0 for a loss either outright or on the first innings of a drawn match

Matches with no first innings result are ignored when calculating maximum possible points.

Glamorgan v. Monmouthshire (play-off)

Glamorgan and Monmouthshire met in a play-off to decide who should meet Wiltshire. The two were chosen over Devon because Monmouthshire had a better average runs, and Glamorgan had played in the 1907 semi-finals.

Mr. F.E. Lacey awarded the right to meet Wiltshire to Glamorgan after the washout of the second day.