1898 English cricket season

1898 was the ninth season of County Championship cricket in England. Yorkshire won the championship for the second time in three years. It was an emphatic victory with a record of sixteen wins and seven draws in 26 games. Middlesex finished second after two wins over Kent in late August to improve five places on their 1897 finish. Derbyshire broke their streak of 22 Championship matches without victory by beating Hampshire in late May. As for individual performances, Surrey batsman Bobby Abel made 1800 runs for the second season in succession, one run shy of his own championship record in 1897.

Honours

 * County Championship – Yorkshire
 * Minor Counties Championship – Worcestershire
 * Wisden (Five Cricketers of the Year) – Wilfred Rhodes, Bill Storer, Charlie Townsend, Albert Trott, William Lockwood

Final table

 * 1 Games completed

Points system:


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

Annual reviews

 * James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1899
 * Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1899