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1912 was the 23rd season of County Championship cricket in England. The much-criticised Triangular Tournament of Test Matches was held between England, Australia and South Africa. The contest was affected by one of the wettest summers on record and was never repeated. England retained the Ashes, having defeated Australia in one Test.

Honours

County Championship - Yorkshire
Minor Counties Championship - in abeyance
Wisden (special commemoration) - John Wisden

Test series

England won one of its matches against weakened Australia 1–0 with two drawn. Against South Africa, England won all three matches. Despite the loss of several key players, Australia beat South Africa 2–0 with one match drawn.

Cumulative record - Test wins	1876-1912
England	40
Australia	35
Drawn	19

County Championship

Leading batsmen

C B Fry topped the averages with 1592 runs @ 56.85

Leading bowlers

Sydney Barnes topped the averages with 69 wickets @ 11.33

References

Annual reviews

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1912

External links

CricketArchive – season summaries

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-The '''1912 English cricket season''' saw the much-criticised [[1912 Triangular Tournament|Triangular Tournament]] of Test Matches between [[English cricket team|England]], [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] and [[South African cricket team|South Africa]]. The contest was effectively ruined by one of the wettest summers on record and was never repeated.
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+| next_year = 1913
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+was the 23rd season of [[County Championship]] [[cricket]] in England. The much-criticised [[1912 Triangular Tournament|Triangular Tournament]] of Test Matches was held between [[English cricket team|England]], [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] and [[South African cricket team|South Africa]]. The contest was affected by one of the wettest summers on record and was never repeated. England retained the Ashes, having defeated Australia in one Test.
 ==Honours==
-*'''County Championship''' - [[Yorkshire CCC|Yorkshire]]
+*'''[[County Championship]]''' - [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]]
-*'''Minor Counties Championship''' - ''in abeyance''
+*'''[[Minor Counties Cricket Championship|Minor Counties Championship]]''' - ''in abeyance''
 *'''Wisden''' (''special commemoration'') - [[John Wisden]]
 ==Test series==
+{{main|1912 Triangular Tournament}}
-[[England cricket team|England]] won one of its matches against weakened Australia 1-0 with two drawn.  Against South Africa, England won all three matches.  Despite the loss of several key players, Australia beat South Africa 2-0 with one match drawn.
+{{main|South African cricket team in England in 1912}}
+{{main|Australian cricket team in England in 1912}}
+[[England cricket team|England]] won one of its matches against weakened Australia 1–0 with two drawn.  Against South Africa, England won all three matches. Despite the loss of several key players, Australia beat South Africa 2–0 with one match drawn.
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
+|-
+! width="150" | Cumulative record - Test wins
+! width="50" | 1876-1912
+|-
+|style="text-align:left;"|[[England cricket team|England]]
+|40
+|-
+|style="text-align:left;"|[[Australia national cricket team|Australia]]
+|35
+|-
+|style="text-align:left;"|Drawn
+|19
+|}
+==County Championship==
+{{main|1912 County Championship}}
 ==Leading batsmen==
 [[C B Fry]] topped the averages with 1592 runs @ 56.85
 ==Leading bowlers==
 [[Sydney Barnes]] topped the averages with 69 wickets @ 11.33
+==References==
-==External sources==
+{{Reflist}}
-* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/1912_ENG.html CricketArchive &ndash; season summaries]
 ==Annual reviews==
 * [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]] 1912
+==External links==
-{{English cricket seasons 1890 - 1918}}
+* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/1912_ENG.html CricketArchive &ndash; season summaries]
-{{DEFAULTSORT:1912 English Cricket Season}}
+{{English cricket seasons}}
+{{County Championship seasons}}
-[[Category:English cricket seasons from 1890 to 1918]]
+{{Ashes Test series}}
-[[Category:1912 in English sport|Cricket season]]
+{{International cricket tours of England}}
-[[Category:1912 in cricket|English cricket season]]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:1912 English Cricket Season}}
+[[Category:1912 in English cricket]]
-{{England-cricket-season-stub}}
+[[Category:English cricket seasons in the 20th century]]