1934 was the 41st season of County Championship cricket in England. England lost the Ashes with Don Bradman again the crucial difference between two very strong teams, Australia winning 2–1. Lancashire won the championship.

Honours

• County Championship – Lancashire
• Minor Counties Championship – Lancashire II
• Wisden – Stan McCabe, Bill O'Reilly, George Paine, Bill Ponsford, Jim Smith

Test series

England lost the Ashes to Australia who won the first and final Tests. England won the second by an innings, Hedley Verity taking 15 wickets, with the other two matches drawn.

County Championship

Leading batsmen

Don Bradman topped the averages with 2020 runs @ 84.16

Leading bowlers

Bill O'Reilly topped the averages with 109 wickets @ 17.04

References

Annual reviews

• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1935

Further reading

• Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
• Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
• Ray Robinson, On Top Down Under, Cassell, 1975

External links

• CricketArchive – season summary