1912 County Championship

The 1912 County Championship was the twenty-third officially organised running of the County Championship. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won their ninth championship title.[1]

1912 County Championship
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsYorkshire (9th title)
Participants16
1911
1913

A No Result (NR) column was introduced for the first time which included all matches in which no decision was reached on first innings: these games were not used when calculating maximum possible points. Five matches were abandoned without a ball being bowled and were included in the NR column.

Table

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  • Five points were awarded for a win.
  • Three points were awarded for "winning" the first innings of a drawn match.
  • One point was awarded for "losing" the first innings of a drawn match.
  • Final placings were decided by calculating the percentage of * possible points.
  • Final placings were decided by calculating the percentage of possible points.
County Championship table
Team Pld W L DWF DLF NR Pts %PC
Yorkshire 28 13 1 7 4 3 90 72.00
Northamptonshire 18 10 1 2 4 1 60 70.58
Kent 26 14 5 3 3 1 82 65.60
Lancashire 22 8 2 4 3 6 55 64.70
Middlesex 20 7 4 5 2 2 52 57.77
Hampshire 24 7 3 4 4 6 51 56.66
Surrey 26 7 5 6 5 3 58 50.43
Nottinghamshire 18 5 5 5 2 1 42 49.41
Warwickshire 22 6 5 3 4 4 43 47.77
Sussex 28 6 10 6 4 2 52 40.00
Gloucestershire 18 3 8 1 1 5 19 29.23
Derbyshire 18 2 7 2 3 4 19 27.14
Leicestershire 22 3 13 2 2 2 23 23.00
Somerset 16 2 8 1 3 2 16 22.85
Essex 18 1 8 2 3 4 14 20.00
Worcestershire 20 1 10 0 6 3 11 12.94

References

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  1. ^ Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records. Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 0-600-34667-6.