1925 County Championship
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English cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
|---|---|
| Tournament format(s) | League system |
| Champions | Yorkshire (14th title) |
| Participants | 17 |
← 1924 1926 → | |
The 1925 County Championship was the 32nd officially organised running of the County Championship. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won the championship title for the fourth successive year.[1]
Final placings were still decided by calculating the percentage of points gained against possible points available. The minimum number of matches required to qualify for the championship was increased to twelve home and away in a non-test match season.[2]
Table
[edit ]- Five points were awarded for a win.
- Three points were awarded for "winning" the first innings of a drawn match.
- Two points were awarded for "tying" the first innings of a drawn match.
- One points were awarded for "losing" the first innings of a drawn match.
- Final placings were decided by calculating the percentage of possible points.
| Team | Pld | W | L | DWF | DLF | NR | Pts | %PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire | 32 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 117 | 86.66 |
| Surrey | 26 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 84 | 76.36 |
| Lancashire | 32 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 117 | 75.36 |
| Nottinghamshire | 26 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 84 | 67.20 |
| Kent | 28 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 79 | 65.83 |
| Middlesex | 24 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 71 | 64.54 |
| Essex | 28 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 65 | 50.00 |
| Warwickshire | 26 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 43.20 |
| Hampshire | 28 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 41.73 |
| Gloucestershire | 28 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 40.71 |
| Northamptonshire | 24 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 40.00 |
| Leicestershire | 26 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 36.80 |
| Sussex | 30 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 51 | 35.17 |
| Derbyshire | 24 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 30.43 |
| Somerset | 26 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 24.16 |
| Worcestershire | 26 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 21.53 |
| Glamorgan | 26 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8.33 |
References
[edit ]- ^ Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
- ^ Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records. Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 0-600-34667-6.
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