1912 County Championship
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
|---|---|
| Tournament format(s) | League system |
| Champions | Yorkshire (9th title) |
| Participants | 16 |
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]
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
- 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.
| 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
- ^ Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records. Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 0-600-34667-6.