1922 County Championship

The 1922 County Championship was the 29th officially organised running of the County Championship. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won the championship title.[1]

1922 County Championship
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsYorkshire (11th title)
Participants17
1921
1923

The minimum number of matches required to qualify for the championship was increased to eleven home and away.[2]

Table edit

  • Five points were awarded for a win.
  • Two points were awarded for "winning" the first innings of a drawn match.
  • Final placings were decided by calculating the percentage of possible points.
County Championship table
Team Pld W L DWF DLF NR Pts %PC
Yorkshire 30 19 2 6 2 1 107 73.79
Nottinghamshire 28 17 5 4 0 2 93 71.53
Surrey 24 13 1 6 3 1 77 66.95
Kent 28 16 3 3 5 1 86 63.70
Lancashire 30 15 7 2 4 2 79 56.42
Hampshire 28 13 6 3 4 2 71 54.61
Middlesex 22 10 6 3 3 0 56 50.90
Essex 26 7 4 6 5 4 47 42.72
Sussex 30 11 16 1 2 0 57 38.00
Somerset 24 6 11 6 1 0 42 35.00
Derbyshire 22 6 10 2 2 2 34 34.00
Warwickshire 28 8 15 0 2 3 40 32.00
Gloucestershire 28 8 17 1 1 1 42 31.11
Leicestershire 26 6 11 4 4 1 38 30.40
Northamptonshire 22 5 14 0 2 1 25 23.80
Glamorgan 22 1 18 1 1 1 7 6.66
Worcestershire 26 1 16 1 8 0 7 5.38

References edit

  1. ^ Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
  2. ^ Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records. Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 0-600-34667-6.