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1925 County Championship

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1925 County Championship
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsYorkshire (14th title)
Participants17
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

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  • 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.
County Championship table
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

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  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.