1923 County Championship
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsYorkshire (12th title)
Participants17

The 1923 County Championship was the 30th officially organised running of the County Championship. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won the championship title.[1] Final placings were still decided by calculating the percentage of points gained against possible points available.[2]

In May 1923, Jack Hobbs scored his 100th century in first-class cricket, batting for Surrey against Somerset.[3]

Table

  • 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
Yorkshire3225141113385.80
Nottinghamshire261535218568.00
Lancashire301526618760.00
Surrey261590316758.26
Kent281582507555.55
Sussex301582507952.66
Hampshire281086316245.92
Middlesex22775304540.90
Somerset249111304739.16
Derbyshire22476413230.47
Gloucestershire287163204129.29
Warwickshire266123203628.80
Essex266113603627.69
Leicestershire245134203327.50
Worcestershire265161402720.76
Glamorgan242172301411.66
Northamptonshire222161301210.90

References

  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.
  3. "The finisher". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
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