1923 County Championship

1923 County Championship
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsYorkshire (12th title)
Participants17
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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
Yorkshire 32 25 1 4 1 1 133 85.80
Nottinghamshire 26 15 3 5 2 1 85 68.00
Lancashire 30 15 2 6 6 1 87 60.00
Surrey 26 15 9 0 3 1 67 58.26
Kent 28 15 8 2 5 0 75 55.55
Sussex 30 15 8 2 5 0 79 52.66
Hampshire 28 10 8 6 3 1 62 45.92
Middlesex 22 7 7 5 3 0 45 40.90
Somerset 24 9 11 1 3 0 47 39.16
Derbyshire 22 4 7 6 4 1 32 30.47
Gloucestershire 28 7 16 3 2 0 41 29.29
Warwickshire 26 6 12 3 2 0 36 28.80
Essex 26 6 11 3 6 0 36 27.69
Leicestershire 24 5 13 4 2 0 33 27.50
Worcestershire 26 5 16 1 4 0 27 20.76
Glamorgan 24 2 17 2 3 0 14 11.66
Northamptonshire 22 2 16 1 3 0 12 10.90

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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