1933 County Championship

1933 County Championship

Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format	League system
Champions	Yorkshire (17th title)
← 1932 1934 →

The 1933 County Championship was the 40th officially organised running of the County Championship. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won the championship title for the third successive year. ^[1] The method for deciding the championship was changed once again as follows ^[2] -

• A minimum of 24 matches
• 15 points for a win
• 7.5 points to each team in a match where the scores finish level
• 5 points for first-innings lead in a drawn match
• 3 points for first-innings deficit in a drawn match
• 4 points to each team where the first-innings scores are level in a drawn match or where there is no result on first innings or where there is no play.
• Positions decided by a percentage of points won against possible points available
• Matches with the first two days washed out would then be played as one day matches and decided on first innings, with 10 points for the winner and 3 points for the loser.

Table

County Championship table

Team	Pld	W	L	DWF	DLF	NR	Pts	%PC
Yorkshire	30	19	3	3	5	0	315	70.00
Sussex	32	18	5	7	2	0	311	64.79
Kent	30	15	8	3	3	1	253	56.22
Essex	28	13	8	4	3	0	224	53.33
Lancashire	28	9	1	10	7	1	210	50.00
Derbyshire	28	11	11	3	3	0	189	45.00
Warwickshire	28	9	5	5	8	1	188	44.76
Nottinghamshire	28	7	3	7	8	3	176	41.90
Surrey	26	6	5	12	3	0	159	40.76
Gloucestershire	30	10	13	5	2	0	181	40.22
Somerset	26	6	10	2	5	3	127	32.56
Middlesex	26	7	14	2	2	1	125	32.05
Northamptonshire	24	5	11	5	3	0	109	30.27
Hampshire	28	2	9	4	11	2	91	21.66
Worcestershire	30	2	13	7	6	2	91	20.22
Glamorgan	24	1	9	5	7	2	69	19.16
Leicestershire	26	3	15	1	7	0	71	18.20

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.