1934 County Championship

1934 County Championship

Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Lancashire (7th title)
← 1933 1935 →

The 1934 County Championship was the 41st officially organised running of the County Championship. Lancashire County Cricket Club won the championship title. ^{[1] [2]}

Table

• A minimum of 24 matches
• 15 points for a win
• 7.5 points to each side 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 side 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.

County Championship table

Team	Pld	W	L	DWF	DLF	NR	Pts	%PC
Lancashire	30	13	3	10	4	0	257	57.11
Sussex	30	12	2	7	8	1	243	54.00
Derbyshire	28	12	6	6	3	1	223	53.09
Warwickshire	24	10	4	4	4	2	190	52.77
Kent	30	12	7	6	5	0	225	50.00
Yorkshire	30	12	7	5	4	2	225	50.00
Gloucestershire	30	12	10	2	4	2	210	46.66
Essex	28	9	4	5	9	1	191	45.47
Nottinghamshire	28	8	7	7	6	0	173	41.19
Middlesex	28	8	9	7	2	2	169	40.23
Surrey	26	6	8	9	3	0	144	36.92
Leicestershire	24	6	9	3	6	0	123	34.16
Glamorgan	24	3	8	5	5	3	97	26.94
Hampshire	28	3	11	8	5	1	104	24.76
Somerset	24	3	10	0	11	0	78	21.66
Worcestershire	28	3	12	3	9	1	91	21.66
Northamptonshire	24	2	17	3	2	0	51	14.16

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.