1936 County Championship

1936 County Championship

Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format	League system
Champions	Derbyshire (1st title)
← 1935 1937 →

The 1936 County Championship was the 43rd officially organised running of the County Championship. Derbyshire County Cricket Club won their maiden (and so far the only) championship title. ^{[1] [2]}

Table

• 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.

County Championship table

Team	Pld	W	L	DWF	DLF	NR	Pts	%PC
Derbyshire	28	13	4	5	5	1	239	56.90
Middlesex	26	10	4	8	3	1	203	52.05
Yorkshire	30	10	2	12	4	2	230	51.11
Gloucestershire	30	10	7	4	8	1	203	45.11
Nottinghamshire	28	8	3	9	8	0	189	45.00
Surrey	30	9	7	6	6	2	191	42.44
Somerset	26	9	10	2	3	2	162	41.53
Kent	28	9	9	4	5	1	174	41.42
Essex	26	8	8	5	5	0	160	41.02
Hampshire	30	7	5	9	9	0	177	39.33
Lancashire	30	7	6	7	5	5	175	38.88
Worcestershire	28	7	9	4	7	1	150	35.71
Warwickshire	24	4	8	2	7	3	103	28.61
Sussex	30	4	10	7	6	3	125	27.77
Leicestershire	24	2	5	8	8	1	98	27.22
Glamorgan	26	1	12	6	5	2	68	17.43
Northamptonshire	24	0	9	5	9	1	61	16.94

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.