1929 County Championship

1929 County Championship

Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Nottinghamshire (2nd title)
← 1928 1930 →

The 1929 County Championship was the 36th officially organised running of the County Championship. Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club won the championship title for the second time. ^[1]

A new method of deciding the Championship was introduced where all counties played 28 matches with the team with the most points being declared winners instead of the previous system of calculating the percentage of points gained against possible points available. ^[2]

Table

• Eight points were awarded for a win
• Four points were awarded for a tie
• Five points for the side leading after the first innings of a drawn match
• Three points for the side losing after the first innings of a drawn match
• Four points for the sides if tied after the first innings of a drawn match
• Four points for a no result on first innings (after more than six hours playing time)
• If the weather reduces a match to less than six hours and there has not been a result on first innings then the match shall be void.

County Championship table

Team	Pld	W	L	DWF	DLF	NR	Pts
Nottinghamshire	28	14	2	4	6	2	158
Lancashire	28	12	3	6	6	1	148
Yorkshire	28	10	2	9	5	2	148
Gloucestershire	28	15	6	1	4	2	145
Sussex	28	13	6	7	2	0	145
Middlesex	28	12	7	6	3	0	135
Derbyshire	28	10	6	8	3	1	133
Kent	28	12	8	6	2	0	132
Leicestershire	28	9	6	9	4	0	129
Surrey	28	8	7	5	6	2	115
Hampshire	28	8	10	0	8	2	96
Essex	28	6	9	3	9	1	94
Northamptonshire	28	7	13	2	6	0	84
Warwickshire	28	5	13	4	5	1	79
Somerset	28	3	17	5	3	0	58
Worcestershire	28	2	15	3	6	2	57
Glamorgan	28	3	19	3	3	0	48

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.