1927 County Championship
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
|---|---|
| Tournament format(s) | League system |
| Champions | Lancashire (4th title) |
The 1927 County Championship was the 34th officially organised running of the County Championship. Lancashire County Cricket Club won the championship title for a second successive year.[1] In May 1927, Warwickshire beat Yorkshire by eight wickets, which was Yorkshire's first loss in 71 consecutive matches in the County Championship.[2]
Points Changes
Final placings were still decided by calculating the percentage of points gained against possible points available but in March 1927 the MCC revised the points scoring as follows:[3]
- 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.
Table
| Team | Pld | W | L | DWF | DLF | NR | Pts | %PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancashire | 28 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 154 | 68.75 |
| Nottinghamshire | 28 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 152 | 67.85 |
| Yorkshire | 27 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 135 | 62.54 |
| Kent | 26 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1* | 129 | 62.01 |
| Derbyshire | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 99 | 61.87 |
| Surrey | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2* | 107 | 60.79 |
| Leicestershire | 22 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2* | 104 | 59.09 |
| Essex | 26 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 106 | 50.96 |
| Middlesex | 20 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 81 | 50.62 |
| Sussex | 28 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4* | 108 | 48.92 |
| Warwickshire | 23 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 88 | 47.82 |
| Gloucestershire | 26 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 92 | 44.23 |
| Hampshire | 23 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 78 | 42.39 |
| Somerset | 23 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 65 | 35.32 |
| Glamorgan | 21 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 59 | 35.11 |
| Northamptonshire | 24 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 59 | 30.72 |
| Worcestershire | 27 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 18.51 |
*includes a tie on first innings
References
- ^ Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
- ^ "Poacher-turned-gamekeeper". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records. Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 0-600-34667-6.