1921 County Championship

The 1921 County Championship was the 28th officially organised running of the County Championship. Middlesex County Cricket Club won their third championship title.[1]

1921 County Championship
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsMiddlesex (3rd title)
Participants17
1920
1922

Glamorgan County Cricket Club joined the championship for the first time.[2]

Table edit

  • Five points were awarded for a win.
  • Two points were awarded for "winning" the first innings of a drawn match.
  • Final placings were decided by calculating the percentage of possible points.
County Championship table
Team Pld W L DWF DLF NR Pts %PC
Middlesex 20 15 2 0 2 1 75 78.94
Surrey 24 15 2 3 3 1 81 70.43
Yorkshire 26 16 3 4 2 1 88 70.40
Kent 26 16 7 2 1 0 84 64.61
Lancashire 28 15 4 4 3 2 83 63.84
Hampshire 28 14 9 4 1 0 78 55.71
Gloucestershire 24 12 12 0 0 0 60 50.00
Nottinghamshire 24 10 8 3 2 1 56 48.69
Sussex 28 13 12 1 2 0 67 47.85
Somerset 22 8 11 2 1 0 44 40.00
Leicestershire 26 10 14 0 2 0 50 38.46
Derbyshire 20 5 12 3 0 0 31 31.00
Northamptonshire 24 5 15 1 2 1 27 23.47
Worcestershire 22 5 15 0 2 0 25 22.72
Essex 26 5 13 2 6 0 29 22.30
Warwickshire 26 5 18 1 2 0 27 20.76
Glamorgan 18 2 14 1 0 1 12 14.11

References edit

  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.