1925 County Championship Explained

Tournament Format:League system
Champions:Yorkshire
Count:14
Participants:17
Previous Year:1924
Previous Tournament:1924 County Championship
Next Year:1926
Next Tournament:1926 County Championship

The 1925 County Championship was the 32nd officially organised running of the County Championship. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won the championship title for the fourth successive year.[1]

Final placings were still decided by calculating the percentage of points gained against possible points available. The minimum number of matches required to qualify for the championship was increased to twelve home and away in a non-test match season.[2]

Table

County Championship table
width=175 Teamwidth=20 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=20 abbr="Won" Wwidth=20 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=20 abbr="Drawn" DWFwidth=20 abbr="Drawn" DLFwidth=20 abbr="No Result" NRwidth=20 abbr="Points" Ptswidth=40 abbr="Percentage of possible points" %PC
32 21 0 3 3 5 117 86.66
26 14 2 4 2 4 84 76.36
32 19 4 7 1 1 117 75.36
26 15 3 1 6 1 8467.20
28 15 7 1 1 4 79 65.83
24 12 3 2 5 2 71 64.54
28 9 7 5 5 2 65 50.00
26 8 11 4 2 1 54 43.20
28 6 11 6 0 5 48 41.73
28 9 13 3 3 0 57 40.71
24 9 12 0 3 0 48 40.00
26 7 13 3 2 1 46 36.80
30 9 16 1 3 1 51 35.17
24 5 12 2 4 1 35 30.43
26 3 15 4 2 2 29 24.16
26 5 18 0 3 0 28 21.53
26 1 20 1 2 2 10 8.33

Notes and References

  1. Book: Engel, Matthew. Matthew Engel . Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494. 2004. John Wisden & Company Ltd. 0-947766-83-9.
  2. Book: Wynne-Thomas, Peter. Peter Wynne-Thomas. The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records. 1983. Hamlyn Publishing Group. 0-600-34667-6.