1928 County Championship Explained

Tournament Format:	League system
Champions:	Lancashire
Count:	5
Previous Year:	1927
Previous Tournament:	1927 County Championship
Next Year:	1929
Next Tournament:	1929 County Championship

The 1928 County Championship was the 35th officially organised running of the County Championship. Lancashire County Cricket Club won the championship title for a third successive year.^[1]

This would be the last instance of where the Championship was decided by 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
width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	DWF	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	DLF	width=20 abbr="No Result"	NR	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts	width=40 abbr="Percentage of possible points"	%PC
	30	15	0	9	3	3	186	77.50
	30	15	5	8	1	1	167	69.58
	31	13	3	9	5	1	168	67.96
	26	8	0	8	7	3	137	65.86
	28	9	6	9	0	4	133	59.37
	25	5	3	10	6	1	112	56.00
	30	12	8	4	6	0	134	55.83
	24	6	5	7	5	1	102	53.17
	28	6	4	6	11	1	115	51.33
	25	6	6	4	7	2	97	48.50
	28	3	6	10	7	2	103	45.98
	28	5	7	5	11	0	98	43.75
	28	7	13	3	5	0	86	38.37
	23	4	11	3	5	0	62	33.69
	24	2	9	1	10	2	59	30.72
	28	2	13	5	6	2	67	29.91
	30	0	19	2	8	1	38	15.83

Notes and References

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