1967 County Championship Explained

Tournament Format:League system
Champions:Yorkshire
Previous Year:1966
Previous Tournament:1966 County Championship
Next Year:1968
Next Tournament:1968 County Championship

The 1967 County Championship was the 68th officially organised running of the County Championship.[1] Yorkshire won their second consecutive Championship title.

The method of obtaining points changed again for a second successive year:[2]

Table

County Championship table
width=175 Teamwidth=20 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=20 abbr="Won" Wonwidth=20 abbr="Lost" Lostwidth=20 abbr="Drawn" Drawnwidth=20 abbr="Tie" Tiewidth=20 abbr="ND" No Decisionwidth=20 abbr="1st" 1st Innswidth=20 abbr="Points" Points
Yorkshire 2812 5 9 0 2 18 186
Kent 2811 3 12 0 2 16 176
2810 3 12 0 3 18 176
Surrey 288 4 12 0 4 15 148
286 6 16 0 0 13 132
Derbyshire 285 5 17 0 1 14 130
Middlesex 285 4 14 1 4 14 128
Somerset 285 7 14 0 2 13 120
287 8 11 0 2 10 118
285 4 15 0 4 11 118
Lancashire 284 3 17 0 4 12 116
Hampshire 285 6 13 1 3 10 114
Sussex 285 9 12 0 2 10 104
Glamorgan 284 7 15 0 2 9 100
Essex 283 9 14 0 2 9 88
280 4 22 0 2 11 88
283 11 9 0 5 11 86

Notes and References

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