1934 County Championship

1934 County Championship

Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Lancashire (7th title)

The 1934 County Championship was the 41st officially organised running of the County Championship. Lancashire County Cricket Club won the championship title.^[1][2]

Table

• A minimum of 24 matches
• 15 points for a win
• 7.5 points to each side in a match where the scores finish level
• 5 points for first-innings lead in a drawn match
• 3 points for first-innings deficit in a drawn match
• 4 points to each side where the first-innings scores are level in a drawn match or where there is no result on first innings or where there is no play.
• Positions decided by a percentage of points won against possible points available
• Matches with the first two days washed out would then be played as one day matches and decided on first innings, with 10 points for the winner and 3 points for the loser.

County Championship table

Team	Pld	W	L	DWF	DLF	NR	Pts	%PC
Lancashire	30	13	3	10	4	0	257	57.11
Sussex	30	12	2	7	8	1	243	54.00
Derbyshire	28	12	6	6	3	1	223	53.09
Warwickshire	24	10	4	4	4	2	190	52.77
Kent	30	12	7	6	5	0	225	50.00
Yorkshire	30	12	7	5	4	2	225	50.00
Gloucestershire	30	12	10	2	4	2	210	46.66
Essex	28	9	4	5	9	1	191	45.47
Nottinghamshire	28	8	7	7	6	0	173	41.19
Middlesex	28	8	9	7	2	2	169	40.23
Surrey	26	6	8	9	3	0	144	36.92
Leicestershire	24	6	9	3	6	0	123	34.16
Glamorgan	24	3	8	5	5	3	97	26.94
Hampshire	28	3	11	8	5	1	104	24.76
Somerset	24	3	10	0	11	0	78	21.66
Worcestershire	28	3	12	3	9	1	91	21.66
Northamptonshire	24	2	17	3	2	0	51	14.16

References

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.