Cricket format | First-class cricket |
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Tournament format(s) | League system |
Champions | Worcestershire |
The 1964 County Championship was the 65th officially organised running of the County Championship. [1] Worcestershire won their first Championship title. [2]
Worcestershire's 41-point margin over the second-placed team was the largest in the competition since 1957, and they won the title with three matches to spare. [3] They went to the top of the county table on 7 August from their Midlands rivals, Warwickshire, and finished the season with seven wins and a draw from their last eight matches to clinch the championship. [4]
Position | Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | No Dec | 1st inn
lead match L |
1st inn
lead match D |
Points |
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1 | Worcestershire | 28 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 191 |
2 | Warwickshire | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 150 |
3 | Northamptonshire | 28 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 130 |
4 | Surrey | 28 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 129 |
5 | Yorkshire | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 126 |
6 | Middlesex | 28 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 112 |
7 | Kent | 28 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 108 |
8 | Somerset | 28 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 96 |
9 | Sussex | 28 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 88 |
10 | Essex | 28 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 86 |
11 | Glamorgan | 28 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 84 |
=12 | Derbyshire | 28 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 68 |
=12 | Hampshire | 28 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 68 |
14 | Lancashire | 28 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 64 |
15 | Nottinghamshire | 28 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 54 |
16 | Leicestershire | 28 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 44 |
17 | Gloucestershire | 28 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 43 |
Notes: Surrey and Worcestershire one point each for tie on first innings in match drawn; Gloucestershire and Hampshire one point each for tie on first innings in match lost. Hampshire five points in drawn match when scores finished level and they were batting.