12 points for a win , 6 points to each team in a match in which scores finish level , 4 points for first innings lead in a lost or drawn match , 2 points for tie on first innings in a lost or drawn match , If no play possible on the first two days, the match played to one-day laws with 8 points for a win. NOTES: Essex and Nottinghamshire totals include six points each for a drawn match that ended with scores equal (no allowance made in Championship scoring at this stage for the fact that Essex were still batting). Surrey total includes eight points for a win on first innings in a match reduced to one day.
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | No Dec | 1st inn lead match L | 1st inn lead match D | Points |
| 1 | Glamorgan | 26 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 172 |
| 2 | Surrey | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 168 |
| 3 | Middlesex | 26 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 160 |
| 4 | Yorkshire | 26 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 156 |
| 5 | Lancashire | 26 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 152 |
| 6 | Derbyshire | 26 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 148 |
| 7 | Warwickshire | 26 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 132 |
| 8 | Gloucestershire | 26 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 128 |
| 9 | Hampshire | 26 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 120 |
| 10 | Worcestershire | 26 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 104 |
| 11 | Leicestershire | 26 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 96 |
| 12 | Somerset | 26 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 92 |
| 13 | Essex | 26 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 90 |
| 14 | Nottinghamshire | 26 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 82 |
| 15 | Kent | 26 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 76 |
| 16 | Sussex | 26 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 72 |
| 17 | Northamptonshire | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 52 |
Source: Wikipedia