10 points for a win , 5 points to each team for a tie , 5 points to team still batting in a match in which scores finish level , 2 points for first innings lead in a match drawn or lost , 1 point for first innings tie in a match lost , If no play possible on the first two days, and the match does not go into the second innings, the team leading on first innings scores 6 points. If the scores are level, the team batting second scores 3 points. , Position determined by points gained. If equal, then decided on most wins. , Each team plays 28 matches. 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.
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | No Dec | 1st inn lead match L | 1st inn lead match D | Points |
| 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 |
Source: Wikipedia