16 points for a win , 8 points to each team for a tie , 8 points to team still batting in a match in which scores finish level , Bonus points awarded in first 120 overs of first innings , Batting: , 200 runs – 1 point , 250 runs – 2 points , 300 runs – 3 points , 350 runs – 4 points , Bowling: , 3 or 4 wickets – 1 point, , 5 or 6 wickets – 2 points , 7 or 8 wickets – 3 points , 9 or 10 wickets – 4 points , No bonus points awarded in a match starting with less than 8 hours' play remaining. A one-innings match is played, with the winner gaining 12 points. , Position determined by points gained. If equal, then decided on most wins. , Batting: , , 200 runs – 1 point , , 250 runs – 2 points , , 300 runs – 3 points , , 350 runs – 4 points , , Bowling: , , 3 or 4 wickets – 1 point, , , 5 or 6 wickets – 2 points , , 7 or 8 wickets – 3 points , , 9 or 10 wickets – 4 points , , 200 runs – 1 point , , , 250 runs – 2 points , , , 300 runs – 3 points , , , 350 runs – 4 points , , 3 or 4 wickets – 1 point, , , , 5 or 6 wickets – 2 points , , , 7 or 8 wickets – 3 points , , , 9 or 10 wickets – 4 points
| Position | Team | Pld | Won | Lost | Drawn | Batting bonus | Bowling bonus | Points |
| 1 | Warwickshire | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 64 | 337 |
| 2 | Middlesex | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 51 | 62 | 305 |
| 3 | Northamptonshire | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 57 | 290 |
| 4 | Lancashire | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 61 | 269 |
| 5 | Essex | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 42 | 58 | 228 |
| 6 | Gloucestershire | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 50 | 223 |
| 7 | Leicestershire | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 41 | 61 | 214 |
| 8 | Yorkshire | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 39 | 55 | 206 |
| 9 | Somerset | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 49 | 201 |
| 10 | Worcestershire | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 57 | 182 |
| 11 | Nottinghamshire | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 41 | 54 | 175 |
| 12 | Surrey | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 55 | 169 |
| 13 | Hampshire | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 56 | 168 |
| 14 | Derbyshire | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 39 | 64 | 167 |
| 15 | Sussex | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 51 | 152 |
| 16 | Glamorgan | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 57 | 145 |
| 17 | Durham | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 53 | 137 |
| 18 | Kent | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 44 | 132 |
An exceptionally hot and dry summer with few interruptions from rain and many dry pitches led to several notable records , Warwickshire, in winning outright fourteen of seventeen games, achieved the highest percentage of wins in Championship history, beating Surrey who won 23 of 28 games in 1955 , Essex and Durham became the first counties to finish a season without a single draw since Surrey in 1955. , Overall, the proportion of finished matches — 124 of 153 — was the greatest since 1921. , June 15: In the match between Northamptonshire and Essex at Luton, thirty wickets fall on the first day — the most in a Championship match since 1946 — and Northamptionshire win after being dismissed for 46 in their first innings. This was the lowest first innings score from which a team has come back to win since Warwickshire won after being dismissed for 45 against Yorkshire in 1934. , August 23–26: Gloucestershire's Andrew Symonds set a new record of sixteen sixes in an innings ans twenty in a match against Glamorgan at Abergavenny , August 24–28: Nottinghamshire lose by an innings to Northamptonshire after playing a first innings of 527 — to which Northamptonshire replies with 781 for 7. This is the highest score, first or second innings, by a team losing by an innings in first-class cricket. , Warwickshire, in winning outright fourteen of seventeen games, achieved the highest percentage of wins in Championship history, beating Surrey who won 23 of 28 games in 1955 , , Essex and Durham became the first counties to finish a season without a single draw since Surrey in 1955. , , Overall, the proportion of finished matches — 124 of 153 — was the greatest since 1921.
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