Cricket tournament
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
|---|---|
| Tournament format(s) | League system |
| Champions | Yorkshire |
| ← 19621964 → | |
The 1963 County Championship was the 64th officially organised running of the County Championship. Yorkshire won their second consecutive Championship title.
The method for deciding the championship was changed as follows -
- Most points to determine champions
- Follow on restored
- One-day rules apply if the first two-thirds of playing time lost due to weather
- 10 points for a win
- 5 points for a tie
- 2 points for first innings lead in a drawn or lost match
- 1 point for a tie on first innings in a match drawn or lost
- 6 points for a win under one day rules
Table
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | No Dec | 1st inn
lead match L |
1st inn
lead match D |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yorkshire | 28 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 144 |
| 2 | Glamorgan | 28 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 124 |
| 3 | Somerset | 28 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 118 |
| =4 | Sussex | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 116 |
| =4 | Warwickshire | 28 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 116 |
| 6 | Middlesex | 28 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 106 |
| 7 | Northamptonshire | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 105 |
| 8 | Gloucestershire | 28 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 100 |
| 9 | Nottinghamshire | 28 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 82 |
| 10 | Hampshire | 28 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 80 |
| 11 | Surrey | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 74 |
| 12 | Essex | 28 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 70 |
| 13 | Kent | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 68 |
| 14 | Worcestershire | 28 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 60 |
| 15 | Lancashire | 28 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 58 |
| 16 | Leicestershire | 28 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 40 |
| 17 | Derbyshire | 28 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 28 |
Note: Northamptonshire gained five points instead of two in drawn match when scores finished level and they were batting.
References
- Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
- Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records. Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 0-600-34667-6.
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