1938 County Championship

English cricket tournament April 2022 First-class cricket League system Yorkshire 20 1937 1937 County Championship 1939 1939 County Championship The 1938 County Championship was the 45th officially organised running of the County Championship. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won their 20th championship title.Engel Matthew Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494 2004 John Wisden & Company Ltd 0-947766-83-9 The points system for the Championship was altered as followsWynne-Thomas Peter The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records 1983 Hamlyn Publishing Group 0-600-34667-6 - 12 pts for a win 6 pts for a tie 4 pts for a first innings lead in a match either drawn or lost 8 pts for a win in a match under one day rules Table + County Championship tableTeamPldWLD1st Inns Loss1st Inns DrawPtsAverageYorkshire 28 20 2 6 0 4 256 9.14Middlesex 22 15 5 2 0 1 184 8.36Surrey 25 12 6 7 2 5 172 6.88Lancashire 28 14 6 8 0 6 192 6.85Derbyshire 25 11 8 6 3 4 160 6.40Essex 26 12 11 3 3 2 164 6.30Somerset 25 10 9 6 1 5 144 5.76Sussex 29 11 9 9 3 3 156 5.37Kent 27 8 14 5 2 4 120 4.44Gloucestershire 28 8 13 7 2 4 122* 4.35Worcestershire 30 9 11 10 2 3 128 4.26Nottinghamshire 25 7 10 8 2 3 106* 4.24Warwickshire 227 7 8 0 2 92 4.18Hampshire 30 9 16 5 4 0 124 4.13Leicestershire 22 4 9 9 1 7 80 3.63Glamorgan 22 5 9 8 1 3 76 3.45Northamptonshire 24 0 17 7 3 1 16 0.66 includes 2 pts for a tie on first innings of a lost match References Category:1938 in English cricket Category:County Championship seasons