1977 County Championship

English cricket tournament April 2022 First-class cricket League system Middlesex & Kent 4 May 9 September 1977 England and Wales Cricket Board 17 181 Viv Richards, (Somerset) 2,090 Mike Proctor, (Gloucestershire) 108 1976 1976 County Championship 1978 1978 County Championship The 1977 County Championship was the 78th officially organised running of the County Championship. The Championship title was shared for only the third time in history after Middlesex and Kent finished on the same points.Engel Matthew Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494 2004 John Wisden & Company Ltd 0-947766-83-9 There was one change to the points system with twelve points awarded for a winning team instead of ten and six matches were abandoned without a ball being bowled and are not included in the table.Wynne-Thomas Peter The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records 1983 Hamlyn Publishing Group 0-600-34667-6 Table 12 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 Bonus points awarded in first 100 overs of first innings Batting: 150 runs - 1 point, 200 runs - 2 points 250 runs - 3 points, 300 runs - 4 points Bowling: 3-4 wickets - 1 point, 5-6 wickets - 2 points 7-8 wickets - 3 points, 9-10 wickets - 4 points No bonus points awarded in a match starting with less than 8 hours' play remaining. The two first innings limited to a total of 200 overs. The team batting first limited to 100 overs. Any overs up to 100 not used by the team batting first could be added to the overs of the team batting second. Position determined by points gained. If equal, then decided on most wins. Each team plays 22 matches. +TeamPWLDBat Batting pointsBowl Bowling pointsPts1Middlesex 22 9 5 8 43 76 2272Kent 21 9 2 10 54 65 2273Gloucestershire 20 9 5 6 44 70 2224Somerset 21 6 4 11 58 64 1945Leicestershire 22 6 4 12 44 73 1896Essex 21 7 5 9 38 65 1877Derbyshire 21 7 3 11 38 64 1868Sussex 22 6 5 11 52 60 1849Northamptonshire 20 6 6 8 43 68 18310Warwickshire 22 4 8 10 61 72 18111Hampshire 22 6 5 11 53 54 17912Yorkshire 21 6 5 10 36 63 17113Worcestershire 22 5 10 7 29 55 14414Glamorgan 21 3 7 11 36 60 13215Surrey 21 3 6 12 42 54 13216Lancashire 21 2 4 15 36 57 11717Nottinghamshire 22 1 11 10 34 52 98 References County Championship Category:County Championship seasons