1971 County Championship

English cricket tournament April 2022 First-class cricket League system Surrey 15 1 May 14 September 1971 England and Wales Cricket Board 17 204 Geoffrey Boycott, (Yorkshire) 2,197 Don Shepherd, (Warwickshire) 101 1970 1970 County Championship 1972 1972 County Championship The 1971 County Championship was the 72nd officially organised running of the County Championship.Engel Matthew Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494 2004 John Wisden & Company Ltd 0-947766-83-9 Surrey won the Championship title by virtue of winning more matches because they had finished level on points with Warwickshire.Wynne-Thomas Peter The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records 1983 Hamlyn Publishing Group 0-600-34667-6 Table 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 Bonus points awarded in first 85 overs of first innings Batting: 1 point for each 25 runs above 150 Bowling: 2 point for every 2 wickets taken No bonus points awarded in a match starting with less than 8 hours' play remaining. Position determined by points gained. If equal, then decided on most wins. Each team plays 24 matches. +TeamPWLDBat Batting pointsBowl Bowling pointsPts1Surrey 2411 3 10 63 82 2552Warwickshire 249 9 6 73 92 2553Lancashire 249 4 11 76 75 2414Kent 247 6 11 82 82 2345Leicestershire 246 2 16Leicestershire were awarded 5 points for the draw against Surrey, as they were batting fourth when scores were tied.https://i.imgci.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1971/ENG_LOCAL/CC/LEICS_SURREY_CC_24-27JUL1971.html Leicestershire v Surrey at Leicester, 24-27 Jul 1971 I.imgci.com 29 September 202676 74 2156Middlesex 247 6 11 61 81 2127Somerset 247 4 13 50 89 2098Gloucestershire 247 3 13 50 81 2019Hampshire 244 6 14 70 82 19210Essex 246 5 13 43 84 18711Sussex 245 9 10 55 77 18212Nottinghamshire 243 7 14 58 83 17113Yorkshire 244 8 12 47 75 16214Northamptonshire 244 8 12 36 83 15915Worcestershire 243 7 14 46 76 15216Glamorgan 243 5 15 55 63 14817Derbyshire 241 4 19 51 81 142 References Category:1971 in English cricket Category:County Championship seasons