1995 County Championship

English cricket tournament April 2022 27 April 18 September 1995 First-class cricket League system Warwickshire 5 England and Wales Cricket Board 18 153 Mark Ramprakash, (Middlesex) 2,147 Anil Kumble, (Northamptonshire) 105 1994 1994 County Championship 1996 1996 County Championship The 1995 Britannic Assurance County Championship was the 96th officially organised running of the County Championship. Warwickshire won the Championship title for the second successive season.Engel Matthew Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004 493-494 141st John Wisden & Company Ltd 0-947766-83-9http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=IF500731357&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Alan Lee Donald enforces final triumph 18 September 1995 The Times The Championship was sponsored by Britannic Assurance for the twelfth season.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/1999/aug/20/cricket7 That's out: the sponsors who walked The Guardian 20 August 1999 16 September 2025 Table 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. +TeamPWLDBat Batting pointsBowl Bowling pointsPts1Warwickshire171421 4964337 2Middlesex 171223 51623053Northamptonshire 171223 41572904Lancashire171043 48612695Essex17890 42582286Gloucestershire 17845 45502237Leicestershire 17 782 41612148Yorkshire 17782 39552069Somerset 17755 404920110Worcestershire 17674 295718211Nottinghamshire 17593 415417512Surrey17584 345516913Hampshire 17584 325616814Derbyshire174103 396416715Sussex17476 375115216Glamorgan 17386 405714517Durham17 4 130 205313718Kent17395 4044132 Notable events 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 1955Engel Matthew Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1996 133rd Sussex in 1995 620 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.Engel Matthew Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1996 133rd Britannic Assurance County Championship, 1995 396 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.Engel Matthew Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1996 133rd Northamptonshire in 1995 554-555 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 AbergavennyEngel Matthew Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1996 133rd Glamorgan in 1995 459-460 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.Engel Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1996 133rd Northamptonshire in 1995 560-561 References Category:1995 in English cricket Category:County Championship seasons