1979 County Championship

English cricket tournament April 2022 First-class cricket League system Essex 1 2 May 7 September 1979 England and Wales Cricket Board 17 177 Glenn Turner, (Worcestershire) 1,669 Derek Underwood, (Kent) 104 1978 1978 County Championship 1980 1980 County Championship The 1979 Schweppes County Championship was the 80th officially organised running of the County Championship. Essex won their first Championship title.Engel Matthew Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494 2004 John Wisden & Company Ltd 0-947766-83-9 Table 12 points for a win 6 points to each team for a tie 6 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. Ten matches were abandoned without a ball being bowled and are not included in the table. The number of points awarded for a tie was increased from 5 to 6 points and the number of points awarded to a team batting last in a drawn match with the scores level also increased from 5 to 6 points.Wynne-Thomas Peter The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records 1983 Hamlyn Publishing Group 0-600-34667-6 The Championship was sponsored by Schweppes for the second time. +TeamPWLDBat Batting pointsBowl Bowling pointsPts1Essex 21 13 4 4 56 69 2812Worcestershire 21 7 4 10 58 62 2043Surrey 21 6 3 12 50 70 1924Sussex 20 6 4 10 47 65 1845Kent 22 6 3 13 49 60 1816Leicestershire 21 4 5 12 60 68 1767Yorkshire 21 5 3 13 52 63 1758Somerset 21 5 1 15 56 53 1719Nottinghamshire 19 6 4 9 43 54 16910Gloucestershire 20 5 4 11 53 54 16711Northamptonshire 21 3 6 12 59 58 15312Hampshire 21 3 9 9 39 66 14113Lancashire 22 4 4 14 37 55 14014Middlesex 20 3 3 14 44 60 14015Warwickshire 21 3 7 11 46 51 13316Derbyshire 21 1 6 14 46 60 11817Glamorgan 21 0 10 11 35 58 93 References Category:1979 in English cricket Category:County Championship seasons