1995 County Championship
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
|---|---|
| Tournament format | League system |
| Champions | Warwickshire |
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.[1][2]
The Championship was sponsored by Britannic Assurance for the twelfth season.[3]
Table
[edit]- 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
- Batting:
- 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.
| Position | Team | Pld | Won | Lost | Drawn | Batting bonus | Bowling bonus | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warwickshire | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 64 | 337 |
| 2 | Middlesex | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 51 | 62 | 305 |
| 3 | Northamptonshire | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 57 | 290 |
| 4 | Lancashire | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 61 | 269 |
| 5 | Essex | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 42 | 58 | 228 |
| 6 | Gloucestershire | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 50 | 223 |
| 7 | Leicestershire | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 41 | 61 | 214 |
| 8 | Yorkshire | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 39 | 55 | 206 |
| 9 | Somerset | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 49 | 201 |
| 10 | Worcestershire | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 57 | 182 |
| 11 | Nottinghamshire | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 41 | 54 | 175 |
| 12 | Surrey | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 55 | 169 |
| 13 | Hampshire | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 56 | 168 |
| 14 | Derbyshire | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 39 | 64 | 167 |
| 15 | Sussex | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 51 | 152 |
| 16 | Glamorgan | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 57 | 145 |
| 17 | Durham | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 53 | 137 |
| 18 | Kent | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 44 | 132 |
Notable events
[edit]- 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 1955[4]
- Essex and Durham became the first counties to finish a season without a single draw since Surrey in 1955.[5]
- Overall, the proportion of finished matches — 124 of 153 — was the greatest since 1921.[5]
- 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.[6]
- 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 Abergavenny[7]
- 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.[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ Engel, Matthew, ed. (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (141st ed.). John Wisden & Company Ltd. pp. 493–494. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
- ↑ Lee, Alan (18 September 1995). "Donald enforces final triumph". The Times.
- ↑ "That's out: the sponsors who walked". The Guardian. 20 August 1999. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ↑ Engel, Matthew, ed. (1996). "Sussex in 1995". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (133rd ed.). p. 620.
- 1 2 Engel, Matthew, ed. (1996). "Britannic Assurance County Championship, 1995". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (133rd ed.). p. 396.
- ↑ Engel, Matthew, ed. (1996). "Northamptonshire in 1995". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (133rd ed.). pp. 554–555.
- ↑ Engel, Matthew, ed. (1996). "Glamorgan in 1995". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (133rd ed.). pp. 459–460.
- ↑ Engel, ed. (1996). "Northamptonshire in 1995". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (133rd ed.). pp. 560–561.
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