chasingthedon
International Regular
Hi all,
I thought it would be fun to re-calculate the county championships, which have been settled using a variety of means in the past, using 12 points for a win and four for a draw, i.e. the points awarded during 1999, the last time the championship was one division. Note that this meant equalising the number of games played, based on winning percentage, where this was unequal.
It would seem Kent has been particularly hard done by in the past, gaining an additional five championships using this method. Also, Gloucestershire and Northants would have won once each. Lancashire drop from seven (plus one shared) to only four Championships, including losing three in a five-year period 1926-30.
Here's the summary (sorry about the formatting, seems I can't insert tables):-
Team Totals Revised
Yorkshire 30 (+1 shared) 28 (0 shared)
Surrey 18 (+1 shared) 17 (0 shared)
Middlesex 10 (+2 shared) 13 (0 shared)
Lancs 7 (+1 shared) 4 (0 shared)
Kent 6 (+1 shared) 11 (0 shared)
Essex 6 6
Warwicks 6 5
Notts 5 6
Worcs 5 5
Glam 3 2
Leics 3 3
Hants 2 2
Sussex 2 2
Derbys 1 1
Northants 0 1
Gloucs 0 1
Here are the revised years:-
YEAR Champion Revised Champion
1897 Lancs SURREY
1899 Surrey MIDDLESEX
1903 Middlesex YORKSHIRE
1908 Yorkshire KENT
1911 Warwicks KENT
1912 Yorkshire NORTHANTS
1914 Surrey MIDDLESEX
1924 Yorkshire MIDDLESEX
1926 Lancs KENT
1927 Lancs NOTTS
1930 Lancs GLOUCESTERSHIRE
1948 Glam MIDDLESEX
1949 Mid/Yorks YORKSHIRE
1950 Lancs/Sry LANCASHIRE
1967 Yorkshire KENT
1977 Kent/Mid KENT
Dave
I thought it would be fun to re-calculate the county championships, which have been settled using a variety of means in the past, using 12 points for a win and four for a draw, i.e. the points awarded during 1999, the last time the championship was one division. Note that this meant equalising the number of games played, based on winning percentage, where this was unequal.
It would seem Kent has been particularly hard done by in the past, gaining an additional five championships using this method. Also, Gloucestershire and Northants would have won once each. Lancashire drop from seven (plus one shared) to only four Championships, including losing three in a five-year period 1926-30.
Here's the summary (sorry about the formatting, seems I can't insert tables):-
Team Totals Revised
Yorkshire 30 (+1 shared) 28 (0 shared)
Surrey 18 (+1 shared) 17 (0 shared)
Middlesex 10 (+2 shared) 13 (0 shared)
Lancs 7 (+1 shared) 4 (0 shared)
Kent 6 (+1 shared) 11 (0 shared)
Essex 6 6
Warwicks 6 5
Notts 5 6
Worcs 5 5
Glam 3 2
Leics 3 3
Hants 2 2
Sussex 2 2
Derbys 1 1
Northants 0 1
Gloucs 0 1
Here are the revised years:-
YEAR Champion Revised Champion
1897 Lancs SURREY
1899 Surrey MIDDLESEX
1903 Middlesex YORKSHIRE
1908 Yorkshire KENT
1911 Warwicks KENT
1912 Yorkshire NORTHANTS
1914 Surrey MIDDLESEX
1924 Yorkshire MIDDLESEX
1926 Lancs KENT
1927 Lancs NOTTS
1930 Lancs GLOUCESTERSHIRE
1948 Glam MIDDLESEX
1949 Mid/Yorks YORKSHIRE
1950 Lancs/Sry LANCASHIRE
1967 Yorkshire KENT
1977 Kent/Mid KENT
Dave