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A complete list of County championships and its winners since 1890
The Championship started in 1890, being played annually barring World War years.
Published On Sep 13, 2014, 06:37 AM IST
Last UpdatedSep 13, 2014, 06:37 AM IST
Subsequent to the victory of Yorkshire in the County Championship after a hiatus of 13 years, Sandipan Banerjee finds out the complete list of County Championship and its’ winners since 1890.
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A wait of 13 years was finally ended for Yorkshire on Friday as they beat Nottinghamshire by an innings and 152 runs and became the English county champions for 2014. The County Championship is, as is common knowledge, the premier domestic tournament of England.
The Championship had started in 1890, and has been played every year barring ten: 1915 to 1918 (due to World War I) and 1940 to 1945 (due to World War II).
Here is the complete list of Teams and winners of English County Championship since 1890:
|
Year |
Winner |
No. of teams |
Teams |
|
1890 |
Surrey |
8 |
The tournament starts with Gloucestershire, Kent, Lancashire, Middlesex, Nottinghamshire, Surrey, Sussex, Yorkshire |
|
1891 |
Surrey |
9 |
Somerset is added |
|
1892 |
Surrey |
9 |
|
|
1893 |
Yorkshire |
9 |
|
|
1894 |
Surrey |
9 |
|
|
1895 |
Surrey |
14 |
Derbyshire, Essex, Hampshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire are added |
|
1896 |
Yorkshire |
14 |
|
|
1897 |
Lancashire |
14 |
|
|
1898 |
Yorkshire |
14 |
|
|
1899 |
Surrey |
15 |
Worcestershire is added |
|
1900 |
Yorkshire |
16 |
Northamptonshire is added |
|
1901 |
Yorkshire |
16 |
|
|
1902 |
Yorkshire |
16 |
|
|
1903 |
Middlesex |
16 |
|
|
1904 |
Lancashire |
16 |
|
|
1905 |
Yorkshire |
16 |
|
|
1906 |
Kent |
16 |
|
|
1907 |
Nottinghamshire |
16 |
|
|
1908 |
Yorkshire |
16 |
|
|
1909 |
Kent |
16 |
|
|
1910 |
Kent |
16 |
|
|
1911 |
Warwickshire |
16 |
|
|
1912 |
Yorkshire |
16 |
|
|
1913 |
Kent |
16 |
|
|
1914 |
Surrey |
16 |
|
|
1915 |
Not held due to World War I |
||
|
1916 |
Not held due to World War I |
||
|
1917 |
Not held due to World War I |
||
|
1918 |
Not held due to World War I |
||
|
1919 |
Yorkshire |
15 |
Worcestershire withdraws |
|
1920 |
Middlesex |
16 |
Worcestershire rejoins |
|
1921 |
Middlesex |
17 |
Glamorgan is added |
|
1922 |
Yorkshire |
17 |
|
|
1923 |
Yorkshire |
17 |
|
|
1924 |
Yorkshire |
17 |
|
|
1925 |
Yorkshire |
17 |
|
|
1926 |
Lancashire |
17 |
|
|
1927 |
Lancashire |
17 |
|
|
1928 |
Lancashire |
17 |
|
|
1929 |
Nottinghamshire |
17 |
|
|
1930 |
Lancashire |
17 |
|
|
1931 |
Yorkshire |
17 |
|
|
1932 |
Yorkshire |
17 |
|
|
1933 |
Yorkshire |
17 |
|
|
1934 |
Lancashire |
17 |
|
|
1935 |
Yorkshire |
17 |
|
|
1936 |
Derbyshire |
17 |
|
|
1937 |
Yorkshire |
17 |
|
|
1938 |
Yorkshire |
17 |
|
|
1939 |
Yorkshire |
17 |
|
|
1940 |
Not held due to World War II |
||
|
1941 |
Not held due to World War II |
||
|
1942 |
Not held due to World War II |
||
|
1943 |
Not held due to World War II |
||
|
1944 |
Not held due to World War II |
||
|
1945 |
Not held due to World War II |
||
|
1946 |
Yorkshire |
17 |
|
|
1947 |
Middlesex |
17 |
|
|
1948 |
Glamorgan |
17 |
|
|
1949 |
Middlesex / Yorkshire |
17 |
|
|
1950 |
Lancashire / Surrey |
17 |
|
|
1951 |
Warwickshire |
17 |
|
|
1952 |
Surrey |
17 |
|
|
1953 |
Surrey |
17 |
|
|
1954 |
Surrey |
17 |
|
|
1955 |
Surrey |
17 |
|
|
1956 |
Surrey |
17 |
|
|
1957 |
Surrey |
17 |
|
|
1958 |
Surrey |
17 |
|
|
1959 |
Yorkshire |
17 |
|
|
1960 |
Yorkshire |
17 |
|
|
1961 |
Hampshire |
17 |
|
|
1962 |
Yorkshire |
17 |
|
|
1963 |
Yorkshire |
17 |
|
|
1964 |
Worcestershire |
17 |
|
|
1965 |
Worcestershire |
17 |
|
|
1966 |
Yorkshire |
17 |
|
|
1967 |
Yorkshire |
17 |
|
|
1968 |
Yorkshire |
17 |
|
|
1969 |
Glamorgan |
17 |
|
|
1970 |
Kent |
17 |
|
|
1971 |
Surrey |
17 |
|
|
1972 |
Warwickshire |
17 |
|
|
1973 |
Hampshire |
17 |
|
|
1974 |
Worcestershire |
17 |
|
|
1975 |
Leicestershire |
17 |
|
|
1976 |
Middlesex |
17 |
|
|
1977 |
Kent / Middlesex |
17 |
|
|
1978 |
Kent |
17 |
|
|
1979 |
Essex |
17 |
|
|
1980 |
Middlesex |
17 |
|
|
1981 |
Nottinghamshire |
17 |
|
|
1982 |
Middlesex |
17 |
|
|
1983 |
Essex |
17 |
|
|
1984 |
Essex |
17 |
|
|
1985 |
Middlesex |
17 |
|
|
1986 |
Essex |
17 |
|
|
1987 |
Nottinghamshire |
17 |
|
|
1988 |
Worcestershire |
17 |
|
|
1989 |
Worcestershire |
17 |
|
|
1990 |
Middlesex |
17 |
|
|
1991 |
Essex |
17 |
|
|
1992 |
Essex |
18 |
Durham is added |
|
1993 |
Middlesex |
18 |
|
|
1994 |
Warwickshire |
18 |
|
|
1995 |
Warwickshire |
18 |
|
|
1996 |
Leicestershire |
18 |
|
|
1997 |
Glamorgan |
18 |
|
|
1998 |
Leicestershire |
18 |
|
|
1999 |
Surrey |
18 |
|
|
2000 |
Surrey |
18 |
|
|
2001 |
Yorkshire |
18 |
|
|
2002 |
Surrey |
18 |
|
|
2003 |
Sussex |
18 |
|
|
2004 |
Warwickshire |
18 |
|
|
2005 |
Nottinghamshire |
18 |
|
|
2006 |
Sussex |
18 |
|
|
2007 |
Sussex |
18 |
|
|
2008 |
Durham |
18 |
|
|
2009 |
Durham |
18 |
|
|
2010 |
Nottinghamshire |
18 |
|
|
2011 |
Lancashire |
18 |
|
|
2012 |
Warwickshire |
18 |
|
|
2013 |
Durham |
18 |
|
|
2014 |
Yorkshire |
18 |
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|
Club |
Titles |
Shared titles |
Inducted |
First title |
Last title |
Longest streak |
Years / title |
|
Yorkshire |
31 |
1 |
1890 |
1893 |
2014 |
4 (1922 — 1925) |
3.6 |
|
Durham |
3 |
1992 |
2008 |
2013 |
2 (2008, 2009) |
4.0 |
|
|
Surrey |
18 |
1 |
1890 |
1890 |
2002 |
7 (1952 — 1958) |
6.0 |
|
Middlesex |
10 |
2 |
1890 |
1903 |
1993 |
2 (1976, 1977) |
9.5 |
|
Lancashire |
8 |
1 |
1890 |
1897 |
2011 |
3 (1926 — 1928) |
12.7 |
|
Warwickshire |
7 |
1895 |
1911 |
2012 |
2 (1994, 1995) |
15.6 |
|
|
Kent |
6 |
1 |
1890 |
1906 |
1978 |
2 (1909, 1910 and 1977, 1978) |
16.3 |
|
Essex |
6 |
1895 |
1979 |
1992 |
2 (1983, 1984 and 1991, 1992) |
18.2 |
|
|
Nottinghamshire |
6 |
1890 |
1907 |
2010 |
1 |
19.0 |
|
|
Worcestershire |
5 |
1899 |
1964 |
1989 |
2 (1964, 1965 and 1988, 1989) |
20.8 |
|
|
Glamorgan |
3 |
1921 |
1948 |
1997 |
1 |
27.7 |
|
|
Leicestershire |
3 |
1895 |
1975 |
1998 |
1 |
36.3 |
|
|
Sussex |
3 |
1890 |
2003 |
2007 |
2 (2006, 2007) |
38.0 |
|
|
Hampshire |
2 |
1895 |
1961 |
1973 |
1 |
54.5 |
|
|
Derbyshire |
1 |
1895 |
1936 |
1936 |
1 |
109.0 |
|
|
Gloucestershire |
0 |
1890 |
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|
Northamptonshire |
0 |
1900 |
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|
Somerset |
0 |
1891 |
(Sandipan Banerjee is a reporter at CricketCountry. Cricket has been the biggest passion for him since his childhood. So, when it came to choosing his career, he chose to turn his passion into his profession. Apart from cricket he likes mountain trekking, river rafting and photography. His twitter handle is @im_sandipan)
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