The 1912 County Championship was the twenty-third officially organised running of the County Championship. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won their ninth championship title.

Worcestershire finished last for the first time since becoming first-class in 1899, whilst Essex – as high as sixth in 1911 – had their worst season in the Championship to date and won a single game for the only time in their Championship history.

Table

  • Five points were awarded for a win.
  • Three points were awarded for "winning" the first innings of a drawn match.
  • One point was awarded for "losing" the first innings of a drawn match.
  • Matches which ended without both teams completing a first innings were added to the "No result" column. Teams won no points for these draws, but these matches were not included in the calculation of possible points.
  • Final placings were decided by calculating the percentage of possible points.
CountyPlayedWonLostFirst InningsPoints%
WonLostNo resultPossObtd
1Yorkshire281317431259072.00
2Northamptonshire18101241856070.58
3Kent261453311258265.60
4Lancashire2282435855564.70
5Middlesex2074522905257.77
6Hampshire2473446905156.66
7Surrey26756531155850.43
8Nottinghamshire1855521854249.41
9Warwickshire2265344904347.44
10Sussex286106421305240.00
11Gloucestershire1838115651929.23
12Derbyshire1827234701927.14
13Leicestershire223132221002323.00
14Somerset1628132701622.85
15Essex1818234701420.00
16Worcestershire20110063851112.94

Records

Most runs
AggregateAveragePlayerCounty
Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 1,831 53.85 David Denton Yorkshire 1,453 46.87 Ernie Hayes Surrey 1,397 30.36 Robert Relf Sussex 1,357 32.30 Joe Vine Sussex 1,151 31.10 Wally Hardinge KentMost wickets Aggregate Average Player County 170 11.35 Colin Blythe Kent 118 16.00 George Dennett Gloucestershire 112 17.26 Alec Kennedy Hampshire 109 13.14 Harry Dean Lancashire 106 14.59 George Thompson Northamptonshire
1,83153.85David DentonYorkshire
1,45346.87Ernie HayesSurrey
1,39730.36Robert RelfSussex
1,35732.30Joe VineSussex
1,15131.10Wally HardingeKent
AggregateAveragePlayerCounty
17011.35Colin BlytheKent
11816.00George DennettGloucestershire
11217.26Alec KennedyHampshire
10913.14Harry DeanLancashire
10614.59George ThompsonNorthamptonshire

Notes