County Championship

The County Championship is the domestic first class cricket competition in the United Kingdom, mainly in England. All but one of teams are named after, and were originally representative of, English counties (the exception being Glamorgan, which is a Welsh county.)

County champions

There have been two divisions since 2000.

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Year1st Division2nd Division

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2005NottinghamshireLancashire

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2004WarwickshireNottinghamshire

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2003SussexWorcestershire

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2002SurreyEssex

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2001YorkshireSussex

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2000SurreyNorthampton

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Before 2000 there was a single division.

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• 1999 Surrey
• 1998 Leicestershire
• 1997 Glamorgan
• 1996 Leicestershire
• 1995 Warwickshire
• 1994 Warwickshire
• 1993 Middlesex
• 1992 Essex
• 1991 Essex
• 1990 Middlesex
• 1989 Worcestershire
• 1988 Worcestershire
• 1987 Nottinghamshire
• 1986 Essex
• 1985 Middlesex
• 1984 Essex
• 1983 Essex
• 1982 Middlesex
• 1981 Nottinghamshire
• 1980 Middlesex
• 1979 Essex
• 1978 Kent
• 1977 Kent/Middlesex
• 1976 Middlesex
• 1975 Leicestershire
• 1974 Worcestershire
• 1973 Hampshire
• 1972 Warwickshire
• 1971 Surrey
• 1970 Kent
• 1969 Glamorgan
• 1968 Yorkshire
• 1967 Yorkshire
• 1966 Yorkshire
• 1965 Worcestershire
• 1964 Worcestershire
• 1963 Yorkshire
• 1962 Yorkshire
• 1961 Hampshire
• 1960 Yorkshire
• 1959 Yorkshire
• 1958 Surrey
• 1957 Surrey
• 1956 Surrey
• 1955 Surrey
• 1954 Surrey
• 1953 Surrey
• 1952 Surrey
• 1951 Warwickshire
• 1950 Lancashire/Surrey
• 1949 Middlesex/Yorkshire
• 1948 Glamorgan
• 1947 Middlesex
• 1946 Yorkshire
• 1940-45 No championship - World War II
• 1939 Yorkshire
• 1938 Yorkshire
• 1937 Yorkshire
• 1936 Derbyshire
• 1935 Yorkshire
• 1934 Lancashire
• 1933 Yorkshire
• 1932 Yorkshire
• 1931 Yorkshire
• 1930 Lancashire
• 1929 Nottinghamshire
• 1928 Lancashire
• 1927 Lancashire
• 1926 Lancashire
• 1925 Yorkshire
• 1924 Yorkshire
• 1923 Yorkshire
• 1922 Yorkshire
• 1921 Middlesex
• 1920 Middlesex
• 1919 Yorkshire
• 1915-18 No championship - World War I
• 1914 Surrey
• 1913 Kent
• 1912 Yorkshire
• 1911 Warwickshire
• 1910 Kent
• 1909 Kent
• 1908 Yorkshire
• 1907 Nottinghamshire
• 1906 Kent
• 1905 Yorkshire
• 1904 Lancashire
• 1903 Middlesex
• 1902 Yorkshire
• 1901 Yorkshire
• 1900 Yorkshire
• 1899 Surrey
• 1898 Yorkshire
• 1897 Lancashire
• 1896 Yorkshire
• 1895 Surrey
• 1894 Surrey
• 1893 Yorkshire
• 1892 Surrey
• 1891 Surrey
• 1890 Surrey

There was no official system for selecting the champion county before 1890. Cricinfo has lists of unofficial champions for 1864-89 http://plus.cricinfo.com/db/NATIONAL/ENG/CHAMPIONSHIP/CC_WINNERS_1864-1889.html# and for 1825-63 http://plus.cricinfo.com/db/NATIONAL/ENG/CHAMPIONSHIP/CC_WINNERS_1825-1863.html#.

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