{{Short description|English cricket tournament}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricket tournament | administrator = | cricket format = First-class cricket | tournament format = League system | champions = Yorkshire | count = 19 | participants = | matches = | most runs = | most wickets = | previous_year = 1936 | previous_tournament = 1936 County Championship | next_year = 1938 | next_tournament = 1938 County Championship }}
The '''1937 County Championship''' was the 44th officially organised running of the County Championship. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won their 19th title.<ref>{{cite book|last=Engel|first=Matthew|title=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494|year=2004|publisher=John Wisden & Company Ltd|isbn=0-947766-83-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Wynne-Thomas|first=Peter|title=The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records|year=1983|publisher=Hamlyn Publishing Group|isbn=0-600-34667-6}}</ref>
==Table== *A minimum of 24 matches *15 points for a win *7.5 points to each team in a match where the scores finish level *5 points for first-innings lead in a drawn match *3 points for first-innings deficit in a drawn match *4 points to each team where the first-innings scores are level in a drawn match or where there is no result on first innings or where there is no play. *Positions decided by a percentage of points won against possible points available *Matches with the first two days washed out would then be played as one day matches and decided on first innings, with 10 points for the winner and 3 points for the loser.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+ County Championship table |- !width=175 |Team !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |DWF !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |DLF !width=20 abbr="No Result" |NR !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts !width=40 abbr="Percentage of possible points" |%PC |- style="background:#ccffcc;" |style="text-align:left;"|Yorkshire ||28 ||18 ||2 ||4 ||4 ||0 ||302 ||71.90 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Middlesex ||24 ||15 ||4 ||3 ||2 ||0 ||246 ||68.33 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Derbyshire ||28 ||14 ||6 ||2 ||4 ||2 ||240 ||57.14 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Gloucestershire ||30 ||15 ||10 ||2 ||3 ||0 ||244 ||54.22 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Sussex ||32 ||13 ||7 ||8 ||4 ||0 ||247 ||51.45 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Essex ||28 ||13 ||11 ||2 ||1 ||1 ||212 ||50.47 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Glamorgan ||28 ||11 ||7 ||4 ||6 ||0 ||203 ||48.33 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Surrey ||26 ||8 ||5 ||7 ||4 ||2 ||175 ||44.87 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Lancashire ||32 ||9 ||5 ||12 ||6 ||0 ||213 ||44.37 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Nottinghamshire ||28 ||6 ||4 ||8 ||8 ||2 ||162 ||38.57 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Warwickshire ||24 ||6 ||8 ||6 ||4 ||0 ||132 ||36.66 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Kent ||28 ||8 ||16 ||2 ||2 ||0 ||136 ||32.38 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Somerset ||28 ||7 ||14 ||2 ||5 ||0 ||130 ||30.95 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Hampshire ||28 ||7 ||16 ||4 ||1 ||0 ||128 ||30.47 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Worcestershire ||30 ||8 ||17 ||0 ||5 ||0 ||135 ||30.00 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Leicestershire ||26 ||1 ||11 ||3 ||11 ||0 ||63 ||16.15 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Northamptonshire ||24 ||0 ||16 ||4 ||3 ||1 ||33 ||9.16 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{County Championship seasons}} {{English cricket seasons}}
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