{{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 = 20 | participants = | matches = | most runs = | most wickets = | previous_year = 1937 | previous_tournament = 1937 County Championship | next_year = 1939 | next_tournament = 1939 County Championship }}
The '''1938 County Championship''' was the 45th officially organised running of the County Championship. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won their 20th 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> The points system for the Championship was altered as follows<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> -
* 12 pts for a win * 6 pts for a tie * 4 pts for a first innings lead in a match either drawn or lost * 8 pts for a win in a match under one day rules
==Table== {| 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" |D !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |1st Inns Loss !width=20 abbr="No Result" |1st Inns Draw !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts !width=40 abbr="Average" |Average |- style="background:#ccffcc;" |style="text-align:left;"|Yorkshire ||28 ||20 ||2 ||6 ||0 ||4 ||256 ||9.14 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Middlesex ||22 ||15 ||5 ||2 ||0 ||1 ||184 ||8.36 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Surrey ||25 ||12 ||6 ||7 ||2 ||5 ||172 ||6.88 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Lancashire ||28 ||14 ||6 ||8 ||0 ||6 ||192 ||6.85 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Derbyshire ||25 ||11 ||8 ||6 ||3 ||4 ||160 ||6.40 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Essex ||26 ||12 ||11 ||3 ||3 ||2 ||164 ||6.30 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Somerset ||25 ||10 ||9 ||6 ||1 ||5 ||144 ||5.76 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Sussex ||29 ||11 ||9 ||9 ||3 ||3 ||156 ||5.37 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Kent ||27 ||8 ||14 ||5 ||2 ||4 ||120 ||4.44 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Gloucestershire ||28 ||8 ||13 ||7 ||2 ||4 ||122* ||4.35 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Worcestershire ||30 ||9 ||11 ||10 ||2 ||3 ||128 ||4.26 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Nottinghamshire ||25 ||7 ||10 ||8 ||2 ||3 ||106* ||4.24 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Warwickshire ||22||7 ||7 ||8 ||0 ||2 ||92 ||4.18 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Hampshire ||30 ||9 ||16 ||5 ||4 ||0 ||124 ||4.13 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Leicestershire ||22 ||4 ||9 ||9 ||1 ||7 ||80 ||3.63 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Glamorgan ||22 ||5 ||9 ||8 ||1 ||3 ||76 ||3.45 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Northamptonshire ||24 ||0 ||17 ||7 ||3 ||1 ||16 ||0.66 |}
* includes 2 pts for a tie on first innings of a lost match
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{County Championship seasons}} {{English cricket seasons}}
Category:1938 in English cricket Category:County Championship seasons
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