1963 County Championship

{{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 = | participants = | matches = | most runs = | most wickets = | previous_year = 1962 | previous_tournament = 1962 County Championship | next_year = 1964 | next_tournament = 1964 County Championship }}

The '''1963 County Championship''' was the 64th officially organised running of the County Championship.<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> Yorkshire won their second consecutive Championship title.

The method for deciding the championship was changed 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> -

*Most points to determine champions *Follow on restored *One-day rules apply if the first two-thirds of playing time lost due to weather *10 points for a win *5 points for a tie *2 points for first innings lead in a drawn or lost match *1 point for a tie on first innings in a match drawn or lost *6 points for a win under one day rules

==Table== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;" !Position !Team !Played !Won !Lost !Drawn !No Dec !1st inn lead match L !1st inn lead match D !Points |- |bgcolor="gold"|1 |bgcolor="gold"|Yorkshire |bgcolor="gold"|28 |bgcolor="gold"|13 |bgcolor="gold"|3 |bgcolor="gold"|11 |bgcolor="gold"|1 |bgcolor="gold"|1 |bgcolor="gold"|6 |bgcolor="gold"|144 |- |2 |Glamorgan |28 |11 |8 |8 |1 |1 |6 |124 |- |3 |Somerset |28 |10 |6 |11 |1 |2 |7 |118 |- |=4 |Sussex |28 |10 |6 |12 |0 |1 |7 |116 |- |=4 |Warwickshire |28 |10 |3 |14 |1 |1 |7 |116 |- |6 |Middlesex |28 |9 |5 |11 |3 |1 |7 |106 |- |7 |Northamptonshire |28 |9 |8 |11 |0 |1 |5 |105 |- |8 |Gloucestershire |28 |9 |7 |11 |1 |2 |3 |100 |- |9 |Nottinghamshire |28 |6 |8 |13 |1 |4 |7 |82 |- |10 |Hampshire |28 |7 |8 |10 |3 |1 |4 |80 |- |11 |Surrey |28 |5 |6 |17 |0 |1 |11 |74 |- |12 |Essex |28 |6 |4 |17 |1 |0 |5 |70 |- |13 |Kent |28 |5 |6 |17 |0 |1 |8 |68 |- |14 |Worcestershire |28 |4 |8 |13 |3 |2 |8 |60 |- |15 |Lancashire |28 |4 |10 |13 |1 |2 |7 |58 |- |16 |Leicestershire |28 |3 |13 |10 |2 |2 |3 |40 |- |17 |Derbyshire |28 |2 |14 |9 |3 |1 |3 |28 |}

Note: Northamptonshire gained five points instead of two in drawn match when scores finished level and they were batting.

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Category:1963 in English cricket Category:County Championship seasons