1967 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 = 1966 | previous_tournament = 1966 County Championship | next_year = 1968 | next_tournament = 1968 County Championship }}

The '''1967 County Championship''' was the 68th 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 of obtaining points changed again for a second successive year:<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> * 8 points for a win * 4 points for a tie * 4 points for a team batting first in a drawn match with scores level * 4 points for a first innings lead * 2 points for a tie on first innings * 2 points for draw providing there is a first innings result * One day rules scrapped

==Table== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+ County Championship table |- !width=175 |Team !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |Won !width=20 abbr="Lost" |Lost !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |Drawn !width=20 abbr="Tie" |Tie !width=20 abbr="ND" |No Decision !width=20 abbr="1st" |1st Inns !width=20 abbr="Points" |Points |- style="background:#ccffcc;" |style="text-align:left;"|Yorkshire ||28||12 ||5 ||9 ||0 ||2 ||18 ||186 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Kent ||28||11 ||3 ||12 ||0 ||2 ||16 ||176 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Leicestershire ||28||10 ||3 ||12 ||0 ||3 ||18 ||176 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Surrey ||28||8 ||4 ||12 ||0 ||4 ||15 ||148 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Worcestershire ||28||6 ||6 ||16 ||0 ||0 ||13 ||132 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Derbyshire ||28||5 ||5 ||17 ||0 ||1 ||14 ||130 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Middlesex ||28||5 ||4 ||14 ||1 ||4 ||14 ||128 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Somerset ||28||5 ||7 ||14 ||0 ||2 ||13 ||120 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Northamptonshire ||28||7 ||8 ||11 ||0 ||2 ||10 ||118 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Warwickshire ||28||5 ||4 ||15 ||0 ||4 ||11 ||118 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Lancashire ||28||4 ||3 ||17 ||0 ||4 ||12 ||116 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Hampshire ||28||5 ||6 ||13 ||1 ||3 ||10 ||114 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Sussex ||28||5 ||9 ||12 ||0 ||2 ||10 ||104 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Glamorgan ||28||4 ||7 ||15 ||0 ||2 ||9 ||100 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Essex ||28||3 ||9 ||14 ||0 ||2 ||9 ||88 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Nottinghamshire ||28||0 ||4 ||22 ||0 ||2 ||11 ||88 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Gloucestershire ||28||3 ||11 || 9 ||0 ||5 ||11 ||86 |}

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Category:1967 in English cricket Category:County Championship seasons