1978 County Championship

{{Short description|English cricket tournament}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricket tournament | administrator = | cricket format = [[First-class cricket]] | tournament format = [[Sports league|League system]] | champions = [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] | count = | participants = | matches = | most runs = | most wickets = | previous_year = 1977 | previous_tournament = 1977 County Championship | next_year = 1979 | next_tournament = 1979 County Championship }}

The '''1978 Schweppes County Championship''' was the 79th 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> [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] won the Championship title. The Championship was sponsored by [[Schweppes]] for the first time.

==Table== *12 points for a win *5 points to each team for a tie *5 points to team still batting in a match in which scores finish level *Bonus points awarded in first 100 overs of first innings **Batting: 150 runs - 1 point, 200 runs - 2 points 250 runs - 3 points, 300 runs - 4 points **Bowling: 3-4 wickets - 1 point, 5-6 wickets - 2 points 7-8 wickets - 3 points, 9-10 wickets - 4 points *No bonus points awarded in a match starting with less than 8 hours' play remaining. *The two first innings limited to a total of 200 overs. The team batting first limited to 100 overs. Any overs up to 100 not used by the team batting first could be added to the overs of the team batting second. *Position determined by points gained. If equal, then decided on most wins. *Each team plays 22 matches. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+ County Championship table |- !width=175 |Team !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |[[Result (cricket)#Win and loss|Won]] !width=20 abbr="Lost" |[[Result (cricket)#Win and loss|Lost]] !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |[[Result (cricket)#Draw|Drawn]] !width=20 abbr="Bonus points" |Batting bonus !width=20 abbr="Bonus points" |Bowling bonus !width=20 abbr="Points" |Points |- style="background:#ccffcc;" |style="text-align:left;"|[[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] ||22 ||13 ||3 ||6 ||56 ||80 ||292 |- |style="text-align:left;"|[[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] ||22 ||12 ||1 ||9 ||55 ||74 ||273 |- |style="text-align:left;"|[[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] ||21 ||11 ||5 ||5 ||48 ||75 ||255 |- |style="text-align:left;"|[[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] ||22 ||10 ||3 ||9 ||58 ||55 ||233 |- |style="text-align:left;"|[[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] ||22 ||9 ||4 ||9 ||44 ||76 ||228 |- |style="text-align:left;"|[[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]] ||22 ||4 ||5 ||13 ||57 ||68 ||173 |- |style="text-align:left;"|[[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]] ||22 ||3 ||7 ||12 ||63 ||67 ||166 |- |style="text-align:left;"|[[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] ||21 ||4 ||6 ||11 ||53 ||60 ||161 |- |style="text-align:left;"|[[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] ||22 ||4 ||7 ||11 ||39 ||64 ||151* |- |style="text-align:left;"|[[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]] ||21 ||4 ||8 ||9 ||42 ||55 ||145 |- |style="text-align:left;"|[[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] ||22 ||4 ||5 ||13 ||39 ||56 ||143 |- |style="text-align:left;"|[[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] ||21 ||4 ||8 ||9 ||28 ||59 ||135 |- |style="text-align:left;"|[[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]] ||22 ||3 ||8 ||11 ||43 ||54 ||133* |- |style="text-align:left;"|[[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]] ||22 ||3 ||7 ||12 ||33 ||63 ||132 |- |style="text-align:left;"|[[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]] ||22 ||2 ||5 ||15 ||56 ||51 ||131 |- |style="text-align:left;"|[[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] ||22 ||3 ||7 ||12 ||36 ||58 ||130 |- |style="text-align:left;"|[[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] ||20 ||2 ||6 ||12 ||41 ||56 ||121 |}

* Sussex and Glamorgan were both deducted six points after a breach of regulations.<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>

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[[Category:1978 in English cricket]] [[Category:County Championship seasons]]