1985 County Championship

{{Short description|English county cricket championship}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricket tournament | administrator = | cricket format = First-class cricket | tournament format = League system | champions = Middlesex | count = | participants = | matches = | most runs = | most wickets = | previous_year = 1984 | previous_tournament = 1984 County Championship | next_year = 1986 | next_tournament = 1986 County Championship }}

The '''1985 Britannic Assurance County Championship''' was the 86th officially organised running of the County Championship. Middlesex won the Championship 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 Championship was sponsored by Britannic Assurance for the second time with the winners of the championship receiving £20,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS370380939&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|title=John Woodcock Cricket Correspondent. "Cricket." Times [London, England] 11 Apr. 1985|work=The Times}}</ref>

==Table== *16 points for a win *8 points to each team for a tie *8 points to team still batting in a match in which scores finish level *Bonus points awarded in the first 100 overs of the 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. A one-innings match is played, with the winner gaining 12 points. *Position determined by points gained. If equal, then decided on most wins. *Each team plays 24 matches. {| 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="Bonus points" |Batting bonus !width=20 abbr="Bonus points" |Bowling bonus !width=20 abbr="Points" |Points |- style="background:#ccffcc;" |style="text-align:left;"|Middlesex ||24||8 ||4 ||12 ||61 ||85 ||274 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Hampshire ||24||7 ||2 ||15 ||66 ||78 ||256 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Gloucestershire ||24||7 ||3 ||14 ||51 ||78 ||241 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Essex ||24||7 ||2 ||14 ||42 ||70 ||224 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Worcestershire ||24||5 ||6 ||13 ||65 ||68 ||221 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Surrey ||24||5 ||5 ||14 ||62 ||76 ||218 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Sussex ||24||6 ||1 ||16 ||52 ||57 ||205 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Nottinghamshire ||24||4 ||2 ||18 ||66 ||69 ||199 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Kent ||24||4 ||5 ||15 ||51 ||71 ||186 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Northamptonshire ||24||5 ||4 ||15 ||52 ||51 ||183 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Yorkshire ||24||3 ||4 ||16 ||58 ||59 ||165 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Glamorgan ||24||4 ||4 ||16 ||43 ||48 ||163 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Derbyshire ||24||3 ||7 ||14 ||46 ||69 ||163 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Lancashire ||24||3 ||7 ||14 ||44 ||67 ||159 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Warwickshire ||24||2 ||8 ||14 ||47 ||74 ||153 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Leicestershire ||24||2 ||3 ||19 ||48 ||65 ||145 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Somerset ||24||1 ||7 ||16 ||70 ||45 ||131 |}

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