1992 County Championship

{{Infobox cricket tournament

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| cricket format = First-class cricket

| tournament format = League system

| champions = Essex

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| previous_year = 1991

| previous_tournament = 1991 County Championship

| next_year = 1993

| next_tournament = 1993 County Championship

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The 1992 Britannic Assurance County Championship was the 93rd officially organised running of the County Championship. Essex won the Championship title.{{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}}{{cite web|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=IF503339821&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|title=Alan Lee, Cricket Correspondent. "Gooch opens up as Essex retain title." Times [London, England] 4 Sept. 1992|work=The Times}}

Durham entered the Championship for the first time. This was the first time that a new county had been admitted to the championship for 71 years since Glamorgan in 1921.{{cite web|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=IF500579184&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|title=Peter Ball. "Durham are determined to deliver." Times [London, England] 15 Apr. 1992|work=The Times}}

Table

16 points for a win
8 points to each side for a tie
8 points to side 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 22 matches.

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
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" \|+ County Championship table
style="background:#ccffcc;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|Essex	22	11	6	5	60	64	300
style="text-align:left;"\|Kent	22	9	3	10	60	55	259
style="text-align:left;"\|Northamptonshire	22	8	4	10	62	58	248
style="text-align:left;"\|Nottinghamshire	22	7	7	8	54	58	224
style="text-align:left;"\|Derbyshire	22	7	6	9	47	63	222
style="text-align:left;"\|Warwickshire	22	6	8	8	55	68	219
style="text-align:left;"\|Sussex	22	6	7	9	60	61	217
style="text-align:left;"\|Leicestershire	22	7	7	8	39	60	211
style="text-align:left;"\|Somerset	22	5	4	13	64	62	206
style="text-align:left;"\|Gloucestershire	22	6	6	9	48	58	202
style="text-align:left;"\|Middlesex	22	5	3	14	62	60	202
style="text-align:left;"\|Lancashire	22	4	6	12	73	51	188
style="text-align:left;"\|Surrey	22	5	7	10	56	50	186
style="text-align:left;"\|Glamorgan	22	5	4	13	53	49	182
style="text-align:left;"\|Hampshire	22	4	6	12	61	57	182
style="text-align:left;"\|Yorkshire	22	4	6	12	56	52	172
style="text-align:left;"\|Worcestershire	22	3	4	14	54	65	167
style="text-align:left;"\|Durham	22	2	10	10	46	53	131

References

Category:1992 in English cricket

Category:County Championship seasons