The 1961 County Championship was the 62nd officially organised running of the County Championship. Hampshire won their first ever Championship title.
For the 1961 season, the follow-on was abolished in the County Championship, when play took place on the first day of matches. Teams were able to forfeit their second innings, but none did so.
Table 12 points for a win 6 points to team still batting in the fourth innings of a match in which scores finish level 2 points for first innings lead 2 bonus points for team leading on first innings if they also score faster on runs per over in first innings If no play possible on the first two days, and the match does not go into the second innings, the team leading on first innings scores 8 points. Teams played either 28 or 32 matches. Therefore, a final average was calculated by dividing the points by the matches played which determined the final placings. +TeamPWLDNo Dec1st Inns LeadBonusPtsAverage1Hampshire 32 19 7 6 0 4 32 2688.372Yorkshire 32 17 5 10 0 6 34 2507.813Middlesex 28 15 6 6 1 4 26 2147.644Worcestershire 3216 9 7 0 5 24 2267.06=5Gloucestershire 2811115 1 4 18 1585.64=5Essex 28 10 8 10 0 6 26 1585.647Derbyshire 28 10 9 9 0 6 22 1545.508Sussex 32 11 10 11 0 9 20 1705.319Leicestershire 28 9 135 1 6 26 1465.2110Somerset 32 10 15 7 0 9 24 1625.0611Kent 28 8 8 12 0 8 20 1324.7112Warwickshire 329 10 13 0 8 26 1504.6813Lancashire 32 9 7 15 1 8 18 1424.4314Glamorgan 32 9 12 11 0 5 10 1284.0015Surrey 28 4 13 11 0 14 24 1003.5716Northamptonshire 28 51310 0 6 10 822.9217Nottinghamshire 28420 4 0 8 12 762.71
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