County Championship in 1895, the wooden spoon for finishing bottom has been 'won' by the teams shown in the table below. Lancashire, Middlesex, and Surrey have never finished bottom. Leicestershire have shared last place twice, with Hampshire and Somerset. Records can be found at Cricket Archive – County Championship Records. A team has scored 800 or more runs in the County Championship on seven occasions, with Yorkshire holding the record for the highest score of 887 all out against Warwickshire in 1896. County Championship The County Championship, currently known as the Specsavers County Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the domestic first-class cricket
1890 County Championship became the first official champions by winning nine of their fourteen matches. One point was awarded for a win, and one point was taken away for each loss, therefore: 1890 County Championship The 1890 County Championship was the first County Championship held as an "official" competition, following agreement between Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the leading county clubs at a meeting in December 1889. Surrey became the first official county champions after winning nine out of fourteen games. The "official" County Championship was constituted in a meeting at Lord's on 10 December 1889 which was called to enable club secretaries