County Championship While this was going on, representatives of the eight leading county clubs held a private meeting to discuss the method by which the county championship should in future be decided. The new competition began in the 1890 season and at first involved just the eight leading clubs: Gloucestershire, Kent, Lancashire, Middlesex, Nottinghamshire, Surrey, Sussex and Yorkshire. Subsequently, the championship has been expanded to 18 clubs by the additions at various times of Derbyshire, Durham, Essex, Glamorgan, Hampshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Somerset, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. It is difficult to know when the concept of a county championship originated. While early matches were
2017 Women's County Championship Division One and Division Two with eight teams each, and Division Three with 20 teams divided into 4 groups. Teams in each group played each other once, except Division 3 Group A teams which played each other twice. 2017 Women's County Championship The 2017 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 21st cricket Women's County Championship season. The championship works on a points system, the winner being the team with most average points of completed games in the first division. The points are currently awarded as follows: Win: 10 points + bonus points. Tie: 5 points + bonus points. Loss: Bonus