| P | W | L | DWF | DLF | NC | Pts | PtsPC | |||
| 1 | Yorkshire | 32 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 117 | 86.667 | |
| 2 | Surrey | 26 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 84 | 76.364 | |
| 3 | Lancashire | 32 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 117 | 75.484 | |
| 4 | Nottinghamshire | 26 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 84 | 67.2 | |
| 5 | Kent | 28 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 79 | 65.833 | |
| 6 | Middlesex | 24 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 71 | 64.545 | |
| 7 | Essex | 28 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 65 | 50 | |
| 8 | Warwickshire | 26 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 43.2 | |
| 9 | Hampshire | 28 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 41.739 | |
| 10 | Gloucestershire | 28 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 40.714 | |
| 11 | Northamptonshire | 24 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 40 | |
| 12 | Leicestershire | 26 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 36.8 | |
| 13 | Sussex | 30 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 51 | 35.172 | |
| 14 | Derbyshire | 24 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 30.435 | |
| 15 | Somerset | 26 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 24.167 | |
| 16 | Worcestershire | 26 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 21.538 | |
| 17 | Glamorgan | 26 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8.333 |
| Points Awarded and Column Key: | |
| Won (W): 5 | |
| Lost (L): 0 | |
| Won on 1st innings in drawn match (DWF): 3 | |
| Lost on 1st innings in drawn match (DLF): 1 | |
| Not counted in computing final positions (NC): 0 | |
| Total points (Pts) | |
| Percentage of possible points (PtsPC) |
| Order in the table: | |
| Position of teams in the table is determined by: | |
| Percentage of possible points |