1964 English cricket season

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The 1964 English cricket season saw Australia retain the Ashes as Bob Simpson led them through a hard-fought series.

1 Honours
- 1.1 County Championship Table
2 Test Series
3 Leading batsmen
4 Leading bowlers
5 References

[edit] Honours

County Championship - Worcestershire
Gillette Cup - Sussex
Minor Counties Championship - Lancashire II
Second XI Championship - Lancashire II
Wisden (for their deeds in 1964) - Geoffrey Boycott, Peter Burge, Jack Flavell, Graham McKenzie, Bob Simpson

[edit] County Championship Table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	No Dec	1st inn lead match L	1st inn lead match D	Points
Pts	–	–	10	–	–	–	2	2	–
1	Worcestershire	28	18	3	6	1	0	5	191
2	Warwickshire	28	14	5	9	0	0	5	150
3	Northamptonshire	28	12	4	11	1	0	5	130
4	Surrey	28	11	3	13	1	0	9	129
5	Yorkshire	28	11	3	14	0	0	8	126
6	Middlesex	28	9	6	12	1	2	9	112
7	Kent	28	9	6	12	1	3	6	108
8	Somerset	28	8	8	8	4	4	4	96
9	Sussex	28	8	9	10	1	1	3	88
10	Essex	28	7	11	8	2	5	3	86
11	Glamorgan	28	7	7	12	2	1	6	84
=12	Derbyshire	28	5	9	12	2	4	5	68
=12	Hampshire	28	5	8	14	1	1	5	68
14	Lancashire	28	4	10	13	1	4	8	64
15	Nottinghamshire	28	4	13	11	0	3	4	54
16	Leicestershire	28	3	18	5	2	7	0	44
17	Gloucestershire	28	3	15	10	0	2	4	43

Notes: Surrey and Worcestershire one point each for tie on first innings in match drawn; Gloucestershire and Hampshire one point each for tie on first innings in match lost. Hampshire five points in drawn match when scores finished level and they were batting.

[edit] Test Series

Australia retained the Ashes by beating England 1-0. Australia won the Third Test at Headingley and the other four were all drawn. In the match that Australia won, they were 187-7 in reply to England's 268 when Ted Dexter decided to take the new ball. In response, Peter Burge, the last recognised batsman, went on the attack. He scored 160, well supported by Neil Hawke and Wally Grout, and the last three wickets added 211. 121 behind on first innings, England could not recover. Since a draw in the Fourth Test at Old Trafford would ensure that Australia would retain the Ashes, they batted on till they had reached 656-8 before declaring, with Bobby Simpson scoring 311, his first Test century. England responded with 611 (Ken Barrington 256, Ted Dexter 174) and the match ended in the dullest of draws.