| # | North | MP | W | D | L | N/R | R | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Warwickshire / Birmingham Bears | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2526:2186 | 18 | |
| 2. | Lancashire | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2235:2142 | 18 | |
| 3. | Derbyshire | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2313:2381 | 18 | |
| 4. | Yorkshire | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2400:2295 | 15 | |
| 5. | Nottinghamshire | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2046:2146 | 15 | |
| 6. | Leicestershire | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2215:2167 | 14 | |
| 7. | Northamptonshire | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2109:2153 | 14 | |
| 8. | Durham | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2067:2127 | 7 | |
| 9. | Worcestershire | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1961:2275 | 5 | |
| # | South | MP | W | D | L | N/R | R | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Surrey | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2176:2111 | 21 | |
| 2. | Somerset | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2234:2224 | 20 | |
| 3. | Essex | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2278:2081 | 19 | |
| 4. | Hampshire | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2294:2221 | 18 | |
| 5. | Gloucestershire | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1835:1892 | 14 | |
| 6. | Glamorgan | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1821:1880 | 12 | |
| 7. | Sussex | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2361:2423 | 8 | |
| 8. | Middlesex | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2251:2355 | 8 | |
| 9. | Kent | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2281:2344 | 6 |