[1] The Championship was the first for six years due to World War II and was decided on total points scored instead of the previous system of averages.
[2] The 1946 County Championship had all teams scheduled to play 26 matches, although there were many incomplete games because of the weather "may be written down as the worst in living memory".
[3] Captained by Brian Sellers, Yorkshire's success was chiefly due to its two main bowlers Ellis Robinson and Arthur Booth who took 167 and 111 wickets respectively in all first-class matches.
Yorkshire had recalled him after many years absence as a replacement for the late Hedley Verity and Booth made the most of frequently damp conditions that suited his type of slow left arm bowling.
Yorkshire's batting depended heavily on Len Hutton, supported by veterans Wilf Barber and Maurice Leyland.