Knockout table for Open Preliminary Challenge
| Northumberland | 7 |
| Middlesex A | 7 |
| Norfolk | 7 |
| Yorkshire | 5 |
| Essex | 7½ |
| Devon | 3½ |
| Greater Manchester | 1½ |
| Surrey | 6½ |
| Surrey | 2½ |
| Leicestershire | 1½ |
| Leicestershire | 3 |
| Greater Manchester | 1 |
| Gloucestershire | 8½ |
| Worcestershire | 3½ |
| Oxfordshire | 8 |
| Shropshire | 4 |
| Berkshire | 3½ |
| Cumbria | 8½ |
| Hampshire | 5 |
| Warwickshire | 4 |
| Cheshire & N.Wales | 10 |
| Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire | 2 |
| Derbyshire | ½ |
| Somerset | 8½ |