1953 County Championship
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
|---|---|
| Tournament format | League system |
| Champions | Surrey (9th title) |
| Participants | 17 |
| Matches | 238 |
| Most runs | Don Kenyon, (Sussex) 2,063 |
| Most wickets | Bruce Dooland, (Nottinghamshire) 152 |
The 1953 County Championship was the 54th officially organised running of the County Championship.[1] Surrey won the Championship title.[2]
On 16 May 1953, the match between Surrey and Warwickshire finished within the first day, with Surrey winning by an innings and 49 runs.[3][4]
Table
[edit]- 12 points for a win
- 6 points for a tie
- 6 points to team still batting in the fourth innings of a match in which scores finish level
- 4 points for first innings lead in a lost or drawn match
- 2 points for tie on first innings in a lost or drawn match
- If no play possible on the first two days, the match played to one-day laws with 8 points for a win.
| Team | P | W | L | D | T | No Dec |
1st Inns Lead |
Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surrey | 28 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 184 |
| 2 | Sussex | 28 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 168 |
| =3 | Lancashire | 28 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 156 |
| =3 | Leicestershire | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 156 |
| 5 | Middlesex | 28 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 150 |
| =6 | Derbyshire | 28 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 136 |
| =6 | Gloucestershire | 28 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 136 |
| 8 | Nottinghamshire | 28 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 128 |
| 9 | Warwickshire | 28 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 124 |
| 10 | Glamorgan | 28 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 120 |
| 11 | Northamptonshire | 28 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 114 |
| =12 | Essex | 28 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 100 |
| =12 | Yorkshire | 28 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 100 |
| 14 | Hampshire | 28 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 96 |
| 15 | Worcestershire | 28 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 72 |
| 16 | Kent | 28 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 64 |
| 17 | Somerset | 28 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 36 |
References
[edit]- ↑ Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
- ↑ Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records. Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 0-600-34667-6.
- ↑ "The IPL's can of worms". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ↑ "County Championship, 1953: Surrey v Warwickshire". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 May 2017.