1957 County Championship
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
|---|---|
| Tournament format | League system |
| Champions | Surrey (13th title) |
| Participants | 17 |
| Matches | 238 |
| Most runs | Jim Parks, Jr., (Sussex) 1,861 |
| Most wickets | Tony Lock , (Surrey) 153 |
The 1957 County Championship was the 58th officially organised running of the County Championship.[1] Surrey won the Championship title for the sixth successive year.
Changes were applied to the points system for the Championship as follows:[2]
- 12 points for a win
- 6 points to team still batting in the fourth innings of a match in which scores finish level
- 2 points for first innings lead
- 2 bonus points for team leading on first innings if they also score faster on runs per over in first innings
- If no play possible on the first two days, and the match does not go into the second innings, the team leading on first innings scores 8 points.
Table
[edit]| Team | P | W | L | D | No Dec |
1st Inns Lead |
Bonus | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surrey | 28 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 48 | 312 |
| 2 | Northamptonshire | 28 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 218 |
| 3 | Yorkshire | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 190 |
| 4 | Derbyshire | 28 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 162 |
| 5 | Essex | 28 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 158 |
| 6 | Lancashire | 28 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 156 |
| 7 | Middlesex | 28 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 148 |
| 8 | Somerset | 28 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 138 |
| =9 | Glamorgan | 28 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 136 |
| =9 | Sussex | 28 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 136 |
| 11 | Warwickshire | 28 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 134 |
| 12 | Gloucestershire | 28 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 132 |
| 13 | Hampshire | 28 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 116 |
| 14 | Kent | 28 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 90 |
| 15 | Nottinghamshire | 28 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 88 |
| 16 | Worcestershire | 28 | 4 | 9 | 14[a] | 1 | 5 | 8 | 72 |
| 17 | Leicestershire | 28 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 40 |
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.
- ↑ https://i.imgci.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1957/ENG_LOCAL/CC/SUSSEX_WORCS_CC_29JUN-02JUL1957.html
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