1956 County Championship

English cricket tournament April 2022 First-class cricket League system Surrey 12 17 238 Peter Wight, (Somerset) 2,086 Les Jackson, (Derbyshire) 103 1955 1955 County Championship 1957 1957 County Championship The 1956 County Championship was the 57th officially organised running of the County Championship.Engel Matthew Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494 2004 John Wisden & Company Ltd 0-947766-83-9 Surrey won the Championship title for the fifth successive year.Wynne-Thomas Peter The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records 1983 Hamlyn Publishing Group 0-600-34667-6 Table 12 points for a win 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. +TeamPWLDNo Dec1st Inns Lead1st Inns TiePts1Surrey 2815 5 6 2 5 0 2002Lancashire 2812 2 12 2 9 0 1803Gloucestershire 2814 7 5 2 2 0 1764Northamptonshire 288 5 15 0 13 0 1485Middlesex 2811 9 7 1 3 0 1446Hampshire 289 6 10 3 8 0 1407Yorkshire 288 7 10 3 10 0 1368Nottinghamshire 287 4 15Nottinghamshire were awarded eight points for the draw against Lancashire, which they won under one-day rules.https://i.imgci.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1956/ENG_LOCAL/CC/NOTTS_LANCS_CC_16-19JUN1956.html2 9 0 128=9Sussex 287 10 9 2 7 0 112=9Worcestershire 288 4 14 2 4 0 11211Essex 286 10 9 3 9 1 11012Derbyshire 287 6 11 4 4 1 10213Glamorgan 286 9 9 4 7 0 10014Warwickshire 285 11 9 3 5 0 8015Somerset 284 15 8 1 7 0 7616Kent 284 12 10 2 3 0 6017Leicestershire 283 12 9 4 5 0 56 References Category:1956 in English cricket Category:County Championship seasons