1957 County Championship

English cricket tournament April 2022 First-class cricket League system Surrey 13 17 238 Jim Parks, Jr., (Sussex) 1,861 Tony Lock , (Surrey) 153 1956 1956 County Championship 1958 1958 County Championship The 1957 County Championship was the 58th 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 sixth successive year. Changes were applied to the points system for the Championship as follows:Wynne-Thomas Peter The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records 1983 Hamlyn Publishing Group 0-600-34667-6 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 +TeamPWLDNo Dec1st Inns LeadBonusPts1Surrey 2821 3 3 1 6 48 3122Northamptonshire 2815 2 10 1 8 22 2183Yorkshire 2813 4 11 0 5 24 1904Derbyshire 2810 8 9 1 6 30 1625Essex 2811 6 10 1 5 16 1586Lancashire 2810 8 8 2 6 24 1567Middlesex 2810 12 3 3 3 22 1488Somerset 289 14 5 0 5 20 138=9Glamorgan 2810 9 8 1 2 12 136=9Sussex 288 9 9 2 8 24 13611Warwickshire 289 7 11 1 5 16 13412Gloucestershire 288 13 6 1 6 24 13213Hampshire 287 12 8 1 6 20 11614Kent 286 13 9 0 5 8 9015Nottinghamshire 285 13 9 1 7 14 8816Worcestershire 284 9 14Worcestershire were awarded six points for the draw against Sussex, as they were batting fourth when scores were tied.https://i.imgci.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1957/ENG_LOCAL/CC/SUSSEX_WORCS_CC_29JUN-02JUL1957.html Sussex v Worcestershire at Eastbourne, 29 Jun-2 Jul 1957 I.imgci.com 19 October 20261 5 8 7217Leicestershire 282 16 9 1 7 2 40 References Category:1957 in English cricket Category:County Championship seasons