1954 County Championship Explained

Tournament Format:	League system
Champions:	Surrey

The 1954 County Championship was the 55th officially organised running of the County Championship.^[1] Surrey won the Championship title for the third successive year.^[2]

Table

• 12 points for a win
• 6 points to side 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.

County Championship table

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	Won	width=20 abbr="Lost"	Lost	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	Drawn	width=20 abbr="Tie"	Tie	width=20 abbr="ND"	No Decision	width=20 abbr="1st L"	1st Inns Loss	width=20 abbr="1st D"	1st Inns Draw	width=20 abbr="Points"	Points
Surrey	28	15	3	8	0	2	1	6	208
Yorkshire	28	13	3	8	1	3	0	5	186
Derbyshire	28	11	6	9	0	2	3	6	168
Glamorgan	28	11	5	10	0	2	0	4	148
	28	10	6	8	0	4	2	4	144
	28	10	5	10	0	3	1	4	140
Middlesex	28	10	5	10	0	3	1	3	136
	28	9	9	9	0	1	3	4	136
Sussex	28	8	7	12	0	1	1	5	120
Lancashire	28	6	3	12	0	7	1	8	108
Kent	28	5	7	15	0	1	3	7	100
	28	5	12	9	0	2	2	7	100
	28	5	11	10	0	2	4	5	96
Hampshire	28	4	10	13	0	1	1	7	80
Essex	28	3	11	12	0	2	2	5	64
	28	3	9	11	1	4	0	5	62
Somerset	28	2	18	8	0	0	2	2	40

Notes and References

1. Book: Engel, Matthew. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494. 2004. John Wisden & Company Ltd. 0-947766-83-9.
2. Book: Wynne-Thomas, Peter. The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records. 1983. Hamlyn Publishing Group. 0-600-34667-6.