1955 County Championship Explained

Tournament Format:	League system
Champions:	Surrey
Previous Year:	1954
Previous Tournament:	1954 County Championship
Next Year:	1956
Next Tournament:	1956 County Championship

The 1955 County Championship was the 56th officially organised running of the County Championship.^[1] Surrey won the Championship title for the fourth 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	23	5	0	0	0	2	0	284
Yorkshire	28	21	5	2	0	0	2	2	268
Hampshire	28	16	5	6	1	0	0	3	210
Sussex	28	13	8	6	1	0	3	5	196
Middlesex	28	14	12	2	0	0	6	0	192
	28	11	10	7	0	0	3	2	154
	28	9	10	9	0	0	3	7	148
Derbyshire	28	9	10	9	0	0	2	7	146
Lancashire	28	10	9	8	0	1	2	3	140
	28	10	9	9	0	0	2	3	140
	28	10	11	7	0	0	1	2	132
	28	9	13	6	0	0	2	3	128
Kent	28	8	13	7	0	0	0	2	104
Essex	28	6	15	7	0	0	3	4	100
	28	5	17	6	0	0	2	4	84
Glamorgan	28	5	14	8	0	1	2	3	80
Somerset	28	4	17	7	0		0	2	2	64

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.