1957 County Championship Explained

Tournament Format:	League system
Champions:	Surrey
Previous Year:	1956
Previous Tournament:	1956 County Championship
Next Year:	1958
Next Tournament:	1958 County Championship

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 side still batting in the fourth innings of a match in which scores finish level
• 2 points for first innings lead
• 2 bonus points for side 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 side leading on first innings scores 8 points.

Table

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="ND"	No Decision	width=20 abbr="1st L"	1st Inns Loss	width=20 abbr="1st D"	1st Inns Draw	width=20 abbr="Bonus Points"	Bonus	width=20 abbr="Points"	Points
Surrey	28	21	3	3	1	3	3	48	312
	28	15	2	10	1	0	8	22	218
Yorkshire	28	13	4	11	0	0	5	24	190
Derbyshire	28	10	8	9	1	2	4	30	162
Essex	28	11	6	10	1	0	5	16	158
Lancashire	28	10	8	8	2	2	4	24	156
Middlesex	28	10	12	3	3	2	1	22	148
Somerset	28	9	14	5	0	3	2	20	138
Glamorgan	28	10	9	8	1	0	2	12	136
Sussex	28	8	9	9	2	2	6	24	136
	28	9	7	11	1	0	5	16	134
	28	8	13	6	1	1	5	24	132
Hampshire	28	7	12	8	1	1	5	20	116
Kent	28	6	13	9	0	2	3	8	90
	28	5	13	9	1	3	4	14	88
	28	4	9	14	1	1	4	8	72
	28	2	16	9	1	2	5	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.