1958 County Championship Explained

Tournament Format:	League system
Champions:	Surrey
Previous Year:	1957
Previous Tournament:	1957 County Championship
Next Year:	1959
Next Tournament:	1959 County Championship

The 1958 County Championship was the 59th officially organised running of the County Championship.^[1] Surrey won the Championship title for the seventh successive year.^{[2] [3]}

Table

• 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.

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	14	5	8	1	0	6	32	212
Hampshire	28	12	6	10	0	3	4	28	186
Somerset	28	12	9	7	0	2	3	20	174
	28	11	6	6	5	0	5	18	160
Derbyshire	28	9	9	8	2	4	5	24	151
Essex	28	9	7	7	5	4	3	24	146
Lancashire	28	9	7	8	4	3	5	18	142
Kent	28	9	10	7	2	1	4	20	139
	28	9	7	8	4	1	2	20	134
Middlesex	28	7	4	16	1	1	10	18	130
Yorkshire	28	7	5	10	6	2	6	14	126
	28	7	13	6	2	3	1	12	104
Sussex	28	6	7	11	4	2	4	18	102
	28	5	9	11	3	3	4	14	89
Glamorgan	28	5	11	11	1	1	5	10	82
	28	3	7	14	4	2	6	16	68
	28	3	15	8	2	1	4	4	50

External links

• County Championship, 1958 at Cricinfo
• Surrey First-Class Matches in 1958 at CricketArchive

Notes and References

1. Book: Engel, Matthew . Matthew Engel . Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494. 2004. John Wisden & Company Ltd. 0-947766-83-9.
2. Book: Wynne-Thomas, Peter . Peter Wynne-Thomas . The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records. 1983. Hamlyn Publishing Group. 0-600-34667-6.
3. Web site: 1958 - Surrey's Seventh Title 60 Years On . . . March 3, 2018 . October 4, 2018 . Spiller, Richard .