1960 County Championship Explained

Tournament Format:	League system
Champions:	Yorkshire
Previous Year:	1959
Previous Tournament:	1959 County Championship
Next Year:	1961
Next Tournament:	1961 County Championship

The 1960 County Championship was the 61st officially organised running of the County Championship.^[1] Yorkshire won their second successive Championship title.

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.
Teams played either 28 or 32 matches. Therefore, a final average was calculated by dividing the points by the matches played which determined the final placings.^[2]

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	width=20 abbr="Average"	Average
Yorkshire	32	17	6	6	3	2	2	34	246	7.68
Lancashire	32	13	8	10	1	3	9	34	214	6.68
Middlesex	28	12	4	12	0	0	7	28	186	6.64
Sussex	32	12	6	12	2	2	6	28	188	5.87
Derbyshire	28	10	7	10	1	1	5	20	152	5.42
Essex	28	9	3	14	2	1	7	28	152	5.42
Surrey	28	9	6	10	3	2	3	20	138	4.92
	28	9	7	12	0	0	3	16	130	4.64
	28	8	6	13	1	1	6	16	126	4.50
Kent	28	7	7	12	2	1	6	20	118	4.21
Glamorgan	32	9	14	7	2	0	4	16	133	4.15
Hampshire	32	8	8	14	2	1	6	22	132	4.12
	32	8	12	10	2	1	6	20	130	4.06
Somerset	32	5	11	15	1	2	10	22	106	3.31
	32	4	12	16	0	2	9	26	96	3.00
	28	4	16	7	1	4	2	12	72	2.57
	28	2	13	12	1	0	5	12	46	1.64

Notes and References

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