1959 County Championship
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
|---|---|
| Tournament format | League system |
| Champions | Yorkshire (23rd title) |
| Participants | 17 |
| Matches | 238 |
| Most runs | Mike Smith, (Warwickshire) 2,169 |
| Most wickets | Derek Shackleton, (Hampshire) 126 |
The 1959 County Championship was the 60th officially organised running of the County Championship. Yorkshire won the Championship title ending a seven-year winning sequence by Surrey.
Table
- 12 points for a win
- 6 points to team still batting in the fourth innings of a match in which scores finish level
- 2 points for first innings lead
- 1 point for tie on first innings in a lost or drawn match
- 2 bonus points for team 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 team leading on first innings scores 8 points.
| Team | P | W | L | D | T | No Dec |
1st Inns Lead |
1st Inns Tie |
Bonus | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yorkshire | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 204 |
| =2 | Gloucestershire | 28 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 186 |
| =2 | Surrey | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 186 |
| =4 | Warwickshire | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 184 |
| =4 | Lancashire | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 184 |
| 6 | Glamorgan | 28 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 178 |
| 7 | Derbyshire | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 174 |
| =8 | Hampshire | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 168 |
| =8 | Essex | 28 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 168 |
| 10 | Middlesex | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 157 |
| 11 | Northamptonshire | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 24 | 146 |
| 12 | Somerset | 28 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 130 |
| 13 | Kent | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 128 |
| 14 | Worcestershire | 28 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 106 |
| 15 | Sussex | 28 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 102 |
| 16 | Leicestershire | 28 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 72 |
| 17 | Nottinghamshire | 28 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 62 |
References
- ↑ Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
- ↑ Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records. Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 0-600-34667-6.
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