1957 County Championship

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| previous_year = 1956

| previous_tournament = 1956 County Championship

| next_year = 1958

| next_tournament = 1958 County Championship

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The 1957 County Championship was the 58th officially organised running of the County Championship.{{cite book|last=Engel|first=Matthew|title=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494|year=2004|publisher=John Wisden & Company Ltd|isbn=0-947766-83-9}} Surrey won the Championship title for the sixth successive year.

Changes were applied to the points system for the Championship as follows:{{cite book|last=Wynne-Thomas|first=Peter|title=The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records|year=1983|publisher=Hamlyn Publishing Group|isbn=0-600-34667-6}}

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

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
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" \|+ County Championship table
style="background:#ccffcc;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|Surrey	28	21	3	3	1	3	3	48	312
style="text-align:left;"\|Northamptonshire	28	15	2	10	1	0	8	22	218
style="text-align:left;"\|Yorkshire	28	13	4	11	0	0	5	24	190
style="text-align:left;"\|Derbyshire	28	10	8	9	1	2	4	30	162
style="text-align:left;"\|Essex	28	11	6	10	1	0	5	16	158
style="text-align:left;"\|Lancashire	28	10	8	8	2	2	4	24	156
style="text-align:left;"\|Middlesex	28	10	12	3	3	2	1	22	148
style="text-align:left;"\|Somerset	28	9	14	5	0	3	2	20	138
style="text-align:left;"\|Glamorgan	28	10	9	8	1	0	2	12	136
style="text-align:left;"\|Sussex	28	8	9	9	2	2	6	24	136
style="text-align:left;"\|Warwickshire	28	9	7	11	1	0	5	16	134
style="text-align:left;"\|Gloucestershire	28	8	13	6	1	1	5	24	132
style="text-align:left;"\|Hampshire	28	7	12	8	1	1	5	20	116
style="text-align:left;"\|Kent	28	6	13	9	0	2	3	8	90
style="text-align:left;"\|Nottinghamshire	28	5	13	9	1	3	4	14	88
style="text-align:left;"\|Worcestershire	28	4	9	14	1	1	4	8	72
style="text-align:left;"\|Leicestershire	28	2	16	9	1	2	5	2	40

References

Category:1957 in English cricket

Category:County Championship seasons