1959 County Championship
{{Short description|English cricket tournament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
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| cricket format = First-class cricket
| tournament format = League system
| champions = Yorkshire
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| previous_year = 1958
| previous_tournament = 1958 County Championship
| next_year = 1960
| next_tournament = 1960 County Championship
}}
The 1959 County Championship was the 60th 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}} Yorkshire won the Championship title ending a seven-year winning sequence by Surrey.{{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}}
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.
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|+ 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="Tie" |Tie !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 | ||||||||||
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|style="text-align:left;"|Yorkshire | 28 | 14 | 7 | |7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 204 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Gloucestershire | 28 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 186 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Surrey | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 186 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Warwickshire | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 184 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Lancashire | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 184 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Glamorgan | 28 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 178 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Derbyshire | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 174 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Hampshire | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 168 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Essex | 28 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 168 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Middlesex | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 157 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Northamptonshire | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 146 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Somerset | 28 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 130 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Kent | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 128 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Worcestershire | 28 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 106 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Sussex | 28 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 102 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Leicestershire | 28 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 72 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Nottinghamshire | 28 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 62 |
References
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