# 1953 County Championship

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{{Short description|English cricket tournament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| administrator = 
| cricket format = [First-class cricket](/source/First-class_cricket) 
| tournament format = [League system](/source/Sports_league)
| champions = [Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club)
| count = 
| participants =
| matches = 
| most runs = 
| most wickets = 
| previous_year = 1952
| previous_tournament = 1952 County Championship
| next_year = 1954
| next_tournament = 1954 County Championship
}}

The '''1953 County Championship''' was the 54th officially organised running of the [County Championship](/source/County_Championship).<ref>{{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}}</ref> [Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club) won the Championship title.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

On 16 May 1953, the match between [Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club) and [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club) finished within the first day, with Surrey winning by an innings and 49 runs.<ref name="OTD-CI">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149556.html |title=The IPL's can of worms |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=17 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="scorecard">{{cite web |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1953/ENG_LOCAL/CC/SURREY_WARWICKS_CC_16MAY1953.html |title=County Championship, 1953: Surrey v Warwickshire|publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=17 May 2017}}</ref>

==Table==
*12 points for a win
*6 points to team still batting in the fourth innings of a match in which scores finish level
*4 points for first innings lead in a lost or drawn match
*2 points for tie on first innings in a lost or drawn match
*If no play possible on the first two days, the match played to one-day laws with 8 points for a win.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
!Position
!Team
!Played
!Won
!Lost
!Drawn
!No Dec
!1st inn 
lead
match L
!1st inn 
lead
match D
!Points
|-
|bgcolor="gold"|1
|bgcolor="gold"|[Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club)
|bgcolor="gold"|28
|bgcolor="gold"|13
|bgcolor="gold"|4
|bgcolor="gold"|10
|bgcolor="gold"|1
|bgcolor="gold"|0
|bgcolor="gold"|7
|bgcolor="gold"|184
|-
|2
|[Sussex](/source/Sussex_County_Cricket_Club)
|28
|11
|3
|13
|1
|1
|8
|168
|-
|=3
|[Lancashire](/source/Lancashire_County_Cricket_Club)
|28
|10
|4
|10
|4
|1
|8
|156
|-
|=3
|[Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club)
|28
|10
|7
|11
|0
|3
|6
|156
|-
|5
|[Middlesex](/source/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club)
|28
|10
|5
|11
|1
|1
|5
|150
|-
|=6
|[Derbyshire](/source/Derbyshire_County_Cricket_Club)
|28
|9
|7
|9
|3
|2
|5
|136
|-
|=6
|[Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire_County_Cricket_Club)
|28
|9
|7
|10
|2
|2
|5
|136
|-
|8
|[Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club)
|28
|9
|10
|8
|1
|4
|1
|128
|-
|9
|[Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club)
|28
|6
|7
|14
|1
|2
|11
|124
|-
|10
|[Glamorgan](/source/Glamorgan_County_Cricket_Club)
|28
|8
|4
|14
|2
|0
|6
|120
|-
|11
|[Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club)
|28
|6
|3
|15
|3
|2
|7
|114
|-
|=12
|[Essex](/source/Essex_County_Cricket_Club)
|28
|6
|7
|13
|2
|1
|6
|100
|-
|=12
|[Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club)
|28
|6
|6
|13
|3
|1
|6
|100
|-
|14
|[Hampshire](/source/Hampshire_County_Cricket_Club)
|28
|6
|11
|11
|0
|2
|4
|96
|-
|15
|[Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club)
|28
|5
|12
|10
|1
|1
|2
|72
|-
|16
|[Kent](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club)
|28
|4
|14
|8
|2
|1
|3
|64
|-
|17
|[Somerset](/source/Somerset_County_Cricket_Club)
|28
|2
|19
|6
|1
|0
|3
|36
|}

The match between Northamptonshire and Middlesex at Peterborough ended in a tie, and both teams were awarded six points.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{County Championship seasons}}
{{English cricket seasons}}

Category:1953 in English cricket
Category:County Championship seasons

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