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. +TeamPWLDTNo Dec1st Inns Lead1st Inns TieBonusPoints1Yorkshire 281477 0 0 5 0 26 204=2Gloucestershire 281211 4 1 0 4 0 28 186=2Surrey 28125 11 0 0 8 0 26 186=4Warwickshire 281310 5 0 0 3 0 22 184=4Lancashire 2812 7 9 0 0 6 0 28 1846Glamorgan 2812 8 7 0 1 7 0 20 1787Derbyshire 28126 10 0 0 5 0 20 174=8Hampshire 2811 10 7 0 0 5 0 26 168=8Essex 28117 9 1 0 4 0 22 16810Middlesex 2810 9 9 0 0 6 1 24 15711Northamptonshire 28 81010 0 0 13 0 24 14612Somerset 288 13 7 0 0 7 0 20 13013Kent 288 12 8 0 0 7 0 18 128 14Worcestershire 286 8 13 0 1 8 0 18 10615Sussex 286 11 10 0 1 6 0 18 10216Leicestershire 28516 7 0 0 2 0 8 7217Nottinghamshire 284 14 9 0 1 4 0 6 62
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