English Counties Championship Final, Leicester, 19 June 1954
Sources: Match captain’s scorebook (L. G. Beaumont) and Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 21 June 1954.
Surrey defeated Yorkshire by a decisive margin of 13–3 in the County Championship Final at Leicester. The result gave Surrey their first title since 1929. Surrey dominated the match, winning heavily on the lower boards.
| Board | Surrey | Score | Yorkshire | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David V. Hooper 2bRedhill | 1 | John H. Beaty 4aDoncaster | 0 |
| 2 | Michael J. Franklin 2aRichmond | ½ | Derek Paffley 3aWakefield | ½ |
| 3 | Walter Veitch 2aRichmond | 1 | Charles R. Gurnhill 4bSheffield | 0 |
| 4 | Donald G. Mackay 3aBattersea | 1 | Donald M. Andrew 3bSheffield | 0 |
| 5 | Neil McKelvie 2bBattersea | 1 | Kenneth Beaumont 4aHuddersfield | 0 |
| 6 | Harold G. Felce 3bSutton | 1 | Michael J. Haygarth 3bLeeds | 0 |
| 7 | Richard H. Newman 3aBrixton | 1 | Isaac Goldberg 3bLeeds | 0 |
| 8 | William E. C. Richards 3bUnattached | 1 | John E. Povey 4aLeeds | 0 |
| 9 | Frederick W. Allen 3bBattersea | ½ | John E. Littlewood -Sheffield | ½ |
| 10 | Laurence Alexander 3aClapham Common | 1 | W. Colin Evans -Sheffield | 0 |
| 11 | Cecil G. Butcher 3bWimbledon | 1 | Abba Rivlin 4bLeeds | 0 |
| 12 | J. S. Parker 3aWimbledon | 1 | Douglas G. Tranter 4bSheffield | 0 |
| 13 | Reginald W. Stevenson 4aRedhill | ½ | H. M. Ewans -Sheffield | ½ |
| 14 | Harold S. Hope 4bCroydon | 0 | E. Vincent -Sheffield | 1 |
| 15 | Harold Brown 4bStreatham | ½ | D. Smith 5aHull | ½ |
| 16 | Dr. John D. Solomon 3bBattersea | 1 | Norman Littlewood -Sheffield | 0 |
| Surrey total | 13 | Yorkshire total | 3 | |
Note: Scores reconstructed primarily from the handwritten match book, supported by the newspaper team lists. Handwriting interpretation may require minor verification.