Some years ago Essex were deprived of the championship, and it went to Worcestershire, after they had points docked because of a low-scoring game at Southchurch Park, Southend. I always felt that that was rather unfair as that ground wasn't under the control of the ECCC, but Southend Borough Council, and it was only used for first class cricket one week a year.
I didn't think there was anything wrong with the Southchurch wicket: in 1948, the Australians scored 721 runs in a day on it.