{{Short description|English cricket tournament}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricket tournament | administrator = | cricket format = First-class cricket | tournament format = League system | champions = Lancashire | count = 3 | participants = 17 | matches = | most runs = | most wickets = | previous_year = 1925 | previous_tournament = 1925 County Championship | next_year = 1927 | next_tournament = 1927 County Championship }}
The '''1926 County Championship''' was the 33rd officially organised running of the County Championship. Lancashire County Cricket Club won the championship title for the third time.<ref>{{cite book|last=Engel|first=Matthew| author-link = Matthew Engel |title=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494|year=2004|publisher=John Wisden & Company Ltd|isbn=0-947766-83-9}}</ref>
Final placings were still decided by calculating the percentage of points gained against possible points available. The matches Yorks vs Notts, Derbys vs Leics, Northants vs Sussex were abandoned without a ball being bowled.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wynne-Thomas|first=Peter| author-link = Peter Wynne-Thomas|title=The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records|year=1983|publisher=Hamlyn Publishing Group|isbn=0-600-34667-6}}</ref>
==Table== * Five points were awarded for a win. * Three points were awarded for "winning" the first innings of a drawn match. * Two points were awarded for "tying" the first innings of a drawn match. * One point was awarded for "losing" the first innings of a drawn match. * Final placings were decided by calculating the percentage of possible points. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+ County Championship table |- !width=175 |Team !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |DWF !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |DLF !width=20 abbr="Tie" |T !width=20 abbr="No Result" |NR !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts !width=40 abbr="Percentage of possible points" |%PC |- style="background:#ccffcc;" |style="text-align:left;"|Lancashire ||32 ||17 ||2 ||6 ||3 ||0 ||4 |||106||75.71 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Yorkshire ||31 ||14 ||0 ||10 ||4 ||0 ||3 ||104 ||74.28 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Kent ||28 ||15 ||2 ||3 ||8 ||0 ||0 ||92 ||65.71 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Nottinghamshire ||29 ||13 ||7 ||4||5 ||0 ||0||82 ||56.55 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Surrey ||26 ||7 ||4 ||8 ||3 ||0 ||4 ||62 ||56.36 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Middlesex ||24 ||9 ||4 ||0 ||6 ||0 ||5 ||51 ||53.68 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Hampshire ||28 ||10 ||5 ||4 ||8 ||0 ||1 ||70 ||51.85 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Glamorgan ||24 ||9 ||9 ||1 ||0 ||0 ||5 ||48 ||50.52 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Essex ||30 ||6 ||9 ||9 ||3 ||1 ||2 ||62.5 ||44.64 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Sussex ||27 ||6 ||10 ||6 ||5 ||0 ||0 ||53 ||39.25 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Derbyshire ||23 ||5 ||7 ||4 ||6 ||0 ||1 ||43 ||39.09 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Warwickshire ||28||2 ||9 ||8 ||5 ||0 ||4 ||39 ||32.50 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Leicestershire ||27 ||5 ||12 ||3 ||4 ||0 ||3 ||38 ||31.66 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Somerset ||26 ||3 ||9 ||3 ||6 ||1 ||4 ||32.5 ||29.54 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Gloucestershire ||30 ||5 ||17 ||3 ||4 ||0 ||1 ||38 ||26.20 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Northamptonshire ||25 ||3 ||13 ||4 ||5 ||0 ||0 ||32 ||25.60 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Worcestershire ||28 ||3 ||13 ||3 ||4 ||0 ||5 ||28 ||24.34 |}
*Essex and Somerset were awarded 2.5 points each for a tie after the match ended with scores tied and with Essex having one wicket remaining.
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