1936 County Championship

{{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 = Derbyshire | count = 1 | participants = | matches = | most runs = | most wickets = | previous_year = 1935 | previous_tournament = 1935 County Championship | next_year = 1937 | next_tournament = 1937 County Championship }}

The '''1936 County Championship''' was the 43rd officially organised running of the County Championship. Derbyshire County Cricket Club won their maiden (and so far the only) championship title.<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><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>

==Table== *A minimum of 24 matches *15 points for a win *7.5 points to each team in a match where the scores finish level *5 points for first-innings lead in a drawn match *3 points for first-innings deficit in a drawn match *4 points to each team where the first-innings scores are level in a drawn match or where there is no result on first innings or where there is no play. *Positions decided by a percentage of points won against possible points available *Matches with the first two days washed out would then be played as one day matches and decided on first innings, with 10 points for the winner and 3 points for the loser.

{| 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="No Result" |NR !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts !width=40 abbr="Percentage of possible points" |%PC |- style="background:#ccffcc;" |style="text-align:left;"|Derbyshire ||28 ||13 ||4 ||5 ||5 ||1 ||239 ||56.90 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Middlesex ||26 ||10 ||4 ||8 ||3 ||1 ||203 ||52.05 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Yorkshire ||30 ||10 ||2 ||12 ||4 ||2 ||230 ||51.11 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Gloucestershire ||30 ||10 ||7 ||4 ||8 ||1 ||203 ||45.11 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Nottinghamshire ||28 ||8 ||3 ||9 ||8 ||0 ||189 ||45.00 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Surrey ||30 ||9 ||7 ||6 ||6 ||2 ||191 ||42.44 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Somerset ||26 ||9 ||10 ||2 ||3 ||2 ||162 ||41.53 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Kent ||28 ||9 ||9 ||4 ||5 ||1 ||174 ||41.42 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Essex ||26 ||8 ||8 ||5 ||5 ||0 ||160 ||41.02 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Hampshire ||30 ||7 ||5 ||9 ||9 ||0 ||177 ||39.33 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Lancashire ||30 ||7 ||6 ||7 ||5 ||5 ||175 ||38.88 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Worcestershire ||28 ||7 ||9 ||4 ||7 ||1 ||150 ||35.71 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Warwickshire ||24 ||4 ||8 ||2 ||7 ||3 ||103 ||28.61 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Sussex ||30 ||4 ||10 ||7 ||6 ||3 ||125 ||27.77 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Leicestershire ||24 ||2 ||5 ||8 ||8 ||1 ||98 ||27.22 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Glamorgan ||26 ||1 ||12 ||6 ||5 ||2 ||68 ||17.43 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Northamptonshire ||24 ||0 ||9 ||5 ||9 ||1 ||61 ||16.94 |}

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Category:1936 in English cricket Category:County Championship seasons