1926 English cricket season

none March 2015 July 2026 1925 1925 English cricket season 1927 1927 English cricket season 1926 was the 33rd season of County Championship cricket in England. England regained the Ashes and Lancashire won the championship. Honours County Championship - Lancashire Minor Counties Championship - Durham Wisden - George Geary, Harold Larwood, Jack Mercer, Bert Oldfield, Bill Woodfull Test series Australian cricket team in England in 1926 England regained the Ashes by winning the final Test at The Oval after the first four matches against Australia were all drawn. Because the series was at stake, the match was to be "timeless", i.e. played to a finish. Australia had a narrow first innings lead of 22. Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe took the score to 49–0 at the end of the second day, a lead of 27. Heavy rain fell overnight, and next day the pitch soon developed into a traditional sticky wicket. England seemed doomed to be bowled out cheaply and to lose the match. In spite of the very difficult batting conditions, however, Hobbs and Sutcliffe took their partnership to 172 before Hobbs was out for exactly 100. Sutcliffe went on to make 161 and in the end England won the game comfortably Cumulative record - Test wins 1876–1926England42Australia47Drawn25 County Championship 1926 County Championship Leading batsmen Jack Hobbs topped the averages, at the age of 43, with 2949 runs @ 77.60 Leading bowlers Wilfred Rhodes topped the averages with 115 wickets @ 14.86, outdoing Hobbs since he was aged 48. Annual reviews Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1927 Further reading Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979 Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993 Ray Robinson, On Top Down Under, Cassell, 1975 Ralph Barker & Irving Rosenwater, England v Australia: A compendium of Test cricket between the countries 1877-1968, Batsford, 1969, 0-7134-0317-9 External links CricketArchive – season summary References Category:1926 in English cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 20th century