1936 was the 43rd season of County Championship cricket in England. Derbyshire won the championship for the first time. India were on tour and England won the Test series 2–0.

• County Championship – Derbyshire
• Minor Counties Championship – Hertfordshire
• Wisden – Charles Barnett, Bill Copson, Alf Gover, Vijay Merchant, Stan Worthington

England defeated India 2–0 with one match drawn.

Wally Hammond topped the averages with 2107 runs @ 56.94

Harold Larwood topped the averages with 119 wickets @ 12.97

• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1937

• CricketArchive – season summary