1953 was the 54th season of County Championship cricket in England. There was a tight Test series between England and Australia that was settled, after four drawn matches, in the final Test at The Oval, where England won to reclaim The Ashes for the first time since the Bodyline series of 1932–33. The County Championship was won by Surrey for the second consecutive season.

• County Championship – Surrey
• Minor Counties Championship – Berkshire
• Wisden (honour awarded in 1954 Wisden Cricketer's Almanack for deeds done in 1953 English season) – Neil Harvey, Tony Lock, Keith Miller, Johnny Wardle, Willie Watson

• Playfair Cricket Annual 1954
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1954

• 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

• CricketArchive – season summary