| Cricket Format: | First-class cricket (3 days) |
| Tournament Format: | League system |
| Champions: | Surrey |
| Count: | 2 |
| Participants: | 9 |
| Matches: | 68 |
| Most Runs: | (916 for Surrey) |
| Most Wickets: | (132 for Surrey) |
| Previous Year: | 1890 |
| Previous Tournament: | 1890 County Championship |
| Next Year: | 1892 |
| Next Tournament: | 1892 County Championship |
The 1891 County Championship was the second officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 18 May to 27 August 1891. Surrey County Cricket Club claimed their second successive title by winning 12 of their 16 games.[1]
| width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Tied" | T | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Abandoned" | A | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts |
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| Surrey | 16 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||
| Lancashire | 16 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Middlesex | 16 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| Nottinghamshire | 14 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Kent | 16 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | - 1 | ||||||||
| Somerset | 12 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | - 1 | ||||||||
| Sussex | 14 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | - 3 | ||||||||
| Yorkshire | 16 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | - 5 | ||||||||
| Gloucestershire | 16 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | - 8 | ||||||||
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