| Cricket Format: | First-class cricket (3 days) |
| Tournament Format: | League system |
| Champions: | Lancashire |
| Count: | 1 |
| Participants: | 14 |
| Matches: | 132 |
| Most Runs: | (1,833 for Surrey) |
| Most Wickets: | (238 for Surrey) |
| Previous Year: | 1896 |
| Previous Tournament: | 1896 County Championship |
| Next Year: | 1898 |
| Next Tournament: | 1898 County Championship |
The 1897 County Championship was the eighth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 3 May to 30 August 1897. Lancashire County Cricket Club won the championship for the first time, narrowly beating Surrey.
| width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts | width=20 abbr="Finished matches" | Fin | width=50 abbr="Percentage of finished matches" | %Fin |
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| Lancashire | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 68.42 | ||||||||
| Surrey | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 61.90 | ||||||||
| Essex | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 55.56 | ||||||||
| Yorkshire | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 44.44 | ||||||||
| Gloucestershire | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 16.67 | ||||||||
| Sussex | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | –1 | 11 | –9.09 | ||||||||
| Middlesex | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | –1 | 7 | –14.29 | ||||||||
| Warwickshire | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | –1 | 7 | –14.29 | ||||||||
| Hampshire | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | –3 | 11 | –27.27 | ||||||||
| Nottinghamshire | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | –3 | 7 | –42.86 | ||||||||
| Somerset | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | –6 | 12 | –50.00 | ||||||||
| Kent | 18 | 2 | 10 | 6 | –8 | 12 | –66.67 | ||||||||
| Leicestershire | 14 | 1 | 10 | 3 | –9 | 11 | –81.82 | ||||||||
| Derbyshire | 16 | 0 | 9 | 7 | –9 | 9 | –100.00 | ||||||||
| Source: CricketArchive[1] |
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http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/ENG/1897_ENG_County_Championship_1897.html