1926 Columbia Lions football team
The 1926 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In its second season under head coach Charles Crowley, the team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents 144 to 73, with four shutouts. The team played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan.


1926 Columbus Tigers season
The 1926 Columbus Tigers season was their seventh and final season in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 0–9, winning one game. They finished nineteenth in the league.


1926 Columbus Tigers season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1926 Combined English Universities by-election
The Combined English Universities by-election of 1926 was held on 8–12 March 1926. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Liberal MP, H. A. L. Fisher. It was won by the Conservative candidate Alfred Hopkinson.


1926 Connecticut Aggies football team
The 1926 Connecticut Aggies football team represented Connecticut Agricultural College, now the University of Connecticut, in the 1926 college football season as a member of the New England Conference. The Aggies were led by fourth year head coach Sumner Dole, and completed the season with a record of 7–1, going 3–1 against conference opponents.


1926 Connecticut gubernatorial election
The 1926 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Republican John H. Trumbull defeated Democratic nominee Charles G. Morris with 63.58% of the vote.


1926 Copa Estímulo Final
The 1926 Copa Estímulo Final was the final that decided the winner of the 2nd (and last) edition of this Argentine domestic cup. Boca Juniors defeated Sportivo Balcarce 3–1 at San Lorenzo de Almagro Stadium.


1926 Copa Estímulo Final, Overview
Boca Juniors shared Group D with Sportsman, Argentino de Quilmes and Del Plata, playing each other in a single round-robin. Boca finished 1st therefore qualified to the semifinals v Chacarita Juniors. As the team from San Martín withdrew, Boca Juniors directly qualified to the final, held at San Lorenzo de Almagro's venue, Estadio Gasómetro, on 27 Jan 1927.


1926 Copa Estímulo Final, Overview
Although some versions state the cup had a third edition in 1929, it was indeed played under the Primera División season format (being Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) the winner).


1926 Copa del Rey
The King Alfonso XIII's Cup 1926 was the 26th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition.


1926 Copa del Rey
The competition began on 28 February 1926, and concluded on 16 May 1926 with the final, held at the Mestalla in Valencia, in which Barcelona lifted the trophy for the seventh time following a 3–2 victory over Atlético Madrid.


1926 Copa del Rey, Teams
For the first time ever, runners-up of each regional championship were able to participate in the tournament. So the tournament was expanded to 24 teams.


1926 Copa del Rey Final
The 1926 Copa del Rey Final was the 26th final of the Spanish cup competition, the Copa del Rey. The final was played at the Mestalla in Valencia on 16 May 1926. Barcelona beat Atlético Madrid 3–2 after extra time to win their seventh title.


1926 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 1926 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 17th staging of the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board.


1926 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
Kinsale won the championship following a 5-2 to 4-4 defeat of Buttevant in the final.


1926 Cork Junior Hurling Championship
The 1926 Cork Junior Hurling Championship was the 30th staging of the Cork Junior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board.


1926 Cork Junior Hurling Championship
On 21 February 1927, Cobh won the championship following an 8–02 to 2–01 defeat of College Rovers in the final. This was their fourth championship title overall and their first title since 1916.


1926 Cork Senior Football Championship
The 1926 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 38th staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887.


1926 Cork Senior Football Championship
On 1 August 1926, Macroom won the championship following a 1-01 to 0-02 defeat of University College Cork in the final. This was their fifth championship title overall and their first title since 1913.


1926 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
The 1926 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 38th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 2 March 1926. The championship began on 25 April 1926 and ended on 7 November 1926.


1926 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
On 7 November 1926, St. Finbarr's won the championship following a 6-02 to 5-04 defeat of Blackrock in the final. This was their eighth championship title overall and their first title in three championship seasons.


1926 Cornell Big Red football team
The 1926 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1926 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Gil Dobie, the Big Red compiled a 6–1–1 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 191 to 64.


1926 County Championship
The 1926 County Championship was the 33rd officially organised running of the County Championship. Lancashire County Cricket Club won the championship title for the third time.


1926 County Championship
Final placings were still decided by calculating the percentage of points gained against possible points available. The matches Yorks vs Notts, Derbys vs Leics, Northants vs Sussex were abandoned without a ball being bowled.


1926 Coupe de France Final
The 1926 Coupe de France Final was a football match held at Stade Olympique, Colombes on May 9, 1926, that saw Olympique de Marseille defeat AS Valentigney 4–1 thanks to goals by Jules Dewaquez (2), Douglas De Ruymbecke and Jean Boyer.


1926 Creighton Bluejays football team
The 1926 Creighton Bluejays football team was an American football team that represented Creighton University as a member of the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1926 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Chet A. Wynne, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record (2–1–1 against NCC opponents) and equaled the scoring of its opponents with 107 point scored and 107 points allowed. The team played its home games at Creighton Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.


1926 Cuban parliamentary election
Mid -term parliamentary elections were held in Cuba on 1 November 1926 in order to fill half the seats in the House of Representatives.


1926 Daniel Baker Hillbillies football team
The 1926 Daniel Baker Hillbillies football team represented Daniel Baker College as a member of the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (TIAA) during the 1926 college football season. Led by Shorty Ransom in his second season as head coach, the team went 7–2–1. Daniel Baker won the TIAA title with a 4–0 mark in conference play.


1926 Danish Folketing election
Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 2 December 1926, except in the Faroe Islands where they were held on 20 December. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 53 of the 149 seats. Voter turnout was 77.0% in Denmark proper and 40.2% in the Faroes.


1926 Darlington by-election
The Darlington by-election, 1926 was a by-election held on 17 February 1926 for the British House of Commons constituency of Darlington in County Durham.


1926 Darlington by-election, Vacancy
The seat had become vacant when the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), William Pease had died on 23 January 1926, aged 60. He had held the seat since a by-election in 1923.


1926 Darlington by-election, Candidates
The Liberal Party candidate was 51-year-old John Dickie, who had been the MP for Gateshead from 1923 until his defeat at the  1924 general election.


1926 Darlington by-election, Candidates
The Labour Party candidate was 42-year-old Arthur Shepherd, and E. H. Pease stood for the Conservatives. Pease had not previously contested a parliamentary election, but Shepherd had contested Darlington in 1924, losing by over 2000 votes to William Pease.


1926 Darlington by-election, Result
On a slightly increased turnout, the result was a narrow victory for Shepherd. His share of the vote was lower than in 1924, when there had been no Liberal candidate, but the presence of a Liberal in the by-election impacted more heavily on the Conservatives than on Labour.


1926 Darlington by-election, Aftermath
Shepherd held the seat at the 1929 general election, but was defeated in 1931.


1926 Darlington by-election, Aftermath
Pease did not stand for Parliament again, but Dickie was elected in 1931 as National Liberal MP for Consett.


1926 Dartmouth Indians football team
The 1926 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Jesse Hawley, the Indians compiled a 4–4 record. Newman Horton was the team captain.


1926 Dartmouth Indians football team
Myles Lane was the team's leading scorer, with 80 points, from 13 touchdowns and two kicked extra points.


1926 Dartmouth Indians football team
Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.


1926 Dayton Flyers football team
The 1926 Dayton Flyers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Dayton as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference during the 1926 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Harry Baujan, the team compiled an 8–2 record.


1926 Dayton Marcos season
The 1926 Dayton Marcos season was the second and final season for the franchise in the Negro National League.


1926 Dayton Marcos season, Offseason, Reorganization and reentry into Negro National League
Following the 1920 season, the Dayton Marcos franchise was replaced in the Negro National League by the Columbus Buckeyes, who lasted a single season. The Marcos played independent ball until 1926, when they were once again granted a spot in the upcoming NNL season. Among owner John Matthews' first moves was to combine forces with local funeral director H.P. Lorritts and absorb the local C.M.I.A. 's (Colored Men's Improvement Association) semi-pro team. In addition to having first pick of players from the C.M.I.A. 's roster, the Marcos took over the lease to Westwood Field, their home in 1920.


1926 Dayton Marcos season, Other home fields
In addition to their primary home in Dayton, the Marcos split their time between several other locations in an effort to widen the team's fan base.


1926 Dayton Marcos season, Other home fields, Richmond, Indiana
On the eve of opening day, the Marcos announced they would play some home games at Exhibition Park in Richmond, Indiana. Richmond was no stranger to the Marcos, having hosted several exhibition games featuring the club as early as 1909.


1926 Dayton Marcos season, Other home fields, Xenia, Ohio
The Marcos claimed territory approximately 20 miles East of Dayton and made Washington Park in Xenia, Ohio their home for Wednesday games.


1926 Dayton Triangles season
The 1926 Dayton Triangles season was their seventh in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 0–7, winning one game. They tied for sixteenth in the league.


1926 Dayton Triangles season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1926 DePaul Blue Demons football team
The 1926 DePaul Blue Demons football team was an American football team that represented DePaul University as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In its second season under head coach Eddie Anderson, the team compiled a 3–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 83 to 63.


1926 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team
The 1926 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team was an American football team that represented the University of Delaware in the 1926 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Frank M. Forstburg, the team compiled a 3–5 record and was outscored by a total of 122 to 41.


1926 Delaware State Hornets football team
The 1926 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State University in the 1926 college football season as an independent. In the third season in school history, Delaware State had a 1–0 record. They won their only game against Downingtown Industrial and Agricultural.


1926 Denver Pioneers football team
The 1926 Denver Pioneers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Denver in the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1926 college football season. In its second season under head coach Fred Dawson, the team compiled a 4–4 record (4–4 against RMC opponents), finished seventh in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 106 to 72.


1926 Detroit Panthers season
The 1926 Detroit Panthers season was their fourth in the league and final season as the Panthers. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 8–2–2, winning only four games. They finished twelfth in the league.


1926 Detroit Panthers season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1926 Detroit Tigers season
The 1926 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 79–75, 12 games behind the New York Yankees.


1926 Detroit Tigers season
Heinie Manush won the AL batting title this year, hitting .378, denying Babe Ruth of the Triple Crown. Ruth led the AL in home runs and RBI, but finished second to Manush in batting average at .372.


1926 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1926 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1926 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Detroit Titans football team
The 1926 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit in the 1926 college football season. Detroit was outscored by opponents by a combined total of 132 to 62 and finished with a 3–6–1 record in their second year under head coach and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, Gus Dorais.


1926 Drake Bulldogs football team
The 1926 Drake Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Drake University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1926 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Ossie Solem, the team compiled a 2–6 record (1–4 against MVC opponents), placed eighth in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 118 to 60.


1926 Drexel Dragons football team
The 1926 Drexel Dragons football team represented Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry—now known as Drexel University—in the 1926 college football season. The team was led by Ollie W. Reed in his first and only season as head coach.


1926 Duke Blue Devils football team
The 1926 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In its first season under head coach James DeHart, the team compiled a 3–6 record and outscored opponents by a total of 124 to 106. James Thompson was the team captain.


1926 Duluth Eskimos season
The 1926 Duluth Eskimos season was their fourth in the league and first season as the Eskimos. The team improved on their previous output of 0–3, winning six games. They finished eighth in the league.


1926 Duluth Eskimos season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1926 Dunbartonshire by-election
The Dunbartonshire by-election of 1926 was held on 29 January 1926. The by-election was held due to the appointment to the court of session of the incumbent Conservative MP, David Fleming. It was won by the Conservative candidate John Thom.


1926 Duquesne Dukes football team
The 1926 Duquesne Dukes football team represented Duquesne University during the 1926 college football season. The head coach was Frank McDermott, coaching his first season with the Dukes.


1926 East Ham North by-election
The East Ham North by-election of 29 April 1926 was held after the death of the Conservative politician and Member of Parliament (MP) Charles Williamson Crook. Labour took the seat in the by-election. with a majority of 1,627


1926 East Renfrewshire by-election
The East Renfrewshire by-election of 1926 was held on 29 January 1926. The by-election was held due to the appointment as  Solicitor General for Scotland of the incumbent Conservative MP, Alexander Munro MacRobert. It was won by the Conservative candidate Alexander Munro MacRobert. This was the final ministerial by-election held prior to an amendment to the Re-Election of Ministers Act, which abolished the practice.


1926 East Tennessee State Teachers football team
The 1926 East Tennessee State Teachers football team was an American football team that represented East Tennessee State Teacher's College—now known as East Tennessee State University (ETSU)—as an independent in the 1926 college football season. They were led by second-year coach John Robinson. Robinson gained a new assistant coach in William "Willie" Flinn Rogers, who taught history and government at the school from 1925 to 1968. Shelby Clark was the team captain. The Teachers finished with a record of 2–4–1.


1926 Eastern Suburbs season
The 1926 Eastern Suburbs season was the 19th in the club's history. They competed in the 1926 NSWRFL Premiership, finishing the regular season 3rd (out of 9). Easts came within one match of the premiership final but were knocked out by eventual premiers, South Sydney.


1926 Eastern Suburbs season, Details
George Boddington • Hugh Byrne • Bill Ives • G. H. Clamback • Harry Finch • N.Fitzpatrick • T.Fitzpatrick • G. Hall • Nelson Hardy • Larry Hedger • H. Kavanagh • G.Harris • C. Massey • G.McGee • Tom Molloy • T. ?. Molloy • H. 'Joe' Moxon • Arthur Oxford • Ed 'Snowy' Rigney • Les Steel • Arthur E.  Toby • Jack 'Bluey' Watkins.


1926 Eden by-election
The 1926 Eden by-election was a by-election for the Eden electorate during the 22nd New Zealand Parliament. The seat became vacant after the appointment of the sitting member, James Parr of the Reform Party as High Commissioner to London. Parr resigned on 26 March. Labour won the by-election and became the official opposition in Parliament.


1926 Eden by-election, Background
The by-election was held on 15 April 1926. Three candidates contested the seat. James Gunson the official Reform candidate had been Mayor of Auckland from 1915 to 1925. Ellen Melville stood as an "Independent" Reform candidate, claiming interference by the party organiser Albert Davy prevented her being selected as the official candidate. The Reform Party vote was split allowing the Labour candidate, Rex Mason, to win. The Liberal Party was "so weak .... that they could not field a candidate.


1926 Eden by-election, Background
Labour's candidate in Eden from the previous general election, Rex Mason was successful in winning the party nomination. The three others who vied for the candidacy were Frank Langstone (former MP for Waimarino), Tom Bloodworth (an Auckland City Councillor) and Jim Purtell (secretary of the Auckland Glassworkers' Union).


1926 Eden by-election, Background
Gunson was expected to "romp home" in the by-election; Reform had 55 seats. But with the Liberals having 11 seats plus two Liberal-leaning independents and Labour 12, Labour realised their chance to be the official Opposition and "threw their all" into their contest; helped by Melville standing as Independent Reform. "Never before or since have people in the sprawling electorate stretching from Eden Park, through Mount Albert, Pt Chevalier, New Lynn, Te Atatu, Massey and Hobsonville been wooed as assiduously as they were in March and April 1926" with party leaders Coates and Holland spending days in the electorate.


1926 Eden by-election, Background
As a result of Labour's candidate Rex Mason winning the by-election, Labour became the second largest party in Parliament and Harry Holland became Leader of the Opposition on 16 June 1926.


1926 Eden by-election, Result, Results by locality
Following table showcasts the detailed results by locality for the ballot:


1926 Eden-Monaro by-election
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Eden-Monaro on 6 March 1926. This was triggered by the death of Nationalist MP Sir Austin Chapman. Canberra residents were not permitted to vote although the Australian Capital Territory is geographically inside the Division.


1926 Edmonton municipal election
The 1926 municipal election was held December 13, 1926, to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board. Harry Carrigan, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board.


1926 Edmonton municipal election
There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: James East, James Findlay, Frederick Keillor (SS), and A C Sloane were all elected to two-year terms in 1925 and were still in office. James McCrie Douglas (SS) had also been elected in 1925, but had resigned to run for mayor; accordingly, L S C Dineen was elected to a one-year term.


1926 Edmonton municipal election
There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Ralph Bellamy, Frank Crang (SS), F S MacPherson, and Elmer Roper had all been elected to two-year terms in 1925 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where R Crossland (SS), Charles Gariepy, Thomas Magee, and A J Ryan were continuing.


1926 Edmonton municipal election
The election of mayor was conducted using Alternative Voting; the election of councillors and school trustees was conducted using the single transferable vote system.


1926 Edmonton municipal election, Voter turnout
There were 12720 ballots cast out of 35726 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 35.6%.


1926 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Mayor
The mayoral election was conducted using Instant-runoff voting. No candidate had a majority of votes in the first count so the lowest-ranking candidates were eliminated and their votes were transferred based on back-up preferences marked by voters. Bury accumulated a majority of votes eventually and was declared the winner in the end.


1926 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Aldermen
Because of the single transferable vote system, although Tighe received more initial votes (although not enough to capture a seat), Dineen won (and Hazlett held) due to votes subsequently transferred from other candidates.


1926 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Aldermen
The city clerk's conducting of this STV/PR vote was criticized and the next year the city held a plebiscite on whether to continue using the STV/PR system.


1926 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Public school trustees
Under the minimum South Side representation rule, Herlihy was elected over Lake and McBain. Later McBain challenged Herlihy's election and was given the school board seat.


1926 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Separate (Catholic) school trustees
Harry Carrigan, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were acclaimed.


1926 Egyptian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 24 May 1926. The result was a victory for the Wafd Party, which won 150 of the 215 seats.


1926 English cricket season
1926 was the 33rd season of County Championship cricket in England. England regained the Ashes and Lancashire won the championship.


1926 English cricket season, Test series
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


1926 English cricket season, Leading batsmen
Jack Hobbs topped the averages, at the age of 43, with 2949 runs @ 77.60


1926 English cricket season, Leading bowlers
Wilfred Rhodes topped the averages with 115 wickets @ 14.86, outdoing Hobbs since he was aged 48.


1926 Estonian Football Championship
The 1926 Estonian Football Championship was the sixth top-division football league season in Estonia. Nine teams, seven from Tallinn and one from Pärnu, Narva took part in the league. It was played as a knock-out tournament. Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi won the championship for the third time in four years.


1926 Estonian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia between 15 and 17 May 1926. Before the elections the electoral law was changed to create more stability by introducing a system of bonds and raising the electoral threshold to require a party to win a minimum of two seats.


1926 European Aquatics Championships
The 1926 LEN European Aquatics Championships took place in Budapest, Hungary between 18 and 26 August 1926. At these inaugural championships, only men were allowed to compete.


1926 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1926 European Figure Skating Championships were held in Davos, Switzerland. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations competed for the title of European Champion in the discipline of men's singles.


1926 European Rowing Championships
The 1926 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on Lake Lucerne in the Swiss city of Lucerne. The competition was for men only and they competed in all seven Olympic boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2-, M2+, M4-, M4+, M8+).


1926 European Rowing Championships, Competition
The regatta was held on Lake Lucerne; the 1908 European Rowing Championships had also been held there. From 1933 onwards, the nearby Rotsee was used for regattas instead. The final race day in 1926 was Monday, 6 September. The Italian eight was from Canottieri Bucintoro in Venice.


1926 FA Charity Shield
The 1926 FA Charity Shield was the thirteenth staging of the FA Charity Shield, an annual association football match arranged to raise funds for charitable causes supported by the Football Association (the FA), the governing body of football in England. For the fifth time, the match was contested by select teams of amateur and professional players. It was played on 6 October 1926 at Maine Road, Manchester, and ended as a 6–3 win for the Amateurs. Wilfred Minter and Frank Macey each scored twice, Edgar Kail once, and an own goal by Michael Keeping completed the Amateurs' scoring; Bill Rawlings scored twice and Fred Tunstall scored once for the Professionals.


1926 FA Charity Shield, Pre-match
The match was to be played at Maine Road, the home ground of Manchester City F.C., alongside the exhibitions and other entertainments of the city of Manchester's Civic Week. The composition of the teams was selected by the international selection committee of the Football Association. The professionals were chosen from among those who had taken part in the Football Association XI's tour of Canada from May to July 1926.


1926 FA Charity Shield, Pre-match
The teams lined up as originally selected, with two exceptions. Clifford Tarr replaced the injured Richard Jenkins of Polytechnic at outside right, and Corporal Cartlidge was a late replacement for Northern Nomads's Dr Fairbrother at wing half. The Amateurs included six of the men who had beaten the Professionals by six goals to one in the corresponding fixture in 1925; the Professionals included five full England internationals.


1926 FA Charity Shield, Match summary
The match began with a fine exhibition of passing by the Amateurs, but six minutes into the game David Jack fed Bill Rawlings who scored from close range to give the Professionals the lead. The lead was doubled in similar fashion after 24 minutes. Rawlings had another two chances which he failed to take, and the Professionals seemed to be in control of the game. With half an hour gone, the Amateurs "added dash and determination to their pattern-work passing", and the tenor of the game changed dramatically. A neat pass from Frank Macey was touched over the line by Edgar Kail, and a couple of minutes later Wilfred Minter hooked home after some "brilliant interpassing" between Macey and his left-wing partner Walter Bellamy. The score at the half-time interval remained 2–2.


1926 FA Charity Shield, Match summary
Jack missed from close range just after half-time, after which the game became one-sided. Macey scored after a clever passing move, and doubled the Amateurs' lead when he volleyed Tommy Gale's punched clearance straight back past him "with surprising pace" from 30 yards (27 m). Macey had also scored twice in the 1925 FA Charity Shield match, when the Amateurs beat the Professionals by six goals to one.


1926 FA Charity Shield, Match summary
Minter collected a through ball and scored his second and his team's fifth off the inside of the post, and the last came when, under pressure from Macey, Michael Keeping overhit a back-pass to his goalkeeper. Fred Tunstall scored in the last minute for the Professionals, and the match ended 6–3.


1926 FA Charity Shield, Post-match
Medals were presented to both teams by the Lord Mayor of Manchester, Councillor Miles E. Mitchell. The Manchester Guardian was disappointed with the Professionals, whose forwards could not finish, whose creative players were ineffective, and whose defensive players were not up to the standard of their Amateur counterparts and failed to communicate with their goalkeeper. In contrast, Bellamy crossed well, and the "indefatigable" Macey "set an example to every player on the field in the matter of shooting."


1926 FA Charity Shield, Post-match
They were well supported by a "hard-working set of half-backs, who stood on no ceremony, and persisted in their tackling with the relish and vigour of terriers", Bryant in particular, whose play both defensive and constructive impressed, "and [whose] ground passing was something of a model", and by a confident pair of full backs in E.H. Gates and Frank Twine. Bryant wrote some years later that Macey "gave the finest exposition of inside forward play I have ever seen, and quite overshadowed the more famous Bolton Wanderers' inside forwards, David Jack and Joe Smith." The result of the match was so unexpected that it found a place in a 1999 compilation of "football's strangest matches".


1926 FA Charity Shield, Post-match
The attendance was disappointing – "no more than 1,500", according to the Times, and the Guardian called it very poor – and for the 1927 fixture, the Football Association reverted to a match between two club teams. The receipts from the match, of £181, were donated to the Ypres Memorial Church building fund.


1926 FA Cup Final
The 1926 FA Cup Final was a football match between Bolton Wanderers and Manchester City on 24 April 1926 at Wembley Stadium in London. The showpiece match of English football's primary cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (better known as the FA Cup), it was the 55th final, and the fourth at Wembley.


1926 FA Cup Final
Each team progressed through five rounds to reach the final. Both teams were members of the Football League First Division, Bolton Wanderers occupying a position in upper-mid-table and Manchester City next to bottom. Consequently, Bolton entered the match as favourites and, as expected, went on to win, their single goal being scored by David Jack.


1926 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Bolton Wanderers
Both teams entered the competition in the third round, the entry point for First Division clubs. Bolton Wanderers were drawn away at Accrington Stanley but, following a request to the FA, the match was switched to Bolton for crowd safety reasons. Bolton's David Jack scored the only goal of the game in an unexpectedly close contest. To the resentment of the Bolton crowd, Ted Vizard was sent off for the first time in his career, leading the referee to require a police escort to the railway station.


1926 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Bolton Wanderers
In the fourth round Bolton were held to a surprise draw at Third Division team Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic. The Wanderers lost Bill Cope to injury after fifteen minutes. A 1–0 half-time lead quickly turned into a 2–1 deficit early in the second half but, with five minutes remaining, Jack scored an equaliser.


1926 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Bolton Wanderers
Bolton's fifth round home tie against South Shields produced a straightforward 3–0 victory. The goals were scored by Joe Smith, Jack Smith and David Jack, the latter maintaining his record of scoring in every round. The quarter-final against Nottingham Forest required two replays to produce a winner. Following a 2–2 draw in Nottingham and a goalless game in Bolton, the Wanderers prevailed 1–0 in another close game held at Old Trafford. Bolton drew Swansea Town, the last remaining Second Division club, in the semi-final. This meant Bolton did not meet a single First Division club in their path to the final. Three early goals gave Bolton a comfortable 3–0 win at White Hart Lane.


1926 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
Manchester City's third round tie was against the amateur club Corinthians at Crystal Palace. The third round was the furthest Corinithians had ever progressed, though until 1923 the club never entered the cup due to club rules preventing them from entering any competition with a prize. Manchester City went behind and only equalised three minutes from time. The Corinthians goalkeeper, Benjamin Howard Baker collided with a teammate, causing him to take more than four steps with the ball.


1926 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
From the resulting free kick, Frank Roberts scored in a goalmouth melee to take the tie to a replay, held the following Wednesday. The rematch proved less even. Manchester City won 4–0 courtesy of goals by Austin (twice), Hicks and Johnson. After his goal, Hicks had to leave the field as he had sustained an injury while performing a celebratory somersault. In the fourth round, City faced league champions Huddersfield Town and again won 4–0. The crowd of 74,799 was by far the highest of the round, and only 1,200 short of the club record.


1926 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
Manchester City were drawn at home to Crystal Palace in the fifth round. A final score of 11–4 set a club record for the number of goals in a game and was City's biggest margin of victory since 1903. Frank Roberts scored five and Tommy Browell also scored a hat-trick. Yet another high scoring win was achieved in the quarter-final, when Clapton Orient were beaten 6–1. Johnson scored a hat-trick and Hicks scored for the fifth successive cup match.


1926 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
In the semi-final, Manchester City faced local rivals Manchester United in a derby match at Bramall Lane. Browell scored the opener from a Hicks corner amid vehement protests for handball from the United players. Later in the half, United's Frank Barson flattened Sam Cowan with an "ugly challenge" for which he later received a suspension. In the second half, Browell and Roberts each scored to make the final score 3–0.


1926 FA Cup Final, Build-up
Both teams had won the FA Cup on one previous occasion and had met in the 1904 FA Cup Final. In that match, Manchester City won 1–0 thanks to a Billy Meredith goal. The 1904 meeting was Manchester City's only previous final, whereas the 1926 tie was the fourth time Bolton had reached the final. They lost in 1894 and 1904, but won the competition for the first time in the "White Horse Final" of 1923, the first to be held at Wembley. The 1926 final was the first to be held since the change to the offside rule in 1925. It now required two defenders behind an attacker receiving the ball instead of three, a change which increased the average number of goals per match.


1926 FA Cup Final, Build-up
Of the two teams, Bolton Wanderers had the better league form. After rising as high as fourth early in the league season, Bolton spent the majority of the year in mid-table and finally finished 8th of the 22 First Division clubs with 44 points from their 42 league fixtures. Manchester City remained in the lower reaches of the league table throughout the season and were relegated after finishing 21st with 35 points. Their matches were frequently high scoring. City scored more league goals than second-placed Arsenal, but also had the second-worst defensive record in the division. The two league matches between the teams in the 1925–26 season ended in a 5–1 home win for Bolton in November and a 1–1 draw at Maine Road in March.


1926 FA Cup Final, Build-up
In accordance with changes made for the 1924 final onwards, all tickets were sold in advance to prevent a repeat of the overcrowding at the 1923 final. Approximately 91,000 tickets were available. 53,000 were standing tickets, 15,000 were uncovered seats and 23,000 were covered seats. Standing tickets cost two shillings, seat prices ranged from five shillings to one guinea. The majority of tickets were sold before the finalists were known.


1926 FA Cup Final, Build-up
As a result, few supporters of the participating teams attended; most were unable to afford the remaining tickets available to the general public, which were typically in the more expensive areas of the stadium. 1,750 tickets were allocated directly to each club. Bolton fielded 6,000 enquiries and lodged a formal protest about the inadequacy of their allocation. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway laid on a total of seven special trains from Manchester to London on the eve and morning of the match.


1926 FA Cup Final, Build-up
A number of supporters travelled to London without tickets in the hope of securing one outside the stadium. 5s tickets changed hands for up to 15s, provoking the ire of ticketless supporters who accused the sellers of profiteering. In one such instance, a man selling twenty 2s tic|kets at 10s each required the assistance of five police officers to escape the wrath of the crowd. The total gate receipts for the match were £23,157, a new record.


1926 FA Cup Final, Build-up
Manchester City prepared for the match by training in the spa town of Buxton. Bolton Wanderers followed their usual training schedule for most of the week, then travelled to Harrow on the Thursday. All eleven men who played for Bolton in their 1923 triumph were still at the club. Of those, only the injured Alex Finney was absent as they travelled to London. Jack Smith had been injured for several weeks in the run-up to the final, but recovered in time and participated in Bolton's last league match before the tie.


1926 FA Cup Final, Match
In the hour before kick-off, the crowd was entertained by the bands of the Royal Engineers and the Chatham Naval Dockyard. Following the National Anthem, the players, match officials and club chairmen were introduced to King George V. The toss was then won by the Bolton captain Joe Smith. In contrast to the lengthy delays which marred Bolton's previous visit to Wembley, the match kicked off three minutes earlier than scheduled.


1926 FA Cup Final, Match
As anticipated, Bolton fielded ten of the eleven who played the 1923 final. Left-back Harry Greenhalgh was the only change from the 1923 line-up. Each team played the formation typical of the era: two full-backs, three half-backs and five forwards. Bolton had the better of the opening exchanges; the Times correspondent wrote: "In the first five minutes Bolton Wanderers were so superior to their opponents that they might have been giving an exhibition for the cinema against schoolboys". Manchester City then gradually asserted themselves and had the first clear chance.


1926 FA Cup Final, Match
Frank Roberts took a right-footed shot, but hit the ball straight at Bolton goalkeeper Dick Pym. Overall, the defences enjoyed the better of the play in the first half. Bolton's Joe Smith was instrumental in much of his team's attacking play, both he and left-winger Ted Vizard receiving praise for their play.


1926 FA Cup Final, Match
Hicks, who was generally described as the most effective of the Manchester City forwards, had a chance which he hit high over the crossbar. In a rare spell of sustained Manchester City pressure, a free kick by captain Jimmy McMullan forced a save from Pym, and the resulting near-post corner prompted a goalmouth scramble which ended with a foul on Bolton's Greenhalgh. Pym made further saves from Browell and Hicks, the latter resulting in a corner. From the corner Bolton won the ball and headed upfield on the counter-attack.


1926 FA Cup Final, Match
Billy Butler's cross from the right went beyond the goal and was retrieved by Vizard on the left wing. The outside-forward then cut inside and played the ball across goal in a manner described by some correspondents as a shot and others as a pass. David Jack received the ball in the six-yard box and put the ball between Goodchild and McCloy into the City goal, giving Bolton the lead with 14 minutes remaining. In the few minutes after the goal, Manchester City came forward in numbers but lacked clear chances and were hindered by over-eager forwards going offside. Following a goal kick by Pym, the referee blew the final whistle. Bolton won the cup for a second time, becoming the first club to win twice at Wembley.


1926 FA Cup Final, Post-match
The Bolton team were greeted by crowds at Bolton Town Hall. In a playful exchange, Joe Smith gave the Cup to the mayor, saying that it had been won for Bolton and was given to Bolton, which the mayor refused. Bolton went on to win a third FA Cup in 1929, beating Portsmouth 2–0. The 1929 team contained five of the 1926 cup winners. Goalscorer David Jack was transferred to Arsenal in 1928. The transfer set a world record as the first to exceed £10,000. Jack won one more FA Cup with Arsenal.


1926 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Upon arrival back in Manchester, the Manchester City team were given a civic reception at Manchester Town Hall, then immediately travelled to their Maine Road ground to play a league fixture against Leeds. Manchester City won that match 2–1, but failed to win the following Saturday and were relegated to the Second Division. In doing so they became the first cup finalists ever to be relegated in the same season, a fate since shared by 1969 finalist Leicester City, 1983 finalist Brighton & Hove Albion, 2010 finalist Portsmouth and 2013 winners Wigan Athletic.


1926 FA Cup Final, Post-match
The final was the last time Albert Alexander's committee selected the team. Peter Hodge had agreed to join the club as manager well in advance of the final, but was unable to take up the position until his previous club Leicester City completed their league fixtures. Several seasons later, City half-back Sam Cowan went on to captain the club in the 1933 and 1934 finals.


1926 FBUs Pokalturnering
The 1926 FBUs Pokalturnering (Unofficial English translation: 1926 FBU Cup, 1926 Funen Cup) was the 7th edition of the regional tournament, FBUs Pokalturnering, the highest senior cup competition organised by the Funen FA (FBU). The tournament was held in the third quarter of 1926 with B 1913 as the defending cup champions. The season was launched on 8 August 1926 with the preliminary round involving two matches involving Ejby BK versus Dalum BK and Assens G&IK versus AIK Bogense, while Bogense G&IF and Arbejdernes I&BK (AIB) of Middelfart both received a bye to the next round.


1926 FBUs Pokalturnering
A total of eighteen teams from the 1925–26 FBUs A-række, the 1925–26 FBUs B-række and three new member clubs of the regional football association participated in the cup tournament, which embraced seventeen cup matches — the reigning Funen champions Svendborg BK from the top-flight league choose not to participate in this year's edition.


1926 FBUs Pokalturnering
This season's installment was won by B 1913 after defeating Odense BK 3–1 in the final played at OB's field at Munke Mose in Odense on 5 September 1926, which was the club's second cup title in a row in the same number of finals. Odense-based B 1913 secured its berth in the final by defeating the Funen FA's newest member, Særslev BK, including league rivals B 1909 and BK Marienlyst, eventually making the tournament's final a repeat of the 1925 FBUs Pokalturnering final. They outscored their opponents 28–2 on aggregate in the four games played in this year's competition. The cup tournament took place before the start of the 1926–27 regional league season tournaments.


1926 FBUs Pokalturnering, Matches, Preliminary Round
Four FBUs B-række clubs entered the competition at this stage. The matches were scheduled for Sunday, 8 August 1926. Two teams gained a bye due to a lower amount of entries to the competition than originally expected.


1926 FBUs Pokalturnering, Matches, First Round Proper
The matches were scheduled for Sunday, 15 August 1926. Arbejdernes I&BK filed a protest to the Funen FA proclaiming that the match referee unjustifiably sent off an AIB player.


1926 FBUs Pokalturnering, Matches, Quarter-finals
The four quarter-final ties were scheduled to be played on Sunday, 22 August 1926.


1926 FBUs Pokalturnering, Matches, Semi-finals
Both semi-final matches were played in Odense on Sunday, 29 August 1926 with no replays required. B 1913 and Odense BK came through the semi final round to meet at OB's Bane i Munke Mose, Odense.


1926 FBUs Pokalturnering, Matches, Cup Final, Match summary
The 1926 FBUs Pokalturnering final was contested by B 1913 and Odense BK at OB's Bane i Munke Mose, Odense on Sunday, 5 September 1926, which was a repeat of the 1925 FBUs Pokalturnering final. The game was refereed by Sophus Hansen (affiliated with BK Frem). Based on the team's merits in the cup tournament and their recent league standings, the defending cup champions and league runners-up B 1913 were regarded as favorites to win the cup title against Odense BK by various newspapers.


1926 FBUs Pokalturnering, Matches, Cup Final, Match summary
The Odense BK squad was mostly composed of new players, including a new goalkeeper, and this final was regarded as their first most important match so far. William von Würden had trained the Odense BK squad the past summer. The draw concerning the right to choose the starting half of the football field was won by B 1913, who choose to have the strong wind in their backs.


1926 FBUs Pokalturnering, Matches, Cup Final, Match summary
Despite battling with a headwind, Odense BK had a predominance of goal scoring chances and game play in the first half. The first goal was netted in the 20th minute by Odense BK right innerwing Børge Jensen after a pass from the left side outside the reach of B 1913's goalkeeper Olaf "Laffe" Petersen, while the equalizing goal by B 1913's Henry "Lodvig" Ludvigsen was scored fifteen minutes later following a pass from Martin "Malle" Petersen, and the first half ending in an 1–1 tie. The game play was more even during the second half.


1926 FBUs Pokalturnering, Matches, Cup Final, Match summary
In the 75th minute, B 1913's forward Albert Fischer passed the ball to Ludvigsen, who scored his second goal, which the newspaper Fyens Stiftstidende and Fyns Social-Demokrat reported should have been ruled as offside. It started to rain right after the goal was scored. The lead energized the B 1913 players and following some fumble play in front of the goal, Ludvigsen was credited with scoring B 1913's third goal four minutes before full time, completing a hat-trick.


1926 FBUs Pokalturnering, Matches, Cup Final, Match summary
The match ended with the score 3–1 to B 1913 in front of an attendance of 550 spectators, securing the Odense-based club their second consecutive cup title in two final entries.


1926 Federal Capital Territory Soccer Football Association season
The 1926 Capital Football season was the first Capital Football season. Burns FC won their first FCTSA League title in their history by an 8-point margin over Molonglo.


1926 Federal Capital Territory Soccer Football Association season, 1926 FCTSA League
The 1926 FCTSA League is the first season of the FCTSA League, the former top Australian professional soccer league in the Capital Football.


1926 Federal Capital Territory Soccer Football Association season, 1926 FCTSA Cup
The 1926 FCTSA Cup was the first edition of the FCTSA Cup.


1926 Fijian general election, Electoral system
The Legislative Council consisted of 12 official members (eleven civil servants and a British subject not holding public office), seven elected Europeans and two appointed Fijians. The Governor served as President of the Council.


1926 Fijian general election, Electoral system
The Europeans were elected from six constituencies; Eastern, Northern, Southern, Suva, Vanua Levu & Taveuni and Western. Voting was restricted to men aged 21 or over who had been born to European parents (or a European father and was able to read, speak and write English) who were British subjects and had been continuously resident in Fiji for 12 months, owning at least £20 of freehold or leasehold property or having an annual income of at least £120, and were not on the public payroll.


1926 Fijian general election, Aftermath
Joni Mataitini and Deve Toganivalu were appointed as the Fijian members, despite Toganivalu having finished third behind Epeli Ganilau in the voting by the Great Council of Chiefs.


1926 Finnish Figure Skating Championships
1926 Finnish Figure Skating Championships were held in Helsinki on 21 February 1926.


1926 Five Nations Championship
The 1926 Five Nations Championship was the twelfth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship following the inclusion of France into the Home Nations Championship. Including the previous Home Nations Championships, this was the thirty-ninth series of the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 3 January and 2 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.


1926 Five Nations Championship
Ireland missed out on a first Grand Slam after losing to Wales at St. Helen's.


1926 Florida Gators football team
The 1926 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1926 college football season. The season was Harold Sebring's second and least successful campaign as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Sebring's 1926 Florida Gators finished 2–6–2 overall, and 1–4–1 in the Southern Conference, placing nineteenth of twenty-two teams in the conference standings.


1926 Florida Gators football team
The highlights of the season were the Gators' two victories home field over the Florida Southern Moccasins and Clemson Tigers, which were interspersed among four close losses to the Chicago Maroons (6–12), the Ole Miss Rebels (7–12), the Mercer Bears (3–7) and the Kentucky Wildcats (13–18),  crushing defeats by the Georgia Bulldogs (9–32) and coach Wallace Wade's undefeated Alabama Crimson Tide (0–49), and two low-scoring ties with the Hampden–Sydney Tigers (0–0) and the Washington & Lee Generals.


1926 Florida Gators football team, Before the season
Florida was set to play one of its hardest schedules. Former fullback Ray Dickson assisted Sebring.


1926 Florida Gators football team, Before the season
Bill Middlekauff, a fullback who played on the 1923 and 1924 teams, returned to the squad. Key losses from the previous year included Edgar C. Jones.


1926 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Florida Southern
The season opened with a 16–0 home victory over the Florida Southern Moccasins.


1926 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Chicago
Amos Stagg's Chicago Maroons defeated Florida 12–6. A 60-yard forward pass from Walter E. Marks to Apitz scored first for Chicago. Stanley Rouse added two more field goals.


1926 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Ole Miss
Ole Miss beat Florida with a "lucky pass." from Petty to Ap Applewhite.


1926 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Ole Miss
The starting lineup was Stanley (left end), Davis (left tackle), Allen (left guard), Sarra (center), Tucker (right guard), Clemons (right tackle), Oosterhoudt (right end), Walker (quarterback), Owens (left halfback), Merrin (right halfback), Bishop (fullback).


1926 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Mercer
The Mercer Bears surprised and beat Florida in a close loss, 7–3. Florida's Bishop made a 30-yard field goal. The game's umpire was Buck Flowers.


1926 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Mercer
The starting lineup was Oosterhoudt (left end), Davis (left tackle), J. Stewart (left guard), Sarra (center), Tucker (right guard), Clemmons (right tackle), Stanley (right end), Bowyer (quarterback), Owens (left halfback), Beck (right halfback), Bishop (fullback).


1926 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Kentucky
Once after three days practice, Sebring took his men to Kingsley Lake. Injuries plagued the season. Florida lost to Kentucky  13–18. The game was hot, "with the thermometer standing in the eihties. A spectator, J. D. Alverman, 50, dropped dead during an exciting moment of the game.


1926 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Kentucky
Kentucky scored first, when captain Frank Smith bucked across the goal line. The extra point was missed. Florida took the lead after a Kentucky fumble on a punt was recovered by Tommy Owens. Beck went over, and Owens added the extra point. By a series of forward passes, Kentucky got another touchdown. Owens went right around end for Florida to regain the lead. After a scoreless third period, Kentucky put together a winning touchdown drive in the fourth quarter.


1926 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Kentucky
The starting lineup was Oosterhoudt (left end), Clemons (left tackle), Tucker (left guard), Harris (center), Stewart (right guard), Chaplin (right tackle), Dehoff (right end), Bowyer (quarterback), Beck (left halfback), Owens (right halfback), Ihrig (fullback).


1926 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Georgia
Georgia crushed the Gators 32–9. The weather was too warm, and the game suffered from several penalties.


1926 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Georgia
The starting lineup was Oosterhoudt (left end), Clemons (left tackle), Ripley (left guard), Sarra (center), Tucker (right guard), Chaplin (right tackle), Trogden (right end), Bowyer (quarterback), Owens (left halfback), Larson (right halfback), Davis (fullback).


1926 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Clemson
At home, Florida defeated the Clemson Tigers 33–0. Willie DeHoff caught two touchdowns.


1926 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Alabama
Wallace Wade's undefeated national champion Alabama Crimson Tide rolled over the Gators 49–0.


1926 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Alabama
The starting lineup was Stanley (left end), Green (left tackle), Tucker (left guard), Sarra (center), Allen (right guard), Clemons (right tackle), Oosterhoudt (right end), Bowyer (quarterback), Owens (left halfback), Livingston (right halfback), Ihrig (fullback).


1926 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Hampden–Sydney
The Gators and the Hampden–Sydney Tigers fought to a scoreless tie. Tommy Owens suffered a broken collarbone.


1926 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Washington & Lee
Coach Pat Herron's Washington and Lee Generals tied Florida 7–7.


1926 Florida Gators football team, Postseason
"The wolves began to clamor for Sebring's scalp as the 1926 season ended" wrote Pete Norton.


1926 Florida Gators football team, Players, Depth chart
The following chart provides a visual depiction of Florida's lineup during the 1926 season with games started at the position reflected in parenthesis. The chart mimics a Notre Dame Box on offense.


1926 Fordham Rams football team
The 1926 Fordham Rams football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In its seventh and final year under head coach Frank Gargan, Fordham compiled a 3–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 131 to 119.


1926 Frankford Yellow Jackets season
The 1926 Frankford Yellow Jackets season was their third in the National Football League. The team improved on their previous output of 10–4, winning fourteen games. By virtue of their league-best record of 14–1–2, they were crowned the 1926 NFL Champions.


1926 Frankford Yellow Jackets season
Incidentally, the champions of the rival American Football League that year were also based in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Quakers. There had been some brief discussion of fulfilling the crosstown rivalry by staging an interleague championship between the Quakers and Yellow Jackets, but the Yellow Jackets declined. (The Quakers instead played the seventh-place New York Giants, losing 31–0.)


1926 Frankford Yellow Jackets season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1926 French Championships (tennis)
The 1926 French Championships (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Clay courts at the Croix-Catelan of the Racing Club de France in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 2 June until 14 June. It was the 31st staging of the French Championships and the second Grand Slam tournament of the year.


1926 French Championships (tennis)
Suzanne Lenglen repeated her feat of winning every event she was eligible for, in her final year of competition before she turned professional; the tournament was also notable for being the first time American competitors won a title, Vincent Richards and Howard Kinsey in the men's doubles.


1926 French Championships (tennis), Finals, Men's Doubles
Vincent Richards /  Howard Kinsey defeated  Henri Cochet /  Jacques Brugnon, 6–4, 6–1, 4–6, 6–4


1926 French Championships (tennis), Finals, Women's Doubles
Suzanne Lenglen /  Julie Vlasto defeated  Evelyn Colyer /  Kitty McKane, 6–1, 6–1


1926 French Championships (tennis), Finals, Mixed Doubles
Suzanne Lenglen /  Jacques Brugnon defeated  Suzanne LeBesnerais /  Jean Borotra, 6–4, 6–3


1926 French Championships – Men's Singles
Fourth-seeded Henri Cochet defeated defending champion René Lacoste 6–2, 6–4, 6–3 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1926 French Championships. The draw consisted of 75 player of which 16 were seeded.


1926 French Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Henri Cochet is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1926 French Championships – Women's Singles
Suzanne Lenglen defeated Mary Kendall Browne 6–1, 6–0 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1926 French Championships. Lenglen dropped four games in her five matches.


1926 French Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Suzanne Lenglen is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1926 French Grand Prix
The 1926 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Circuit of Miramas on 27 June 1926.


1926 French Grand Prix
It was the second race of the 1926 AIACR World Manufacturers' Championship season. Unfortunately for the spectators, of all the cars that were announced to participate in the race, only three Bugattis started. In the end there was just one car that managed to complete the full race distance; the Bugatti of Jules Goux.


1926 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
The 1926 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented Fresno State Normal School during the 1926 college football season.


1926 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
Fresno State competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC). The 1926 team was led by head coach Arthur W. Jones in his sixth year at the helm. They played home games at Fresno State College Stadium on the campus of Fresno City College in Fresno, California. They finished with a record of five wins, three losses and one tie (5–3–1, 1–2–1 FWC). The Bulldogs outscored their opponents 147–107 for the season.


1926 Furman Purple Hurricane football team
The 1926 Furman Purple Hurricane football team represented Furman University as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1926 college football season. The team was coached by Billy Laval.


1926 Geneva Covenanters football team
The 1926 Geneva Covenanters football team was an American football team that represented Geneva College as a member of the Tri-State Conference during the 1926 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Bo McMillin, the team compiled an overall record of 8–2 with a mark of 4–0 in conference play, winning the Tri-State title.


1926 George Washington Hatchetites football team
The 1926 George Washington Hatchetites football team was an American football team that represented George Washington University as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In their third season under head coach Harry W. Crum, the team compiled a 5–4 record.


1926 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team
The 1926 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team represented Georgetown University during the 1926 college football season. Led by Lou Little in his third season as head coach, the team went 7–2–1.


1926 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 1926 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1926 college football season. The Bulldogs completed the season with a 5–4 record. This season included Georgia's fifth straight loss to Alabama and fourth straight loss to Yale. Down 13 to 0 at the half, Georgia came back to beat Georgia Tech. Herdis McCrary and captain George Morton made the touchdowns.


1926 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team
The 1926 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team represented the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1926 Southern Conference football season. The Tornado was coached by William Alexander in his seventh year as head coach, compiling a record of 4–5.


1926 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Oglethorpe
The season opened with a great upset and perhaps the greatest victory in the history of the Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels when they downed Tech 7–6. Halfback "Cy" Bell ran for a 42-yard touchdown run, and "Nutty" Campbell got the game-winning extra point. After the game, Oglethorpe fans reacted to the victory by staging a spontaneous parade through downtown Atlanta.


1926 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Oglethorpe
The starting lineup was Irwin (left end), Gaston (left tackle), Lillard (left guard), Poole (center), Drennon (right guard), Hood (right tackle), Hearn (right end), McRae (quarterback), Brewer (left halfback), Parham (right halfback), Holland (fullback)


1926 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, VMI
In the second week of play, Tech shutout VMI 13–0. The starting lineup was Marshall (left end), Tharpe (left tackle), Martin (left guard), Poole (center), Angley (right guard), Hood (right tackle), Crowley (right end), McRae (quarterback), Smith (left halfback), Barron (right halfback), Murray (fullback)


1926 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Tulane
Tech edged Tulane 9–6. The starting lineup was Crowley (left end), Tharpe (left tackle), Martin (left guard), Poole (center), Angley (right guard), Hood (right tackle), Marshall (right end), Brewer (quarterback), Parham (left halfback), Barron (right halfback), Murray (fullback).


1926 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Alabama
Wallace Wade's national champion Alabama Crimson Tide surprised and held Georgia Tech to two first downs in a 21–0 victory. Hoyt Winslett passed for all three touchdowns.


1926 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Alabama
The starting lineup was Crowley (left end), Tharpe (left tackle), Martin (left guard), Pund (center), Angley (right guard), Hood (right tackle), Marshall (right end), McRae (quarterback), Smith (left halfback), Reed (right halfback), Murray (fullback).


1926 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Notre Dame
Knute Rockne's undefeated Notre Dame beat Tech 12–0. Red Barron stood out in the cold weather.


1926 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt beat Georgia Tech 13–7. Tech scored on an off-tackle play when Carter Barron got loose for a 50-yard run. Bill Spears faked a pass and ran for 24 yards to spark a drive to tie the game at 7, and added two field goals to beat the Tornado.


1926 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Vanderbilt
The starting lineup was Crowley (left end), Tharpe (left tackle), Martin (left guard), Poole (center), Lillard (right guard), Thrash (right tackle), Marshall (right end), Randolph (quarterback), Horn (left halfback), Barron (right halfback), Murray (fullback).


1926 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Georgia
Down 13 to 0 at the half, rival Georgia came back to beat Tech. Herdis McCrary and captain George Morton made the touchdowns.


1926 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Georgia
The starting lineup was Crowley (left end), Hood (left tackle), Martin (left guard), Poole (center), Angley (right guard), Tharpe (right tackle), Marshall (right end), Brewer (quarterback), Parham (left halfback), Horn (right halfback), Murray (fullback).


1926 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Auburn
In the annual rivalry matchup, Tech beat Auburn 20–7. The starting lineup was Erwin (left end), Tharpe (left tackle), Martin (left guard), Poole (center), Drennon (right guard), Hood (right tackle), Marshall (right end), Brewer (quarterback), Parham (left halfback), Barron (right halfback), Murray (fullback).


1926 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Players, Depth chart
The following chart provides a visual depiction of Tech's lineup during the 1924 season with games started at the position reflected in parenthesis. The chart mimics the offense after the jump shift has taken place.


1926 Georgia gubernatorial election
The 1926 Georgia gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1926, in order to elect the Governor of Georgia.


1926 Georgia gubernatorial election
Incumbent Democratic Governor Clifford Walker was term-limited, and ineligible to run for a third term.


1926 Georgia gubernatorial election
As was common at the time, the Democratic candidate ran unopposed in the general election so therefore the Democratic primary was the real contest, and winning the primary was considered tantamount to election.


1926 Georgia gubernatorial election, Democratic primary
The Democratic primary election was held on September 8, 1926. As no candidate won a majority of county unit votes, a run-off was held between the top two candidates on October 6, 1926.


1926 Georgia gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, County unit system
From 1917 until 1962, the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Georgia used a voting system called the county unit system to determine victors in statewide primary elections.


1926 Georgia gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, County unit system
The system was ostensibly designed to function similarly to the Electoral College, but in practice the large ratio of unit votes for small, rural counties to unit votes for more populous urban areas provided outsized political influence to the smaller counties.


1926 Georgia gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, County unit system
Under the county unit system, the 159 counties in Georgia were divided by population into three categories. The largest eight counties were classified as "Urban", the next-largest 30 counties were classified as "Town", and the remaining 121 counties were classified as "Rural". Urban counties were given 6 unit votes, Town counties were given 4 unit votes, and Rural counties were given 2 unit votes, for a total of 410 available unit votes. Each county's unit votes were awarded on a winner-take-all basis.


1926 Georgia gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, County unit system
Candidates were required to obtain a majority of unit votes (not necessarily a majority of the popular vote), or 206 total unit votes, to win the election. If no candidate received a majority in the initial primary, a runoff election was held between the top two candidates to determine a winner.


1926 Georgia gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, Results
Although Holder won a plurality of the popular vote in the first round, Hardman won a plurality of county unit votes. No candidate winning a majority of county unit votes in the first round, the election went to a run-off.


1926 German Grand Prix
The 1926 German Grand Prix was an auto race held at the AVUS track on 11 July 1926. It was the first ever German Grand Prix. The race was held in heavy rain, and was won by Germany's native son, Rudolf Caracciola.


1926 German Grand Prix
Recognising a lack of available vehicles for the new Grand Prix formula (for example, the 1926 French Grand Prix had just three starters), the organisers decided to admit a diverse field vaguely described as sports cars. These were divided into three classes based on engine capacity: Class D (2L-3L), Class E (1.5L-2L) and Class F (1.1L to 1.5L). The race start was staggered, with class D released first, followed by class E, and finally class F, at 2-minute intervals.


1926 German Grand Prix
The race was marred by an accident involving driver Adolf Rosenberger, whose car crashed into one of the marshals' huts, killing three people.


1926 German Grand Prix
The German Grand Prix would not return to the AVUS track until 1959.


1926 German Ice Hockey Championship
The 1926 German Ice Hockey Championship was the 10th season of the German Ice Hockey Championship, the national championship of Germany. Berliner Schlittschuhclub won the championship by defeating SC Charlottenburg in the final.


1926 German football championship
The 1926 German football championship, the 19th edition of the competition, was won by SpVgg Fürth, defeating Hertha BSC 4–1 in the final.


1926 German football championship
For SpVgg Fürth it was the second national championship after winning the 1914 edition and it won a third and last one in 1929, also against Hertha BSC. For Hertha it marked the club's first final appearance and it played in six consecutive ones, losing the first four and winning the final two in 1930 and 1931.


1926 German football championship
Hamburger SV's Tull Harder was the top scorer of the 1926 championship with six goals, having previously done so in 1922 and 1923 and, again, in 1928.


1926 German football championship
Sixteen club qualified for the knock-out competition, two from each of the regional federations plus an additional third club from the South and West. In all cases the regional champions and runners-up qualified. In the West and South the third spot went to the third placed team of the championship.


1926 German football championship
The eventual champions, SpVgg Fürth, failed to qualify for the Southern German championship through the Bezirksliga Bayern, coming only third behind league champions FC Bayern Munich runners-up 1. FC Nürnberg, when only the champions advanced. Instead, Fürth won the Southern German Cup and qualified through this route for the Southern German finals where it than finished runners-up.


1926 German referendum
A referendum to expropriate the property of the former ruling houses was held in Germany on 20 June 1926. Although a majority of those who voted voted in favour, the voter turnout of 39% was too low for the proposal to pass into law.


1926 German referendum, Background
The violent revolution of November 1918 had not settled the question of what to do with the property of Germany's now former ruling houses. Policy was left up to individual states, many of which made settlements involving some sort of seizure of property. The issue was settled indirectly on a federal level when the Weimar Constitution came into effect in August 1919. Article 153 stated that property could only be expropriated for public welfare and with appropriate compensation. The article was designed to protect property rights in general and was not directly aimed at solving the issue of princely expropriation. Nevertheless, it made the princes safe from the threat of losing their property without being compensated. In addition to this the courts of Germany had largely remained unchanged since the Imperial era and so usually sided with the princes when expropriation cases came up.


1926 German referendum, Push for a referendum
The Communist and Socialist parties believed in expropriating the former ruling houses without giving compensation. Attempts to make this happen through the Reichstag always failed due to the opposition of the other parties. The liberal DDP and DVP, the Catholic Centre Party and the nationalist DNVP all saw such attempts as extremist attacks on property rights. The DVP and the DNVP also opposed these attempts due to their monarchist leanings (although both parties had relegated a restoration to a long-term goal by this stage, effectively recognising the republic). The Communists and the Socialists hoped that the public would be more sympathetic. By 1926 over 30,000 signatures expressing support for expropriation without compensation were gathered. This forced a referendum on the issue, under Article 73 of the Weimar Constitution.


1926 German referendum, Push for a referendum
On 15 March, President Hindenburg added a hurdle to the success of the referendum. On that day, he informed Justice Minister Wilhelm Marx that the intended expropriations did not serve the public interest but represented nothing more than fraudulent conversion of assets for political reasons. This was not permitted by the Constitution. On 24 April 1926, the Luther government expressly confirmed the President's legal opinion. For this reason, a simple majority was not sufficient for the success of the referendum, and it needed support from 50 percent of those eligible to vote, about 20 million voters. It was not expected that these numbers would be achieved.


1926 German referendum, Results
The referendum was held on 20 June 1926. A large majority of those who voted voted in favour of expropriation without compensation. However, the Constitution required that a majority of all eligible voters had to vote in favour of a referendum proposal for it to become law. This did not happen due to low voter turnout.


1926 Giro d'Italia
The 1926 Giro d'Italia was the 14th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a cycling race organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 15 May in Milan with a stage that stretched 275 km (171 mi) to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 6 June after a 288 km (179 mi) stage and a total distance covered of 3,249.7 km (2,019 mi). The race was won by the Giovanni Brunero of the Legnano team. Second and third respectively were the Italian riders Alfredo Binda and Arturo Bresciani.


1926 Giro d'Italia, Participants
Of the 206 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 15 May, 40 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 6 June. Riders were allowed to ride on their own or as a member of a team. There were six teams that competed in the race: Berrenttini, Ganna, Legnano, Météore, Olympia, and Wolsit. Eighteen of the 206 riders were on a team.


1926 Giro d'Italia, Participants
The peloton was primarily composed of Italians. The field featured two former Giro d'Italia champions in two-time winners Costante Girardengo and Giovanni Brunero, 1924 winner Giuseppe Enrici, and returning champion Alfredo Binda. Other notable Italian riders that started the race included Giovanni Rossignoli and Angelo Gremo.


1926 Giro d'Italia, Final standings, General classification
There were 40 cyclists who had completed all twelve stages. For these cyclists, the times they had needed in each stage was added up for the general classification. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the winner. Giuseppe Enrici won the prize for best ranked independent rider in the general classification.


1926 Giro di Lombardia
The 1926 Giro di Lombardia was the 22nd edition of the Giro di Lombardia cycle race and was held on 31 October 1926. The race started and finished in Milan. The race was won by Alfredo Binda.


1926 Gonzaga Bulldogs football team
The 1926 Gonzaga Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Gonzaga University during the 1926 college football season. In their second year under head coach Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith, the Bulldogs compiled a 5–2–1 record and outscored all opponents by a total of 204 to 36.


1926 Gonzaga Bulldogs football team
The Bulldogs' 1926 roster included halfback Mel Ingram, who later played Major League Baseball.


1926 Grand National
The 1926 Grand National was the 85th renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 26 March 1926.


1926 Grand National
The steeplechase was won by Jack Horner, a 25/1 bet ridden by jockey Billy Watkinson and trained by Harvey Leader for American owner Charles Schwartz, who had paid 5,000 guineas for him a week beforehand. Schwartz won £5,000 for the victory.


1926 Grand National
Harvey Leader was a brother of Ted Leader and son of Tom Leader.


1926 Grand National
Old Tay Bridge finished in second place for the second successive year, Bright's Boy was third and Sprig fourth. Sprig won the National the following year under Ted Leader.


1926 Grand National
Silvo and Grecian Wave — both well fancied runners — fell at the first fence. Irish favourite Knight of the Wilderness went at the third. At Becher's Brook, Lee Bridge fell and brought down Koko.


1926 Grand National
Thirty horses ran in the race and all but one returned safely to the stables. Lone Hand was fatally injured in a fall.


1926 Grand Prix season
The 1926 Grand Prix season was the second AIACR World Manufacturers' Championship season and the first running to new 1.5-litre regulations. The championship was won by Bugatti and its Type 35 was the dominant car of the year.


1926 Grand Prix season
The schedule was increased from four to five championship races. The Belgian round was dropped but the British Grand Prix and San Sebastián Grand Prix were added. Many races had promising entry lists, but when a number of cars did not arrive, it led to farcical races with just a handful of starters and only a couple of finishers.


1926 Grand Prix season
The leading French teams of Bugatti, Delage and Peugeot arrived for the Targa Florio as, once again, the major Italian teams did not enter. The race was marred by the death of two-time winner Giulio Masetti, crashing his privateer Delage on the first lap. Once again it was the small, nimble Bugatti of Bartolomeo Costantini that held off the rest of the pack. When the works Delage team was withdrawn following Masetti's death, it left Costantini led his team to a 1-2-3 victory.


1926 Grand Prix season
The opening race of the championship was the Indianapolis 500. Frank Lockhart was a young rookie who substituted in to race for an ill Peter Kreis. Starting from back in the pack he soon joined the leaders and took the front on lap 60. On lap 71, rain forced a stop to the race for over an hour. Upon the restart, Lockhart built up his lead again, so at the 400-mile mark he had a 2-lap lead over the field. At that point rain returned, and he became the first rookie winner since 1914, in the rain-shortened race.


1926 Grand Prix season
The European rounds of the championship were plagued by entry withdrawals of the works teams, leaving just a handful of starters to contest the races. The most embarrassing was the premier French Grand Prix where only the three Bugatti works cars started, and Jules Goux won, being the only classified finisher. The Delages were fast but poorly designed with the exhaust system placed right beside the drivers’ legs causing burns and exhaustion so that the team lost race-winning opportunities from numerable pit-stops to rest and recover. They did win the inaugural British Grand Prix as Bugatti did not enter and the new Talbots were still too under-developed. In the end, by virtue of being the only team to run the mandatory three races, Bugatti won the second Constructor's Championship.


1926 Grand Prix season
Outside the championship, Formula Libre races (literally, open formula) were very popular across France and Italy and a number were staged with large fields of local drivers. Germany held its first Grand Prix, won by the young Rudolf Caracciola in difficult wet conditions that caused several serious accidents.


1926 Grand Prix season, Manufacturers' World Championship
The Indianapolis 500 also counted towards the 1926 AAA Championship Car season held in the United States


1926 Grand Prix season, Teams and drivers, Significant Privateer drivers
Note: * was raced as a relief driver. Those in brackets show, although entered, the driver did not race


1926 Grand Prix season, Regulations and Technical
The racing death of star Antonio Ascari in 1925, along with a number of serious and fatal accidents drove the AIACR (forerunner of the FIA) to consider changes to its racing regulations. In October of that year, they resolved to combat the dramatic increase in power and speed from supercharging by dropping the engine capacity from 2-litres to 1.5-litres (albeit still open to be fitted with or without a supercharger). The minimum weight was also reduced from 650 to 600 kg. The AAA Contest Board (AAA), in the United States, followed the change adopting similar rules, to an equivalent drop from 122 to 91 cubic inches. Minimum width remained 80 cm with two seats, though only one driver was on board.


1926 Grand Prix season, Regulations and Technical
For the second year of the Championship, the Belgian Grand Prix was not held this year but two new races were added to the schedule in its stead. Brooklands had resolved its noise-control issues with neighbouring estates and would host the first British Grand Prix. The European Grand Prix was awarded to the Spanish Automobile Club. However, the promoters were concerned the 1.5-litre formula would be poorly supported and therefore also arranged a second race (held a week later) to Formula Libre regulations that would be their official Spanish Grand Prix. This year, along with the mandatory attendance of the Italian GP, teams had to also participate in any two of the other four races to be eligible for the championship.


1926 Grand Prix season, Regulations and Technical
Meanwhile, the regulations for the Targa Florio engine limits remained as they were. Like Grand Prix events, riding mechanics were now optional. Once again, the Targa Florio and Coppa Florio were held simultaneously, and this year both events were run over the same five laps. The Coppa Florio was only open to factory teams who had registered. After Peugeot became the first manufacturer to win the Coppa Florio twice they earned its permanent ownership. However, they chose to offer it up for ongoing challenges if it would be contested alternately in Italy and France. In May, the cities of Milan and Turin changed their rules of driving on the left side of the road to line up with the rest of Italy that drove on the right.


1926 Grand Prix season, Regulations and Technical, Technical Innovation
The new regulations demanded new engines and pushed engineers to think of innovative ways to get the same power from the smaller size. By using a shorter stroke, engines could greatly increase their speed, up to 7000-8000rpm.


1926 Grand Prix season, Regulations and Technical, Technical Innovation
Faced with high development costs, Alfa Romeo and Sunbeam instead chose to retire their works teams from racing. Other teams were already prepared. Ettore Bugatti had developed his Type 35 chassis the previous year with a 1.5-litre engine, and finally accepted the need for supercharging with the new Type 39A. Although conventional, the Bugatti was reliable (only running at 5500rpm for its 120 bhp) with excellent balance and road-holding. In non-championship, Formula Libre races, Bugatti still refused to conform to supercharging the Type 35, instead chose to enlarge the engine to get more power, up to 2.3 litres as the new Type 35T. The marque's reliability made them the cars of choice for privateer drivers and wealthy amateurs.


1926 Grand Prix season, Regulations and Technical, Technical Innovation
Sunbeam's designer, Louis Coatalen, and engineer, Vincenzo Bertarione, went across to the Paris-based sister-company of Talbot. Their 1.5-litre cars had been racing very successfully in the former voiturette class. The new supercharged Talbot 700 GPLB was delayed in appearing but was the fastest in the field. Problems arose through the season with broken front axles, poor brakes and fractured supercharger casings.


1926 Grand Prix season, Regulations and Technical, Technical Innovation
Delage too had a new head engineer: Albert Lory was promoted, and his first design was a straight-8, twin-cam engine boosted by two superchargers. The power output of 170 bhp was the first racing engine to break the magical 100 bhp per litre mark. But with sixty bearings it was intricate and expensive. Less thought was put into channelling away the enormous heat production that would scold and burn the drivers’ feet and legs. It also caused a vacuum effect that sucked exhaust fumes back into the cockpit adding to their discomfort.


1926 Grand Prix season, Regulations and Technical, Technical Innovation
Without the need for a riding mechanic, both the Talbot and Delage designs put the drivetrain beside, rather than under, the driver. This in turn meant the cars could be lower giving far better road-holding. The smaller front profile would be more aerodynamic, and all of this enabled the cars to keep their high speeds.


1926 Grand Prix season, Regulations and Technical, Technical Innovation
The SIMA-Violet car was designed by Marcel Violet. With a two-stroke 1.5-litre engine, it was so light it needed to carry 200 kg of ballast to reach the weight regulations, which made it uncompetitive. However, it performed better in hill-climb events where no ballast was required. Diatto had got into financial difficulty, which was the incentive for the Maserati brothers to go and start their own company. They were supported in this venture by Conte Diego de Sterlich. Using the engine and chassis parts Alfieri had designed for the last Diatto racer, their first grand prix car was the Maserati Tipo 26, named for the current year. Like others it had twin-overhead camshafts and a Roots-style supercharger.


1926 Grand Prix season, Regulations and Technical, Technical Innovation
In Germany, the two major companies Daimler and Benz merged in June and would henceforth be known as Daimler-Benz, and its cars as Mercedes-Benz. In the US, both Harry Miller and Fred Duesenberg developed supercharged 1.5-litre engines for the new formula.


1926 Grand Prix season, Season review
The French works teams returned to Italy for the Targa Florio. The Coppa Florio was run in conjunction with it – open to works teams only, unlike the Targa. Both were run over five laps while the smallest, 1100cc cars only ran three laps. Peugeot ran two of its successful 174 S 4-litre sports cars for André Boillot and Louis Wagner. Delage had three of its 1925 grand-prix cars with René Thomas, Albert Divo and Robert Benoist. Bugatti had yet another iteration of its Type 35, the Type 35T with a 2.3-litre engine.


1926 Grand Prix season, Season review
The drivers were the team-leader Bartolomeo Costantini, veteran Jules Goux and Ferdinando Minoia. The French were competing against a solid field of privateers, led by the local hero, and two-time winner, Conte Giulio Masetti racing another Delage, Emilio Materassi in his 5.8-litre Itala special and Renato Balestrero in a works-supported OM. Alfieri Maserati also arrived with his brand new Tipo 26.


1926 Grand Prix season, Season review
The race started at 7am, with the cars flagged off at 3-minute intervals. At the end of the first lap, Costantini (the 1925 winner) led from Minoia, with Materassi, Wagner, Dubonnet, Divo, Goux and Maserati all about 3 minutes behind on elapsed time. Boillot hit a dog and had to retire his Peugeot. But the biggest tragedy was when Masetti crashed only 27 km into the race. He went wide at a corner (possibly from a steering or brake fault), rode up the stone banking and rolled, fatally crushing Masetti against the steering wheel.


1926 Grand Prix season, Season review
The three works Delages were withdrawn as they got the news. The Bugattis continued to build their lead over the next laps while Goux moved up the field to third. Costantini kept up his pace and led home a 1-2-3 finish for Bugatti, becoming a two-time winner. Maserati was 8th, winning the 1500cc class.


1926 Grand Prix season, Season review, Indianapolis
The opening race of the championship was the Indianapolis 500. Defending champions, Duesenberg had five cars entered. Last year's winner Peter DePaolo ran its new supercharged 1.5-litre model along with Ralph Mulford and Bob McDonogh while rookie Ben Jones had a 2-stroke special. Their biggest rivals, once again, was from Harry Miller and his own new supercharged 91 cubic inch car. After a strong run in 1925, Miller persisted with his front-wheel drive model for Dave Lewis and Earl Cooper. Bennett Hill raced a regular 122 as a third works car.


1926 Grand Prix season, Season review, Indianapolis
The regular customer team run by Harry Hartz had three cars for Hartz, Fred Comer and Tony Gulotta while another dozen drivers also ran their own Millers. This year, Cliff Durant's Junior-8 team ran three Fengler cars with Locomobile engines for himself, Leon Duray and Harlan Fengler. Englishman Ernest Eldridge also arrived with two of his home-made specials raced by himself and Douglas Hawkes.


1926 Grand Prix season, Season review, Indianapolis
Forty cars were entered to qualify but it was marred by the death of Herbert Jones. The 22-year old was the youngest driver in the field. He had Ralph DePalma’s Miller from 1925 (renamed an Elcar Special) but crashed on his second qualifying lap when he clipped the inside wall at speed. The car rolled trapping Jones underneath and he died of his injuries the next day. After qualifying, Cooper had the fastest time, sharing the front row with Hartz and Duray's Fengler with a field of 28 cars. Three Duesenbergs failed to qualify, including the 10-race veteran Mulford. Fengler was another who failed to qualify. Peter Kreis was too ill with flu and handed his drive over to young rookie Frank Lockhart who had shown great speed qualifying as a relief driver.


1926 Grand Prix season, Season review, Indianapolis
In front of a record crowd of 145,000, Hartz led the first lap, but Phil Shafer from the second row then overtook him. Meanwhile, Lockhart had quickly moved from 20th to 5th in the first five laps. He, Shafer and Lewis then duelled for the lead over the next 150 miles. When Lewis pitted on lap 60, Lockhart took the lead. He was still leading on lap 71 when heavy rain forced a red flag, stopping the race for an hour. When it resumed, the Millers of Lockhart and Hartz vied back and forth for the lead.


1926 Grand Prix season, Season review, Indianapolis
Lewis retired on lap 91 with engine issues. But the rain hung around and returned after 200 miles, when the race was stopped again. Lockhart had a two-lap lead over Hartz and was declared the winner in the rain-shortened race. Miller had its first Indy-500 victory, and took the first four places with Pete DePaolo, finishing 5th in the first Duesenberg. Lockhart was the first rookie to win the race since 1914 and split the $34000 prizemoney with Kreis. Hartz was second for the third time in five years. The 1926 AAA championship was raced over 24 events at seven speedways. Lockhart went on to claim four other wins, tied with Harry Hartz who also had five victories. Hartz, however, was more consistent with 17 top-five placings to comfortably win the AAA championship.


1926 Grand Prix season, Season review, European farce
Just the second year into such a prestigious international tournament, the 1926 season was quite a debacle. The first European round of the World Championship was the French Grand Prix – this year held at the very fast Miramas oval in the south. To reduce speeds, hairpin corners were put at each end. Despite being held in the middle of the year, neither Delage or Talbot were ready and did not arrive.


1926 Grand Prix season, Season review, European farce
When the small French SIMA-Violet team also pulled out, it left the farcical situation where only the Bugatti works team of three cars arrived for the premier event of the year. The organisers had forgotten to include a clause allowing them to cancel (or at least postpone) the Grand Prix. What followed was one of the most embarrassing World Championship races ever held in any era. Regular Bugatti drivers Costantini and Goux were joined by Spaniard Pierre de Vizcaya. De Vizcaya's supercharger gave out before half time, falling an hour behind.


1926 Grand Prix season, Season review, European farce
Costantini had also lost ten minutes in the pits when his car would not restart, so Goux had a comfortable lead. The two cars circulated the track for the next three hours, with Costantini also having supercharger problems and stopping every other lap to cool the engine. Goux won by sixteen laps as the sole classified finisher, but at least it gave the Bugatti team the handsome prize of FF100,000. By contrast, the cyclecar race in the afternoon had over 30 entries, won by Salmson over the new challenge from Amilcar.


1926 Grand Prix season, Season review, European farce
The next round, three weeks later, was the San Sebastián Grand Prix. Another promising entry list of 21 was once again stymied by non-appearances, this time also including OM, Jean Gras and the privateers Albert Guyot and Ernest Eldridge. Delage did arrive with their new cars and team drivers Robert Benoist, Edmond Bourlier and André Morel, with Louis Wagner as a reserve. The Bugatti team had three cars, with Ferdinando Minoia back for De Vizcaya. During practice in the hot Spanish sun,  the Delage drivers soon found the exhaust and engine heat unbearably hot.


1926 Grand Prix season, Season review, European farce
The mechanics drilled holes in the engine covers, but it proved unsuccessful. On a sweltering 44 °C race-day, all three drivers were overcome by the heat and had to pit. Benoist had led the first six laps until he had to stop to change spark plus, as Minoia had a lap earlier. Morel took over the lead and pitted to refuel on lap 10. Overcome by heat exhaustion he was taken to hospital, while Wagner took over his car, but he only lasted five laps. Benoist pitted on lap 12, also totally exhausted.


1926 Grand Prix season, Season review, European farce
Sometime-Bugatti driver, Robert Sénéchal was in the crowd at the race and offered his assistance to Louis Delâge. Gratefully accepted, he took over Benoist's car, rejoining two laps down having never driven a Delage before. Bourlier, meanwhile, had been duelling with Goux for the lead, until he too pitted – his legs badly burned. Sénéchal had soon pitted to rest after only a few laps, so took Bourlier's car out next. While the Delages were faster, the stops to relieve the drivers lost them that time. Meanwhile, the Bugattis kept running.


1926 Grand Prix season, Season review, European farce
Although Sénéchal was able to pass Costantini when the latter stopped to change tyres, he could not catch Goux, who took his second victory of the season. After the race the Delages were disqualified for using an unregistered driver, however this was overturned by the AIACR three months later as Ettore Bugatti had agreed to it during the race.


1926 Grand Prix season, Season review, European farce
By the time of the inaugural British Grand Prix a fortnight later, the Delages had been modified. Their drivers were Benoist, Wagner and Sénéchal. Bugatti did not send their works team, but local driver Malcolm Campbell had his entered. The Talbots were finally ready and driven by Henry Segrave, Jules Moriceau and joined by Albert Divo who had raced for Delage the previous year. The other entries were George Eyston for Aston Martin and aircraft designer Maj Frank Halford in his own Halford Special. To imitate a road course, sandbanks were added to the Brooklands oval to create artificial chicanes.


1926 Grand Prix season, Season review, European farce
With only nine starters, it was a bit strange to see the sight of the starting grid, with the first eight cars on the front row, and Sénéchal's Delage alone on the second row. From the start, the Talbots shot into the lead, led by Divo. But although fast, they were still unreliable, and Moriceau's front axle collapsed at the end of just the first lap. Those delicate axles and poor brakes meant they had to brake far earlier allowing Benoist to keep up.