The 1895 Minor Counties Championship was the first running of the Minor Counties Cricket Championship, and ran from 3 June to 29 August 1895. The inaugural title was shared between three counties—Durham, Norfolk and Worcestershire—as they finished level on three points apiece.[1]
| Cricket format | 2 days |
|---|---|
| Tournament format(s) | League system |
| Champions | Durham, Norfolk, Worcestershire |
| Participants | 14 |
| Matches | 40 |
| Most runs | Thomas Pointon (382 for Cheshire) |
| Most wickets | Peter Rogers (60 for Oxfordshire) |
The leading run-scorer was Thomas Pointon, playing for Cheshire,[2] whose score of 110 against Durham was one of only six centuries scored over the course of the season.[3] The leading wicket-taker, Oxfordshire's Peter Rogers,[4] took three ten wicket match hauls.[5]
Table
edit- One point was awarded for a win, and one point was taken away for each loss.
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Norfolk | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Worcestershire | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Buckinghamshire ‡ | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Berkshire ‡ | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Northamptonshire ‡ | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wiltshire ‡ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bedfordshire | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | –1 |
| Cambridgeshire ‡ | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | –1 |
| Cheshire ‡ | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 |
| Oxfordshire | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | –1 |
| Hertfordshire | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | –2 |
| Lincolnshire ‡ | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | –3 |
| Staffordshire | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | –4 |
| Source:[1] | |||||
- Notes
- denotes the Champion team(s).
- ‡ denotes a team that failed to play the minimum of eight matches. These teams are sometimes omitted from the table altogether.[6]
Averages
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References
edit- ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship 1895 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Batting and Fielding in Minor Counties Championship 1895 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship 1895 - Centuries". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Bowling in Minor Counties Championship 1895 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship 1895 - Ten Wickets in a Match". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship 1895 - Final Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
External links
edit- Minor Counties Championship 1895 at CricketArchive