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1895 Minor Counties Championship

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Cricket format
  
2 days

Participants
  
14

Tournament format(s)
  
League system

Matches played
  
40

Most runs
  
Thomas Pointon (382 for Cheshire)

Most wickets
  
Peter Rogers (60 for Oxfordshire)

Champions
  
Durham County Cricket Club, Norfolk County Cricket Club, Worcestershire County Cricket Club

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.

The leading run-scorer was Thomas Pointon, playing for Cheshire, whose score of 110 against Durham was one of only six centuries scored over the course of the season. The leading wicket-taker, Oxfordshire's Peter Rogers, took three ten wicket match hauls.

Table

  • One point was awarded for a win, and one point was taken away for each loss.
    • 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.

    • References

    1895 Minor Counties Championship Wikipedia
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