1896 Minor Counties Championship

The 1896 Minor Counties Championship was the second running of the Minor Counties Cricket Championship, and ran from 25 May to 29 August 1896. Worcestershire won their first outright title,[1] having shared the previous year's championship.[2] Buckinghamshire were runners-up and were the only other team to win more games than they lost.[1] Thirteen teams competed in the championship, down one from the previous year. Bedfordshire, Cheshire and Lincolnshire were absent, while Glamorgan and Northumberland made their Minor Counties Championship debuts.

1896 Minor Counties Championship
Cricket format2 days
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsWorcestershire (1st title)
Participants13
Matches37
Most runsHarry Foster
(550 for Worcestershire)
Most wicketsGeorge Nash
(65 for Buckinghamshire)

The leading run-scorer, Harry Foster, who played for Worcestershire,[3] was the only batsman to score more than one century over the course of the season.[4] The leading wicket-taker, Buckinghamshire's George Nash,[5] took the two largest match wicket hauls of the season: 14/100 and 12/102 against Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, respectively.[6]

Table

  • One point was awarded for a win, and one point was taken away for each loss. Final placings were decided by dividing the number of points earned by the number of completed matches (i.e. those that ended in a win or a loss), and multiplying by 100.
Team Pld W L D A Pts Fin %Fin
Worcestershire 961205771.43
Buckinghamshire 841303560.00
Durham  41120020.00
Hertfordshire 82240040.00
Northamptonshire 82240040.00
Northumberland 82240040.00
Wiltshire  41120020.00
Berkshire 812501333.33
Oxfordshire 813312450.00
Glamorgan  1010011100.00
Norfolk  4031033100.00
Staffordshire  2011011100.00
Cambridgeshire  2001100
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.

Averages

Most runs
Aggregate Average Player County
55045.83Harry FosterWorcestershire
45032.14George ColsonNorthamptonshire
36533.18Jack SaundersBuckinghamshire
34328.58Charles NepeanBerkshire
33625.84George ThompsonNorthamptonshire
Source:[3]
Most wickets
Aggregate Average Player County
6511.01George NashBuckinghamshire
539.18Ted ArnoldWorcestershire
4715.78George ThompsonNorthamptonshire
4510.42Billie BarkerBerkshire
4313.34Brusher RogersOxfordshire
Source:[5]

References

  1. "Minor Counties Championship 1896 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  2. "Minor Counties Championship 1895 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  3. "Batting and Fielding in Minor Counties Championship 1896 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  4. "Minor Counties Championship 1896 - Centuries". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  5. "Bowling in Minor Counties Championship 1896 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  6. "Minor Counties Championship 1896 - Ten Wickets in a Match". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
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