1895 Minor Counties Championship

1895 Minor Counties Championship
Cricket format	2 days
Tournament format	League system
Champions	Durham, Norfolk, Worcestershire
Participants	14
Matches	40
Most runs	Thomas Pointon (382 for Cheshire)
Most wickets	Peter Rogers (60 for Oxfordshire)
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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.

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:

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
382	47.75	Thomas Pointon	Cheshire
364	40.44	James Welford	Durham
305	25.41	William Brown	Staffordshire
286	23.83	John Young	Durham
275	27.50	John Skrimshire	Norfolk
Source:

Most wickets
Aggregate	Average	Player	County
60	11.90	Peter Rogers	Oxfordshire
57	9.05	Charles Shore	Norfolk
50	12.68	Brusher Rogers	Oxfordshire
50	13.86	Sam Raynor	Worcestershire
49	11.75	William Brown	Bedfordshire
Source:

References

1 2 "Minor Counties Championship 1895 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
1 2 "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.
1 2 "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

Minor Counties Championship 1895 at CricketArchive

[table-1] 1 2 "Minor Counties Championship 1895 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2013.

[runs-2] 1 2 "Batting and Fielding in Minor Counties Championship 1895 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2013.

[centuries-3] "Minor Counties Championship 1895 - Centuries". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2013.

[wickets-4] 1 2 "Bowling in Minor Counties Championship 1895 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2013.

[tens-5] "Minor Counties Championship 1895 - Ten Wickets in a Match". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2013.

[6] "Minor Counties Championship 1895 - Final Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2013.