1896 Minor Counties Championship

April 2022 2 days League system Worcestershire 1 13 37 Harry Foster (550 for Worcestershire) George Nash (65 for Buckinghamshire) 1895 1895 Minor Counties Championship 1897 1897 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,subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/4/Minor_Counties_Championship_1896.html Minor Counties Championship 1896 Points Table CricketArchive 10 September 2013 having shared the previous year's championship.subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/4/Minor_Counties_Championship_1895.html Minor Counties Championship 1895 Points Table CricketArchive 10 September 2013 Buckinghamshire were runners-up and were the only other team to win more games than they lost. 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. The leading run-scorer, Harry Foster, who played for Worcestershire,subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/4/Minor_Counties_Championship_1896/Batting_by_Runs.html Batting and Fielding in Minor Counties Championship 1896 (Ordered by Runs) CricketArchive 10 September 2013 was the only batsman to score more than one century over the course of the season.subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/4/Minor_Counties_Championship_1896/Centuries.html Minor Counties Championship 1896 - Centuries CricketArchive 10 September 2013 The leading wicket-taker, Buckinghamshire's George Nash,subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/4/Minor_Counties_Championship_1896/Bowling_by_Wickets.html Bowling in Minor Counties Championship 1896 (Ordered by Wickets) CricketArchive 10 September 2013 took the two largest match wicket hauls of the season: 14/100 and 12/102 against Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, respectively.subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/4/Minor_Counties_Championship_1896/Ten_Wickets_in_Match.html Minor Counties Championship 1896 - Ten Wickets in a Match CricketArchive 10 September 2013 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. TeamPldWLDAPtsFin%FinWorcestershire961205771.43Buckinghamshire841303560.00Durham 41120020.00Hertfordshire82240040.00Northamptonshire82240040.00Northumberland82240040.00Wiltshire 41120020.00Berkshire81250–13–33.33Oxfordshire81331–24–50.00Glamorgan 10100–11–100.00Norfolk 40310–33–100.00Staffordshire 20110–11–100.00Cambridgeshire 2001100—Source: Notes #ccffcc darkgray denotes the Champion team(s). #FFCCCC ‡ darkgray 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 550 45.83 Harry Foster Worcestershire 450 32.14 George Colson Northamptonshire 365 33.18 Jack Saunders Buckinghamshire 343 28.58 Charles Nepean Berkshire 336 25.84 George Thompson NorthamptonshireSource: Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 65 11.01 George Nash Buckinghamshire 53 9.18 Ted Arnold Worcestershire 47 15.78 George Thompson Northamptonshire 45 10.42 Billie Barker Berkshire 43 13.34 Brusher Rogers OxfordshireSource: References External links Minor Counties Championship 1896 at CricketArchive Category:1896 in English cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 19th century 1896