1895 Minor Counties Championship

April 2022 2 days League system Durham, Norfolk, Worcestershire 14 40 Thomas Pointon (382 for Cheshire) Peter Rogers (60 for Oxfordshire) 1896 1896 Minor Counties Championship 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.subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/4/Minor_Counties_Championship_1895.html Minor Counties Championship 1895 Points Table CricketArchive 10 September 2013 The leading run-scorer was Thomas Pointon, playing for Cheshire,subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/4/Minor_Counties_Championship_1895/Batting_by_Runs.html Batting and Fielding in Minor Counties Championship 1895 (Ordered by Runs) CricketArchive 10 September 2013 whose score of 110 against Durham was one of only six centuries scored over the course of the season.subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/4/Minor_Counties_Championship_1895/Centuries.html Minor Counties Championship 1895 - Centuries CricketArchive 10 September 2013 The leading wicket-taker, Oxfordshire's Peter Rogers,subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/4/Minor_Counties_Championship_1895/Bowling_by_Wickets.html Bowling in Minor Counties Championship 1895 (Ordered by Wickets) CricketArchive 10 September 2013 took three ten wicket match hauls.subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/4/Minor_Counties_Championship_1895/Ten_Wickets_in_Match.html Minor Counties Championship 1895 - 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. TeamPldWLDPtsDurham84133Norfolk84133Worcestershire105233Buckinghamshire 43102Berkshire 21011Northamptonshire 21011Wiltshire 21100Bedfordshire8341–1Cambridgeshire 2011–1Cheshire 6123–1Oxfordshire8233–1Hertfordshire8242–2Lincolnshire 4031–3Staffordshire8044–4Source: 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.https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1890S/1895/ENG_LOCAL/MINOR_TABLE_1895.html Minor Counties Championship 1895 - Final Table ESPNcricinfo 12 September 2013 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 NorfolkSource: 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 BedfordshireSource: References External links Minor Counties Championship 1895 at CricketArchive Category:1895 in English cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 19th century 1895