1897 Minor Counties Championship

March 2017 March 2017 2 days League system Worcestershire 2 16 54 Arthur Croome (431 for Berkshire) George Nash (62 for Buckinghamshire) 1896 1896 Minor Counties Championship 1898 1898 Minor Counties Championship The 1897 Minor Counties Championship was the third running of the Minor Counties Cricket Championship, and ran from 7 June to 28 August 1897. Having been unbeaten for the entire season, Worcestershire won their second consecutive outright title,subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/4/Minor_Counties_Championship_1897.html Minor Counties Championship 1897 Points Table CricketArchive 13 September 2013 having also shared the title in 1895.subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/4/Minor_Counties_Championship_1895.html Minor Counties Championship 1895 Points Table CricketArchive 10 September 2013 Staffordshire were level in the table with Worcestershire, but played an insufficient number of matches to be considered co-champions. Sixteen teams competed in the championship, with Cornwall, Dorset and Monmouthshire all competing for the first time, though none of them played the minimum of eight matches. The leading run-scorer, Arthur Croome of Berkshire,subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/4/Minor_Counties_Championship_1897/Batting_by_Runs.html Batting and Fielding in Minor Counties Championship 1897 (Ordered by Runs) CricketArchive 13 September 2013 also had the highest individual score of the season, 158 against Hertfordshire.subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/4/Minor_Counties_Championship_1897/Centuries.html Minor Counties Championship 1897 - Centuries CricketArchive 13 September 2013 The leading wicket-taker for the second consecutive season, Buckinghamshire's George Nash,subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/4/Minor_Counties_Championship_1897/Bowling_by_Wickets.html Bowling in Minor Counties Championship 1897 (Ordered by Wickets) CricketArchive 13 September 2013 took three ten wicket match hauls, including 16/74 against Oxfordshire.subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/4/Minor_Counties_Championship_1897/Ten_Wickets_in_Match.html Minor Counties Championship 1897 - Ten Wickets in a Match CricketArchive 13 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. TeamPldWLDPtsFin%FinWorcestershire1070377100.00Staffordshire 210111100.00Glamorgan84133560.00Durham83142450.00Buckinghamshire85213742.86Wiltshire105233742.86Norfolk84222633.33Northumberland8224040.00Berkshire10343—17—14.29Northamptonshire8125—13—33.33Hertfordshire8152—46—66.67Oxfordshire 6150—46—66.67Cambridgeshire 6051—55—100.00Cornwall 2020—22—100.00Dorset 2011—11—100.00Monmouthshire 4031—33—100.00Source: CricketArchive Notes #cfc darkgray denotes the Champion team(s). #fcc ‡ 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 431 25.35 Arthur Croome Berkshire 430 35.83 Richard Lowe Glamorgan 415 37.72 George Simpson Northumberland 411 34.25 Ted Arnold Worcestershire 396 24.75 Leopold Collins BerkshireSource: Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 62 14.62 George Nash Buckinghamshire 61 10.57 Ted Arnold Worcestershire 57 11.73 George Thompson Northamptonshire 55 11.18 Mat Wright Buckinghamshire 54 10.75 Albert Bird WorcestershireSource: References External links Minor Counties Championship 1897 at CricketArchive Category:1897 in English cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 19th century 1897