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1895 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.
| Cricket format |
|---|
| League system |
| Durham, Norfolk, Worcestershire |
| 14 |
| 40 |
| Thomas Pointon (382 for Cheshire) |
| Peter Rogers (60 for Oxfordshire) |
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.
- 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 |
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Notes
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- ‡ denotes a team that failed to play the minimum of eight matches. These teams are sometimes omitted from the table altogether.
| Most runs | Aggregate | Average | Player | County | Most wickets | 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 | ||||||
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| 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: |
- Minor Counties Championship 1895 at CricketArchive
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