1897 Minor Counties Championship

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1897 Minor Counties Championship
Cricket format2 days
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Worcestershire (2nd title)
Participants16
Matches54
Most runsArthur Croome
(431 for Berkshire)
Most wickets George Nash
(62 for Buckinghamshire)
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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, [1] having also shared the title in 1895. [2] Staffordshire were level in the table with Worcestershire, but played an insufficient number of matches to be considered co-champions. [1] 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.

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The leading run-scorer, Arthur Croome of Berkshire, [3] also had the highest individual score of the season, 158 against Hertfordshire. [4] The leading wicket-taker for the second consecutive season, Buckinghamshire's George Nash, [5] took three ten wicket match hauls, including 16/74 against Oxfordshire. [6]

Table

TeamPld W L D PtsFin%Fin
Worcestershire 1070377100.00
Staffordshire  Double-dagger-14-plain.png210111100.00
Glamorgan 84133560.00
Durham 83142450.00
Buckinghamshire 85213742.86
Wiltshire 105233742.86
Norfolk 84222633.33
Northumberland 8224040.00
Berkshire 10343—17—14.29
Northamptonshire 8125—13—33.33
Hertfordshire 8152—46—66.67
Oxfordshire  Double-dagger-14-plain.png6150—46—66.67
Cambridgeshire  Double-dagger-14-plain.png6051—55—100.00
Cornwall  Double-dagger-14-plain.png2020—22—100.00
Dorset  Double-dagger-14-plain.png2011—11—100.00
Monmouthshire  Double-dagger-14-plain.png4031—33—100.00
Source: CricketArchive [1]
Notes

Averages

Most runs
Aggregate Average PlayerCounty
43125.35Arthur Croome Berkshire
43035.83 Richard Lowe Glamorgan
41537.72George Simpson Northumberland
41134.25 Ted Arnold Worcestershire
39624.75Leopold Collins Berkshire
Source: [3]
Most wickets
Aggregate Average PlayerCounty
6214.62 George Nash Buckinghamshire
6110.57 Ted Arnold Worcestershire
5711.73 George Thompson Northamptonshire
5511.18 Mat Wright Buckinghamshire
5410.75 Albert Bird Worcestershire
Source: [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Minor Counties Championship 1897 Points Table" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Minor Counties Championship 1895 Points Table" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Batting and Fielding in Minor Counties Championship 1897 (Ordered by Runs)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Minor Counties Championship 1897 - Centuries" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Bowling in Minor Counties Championship 1897 (Ordered by Wickets)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Minor Counties Championship 1897 - Ten Wickets in a Match" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
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