1997 Women's County Championship

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1997 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s) Women's Cricket Association
Cricket format 50 over
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Yorkshire (1st title)
Participants16
Most runs Jane Smit (429)
Most wicketsHelen Pack (11)
1998

The 1997 Women's County One-Day Championship was the inaugural cricket Women's County Championship season, succeeding the Women's Area Championship. It took place in July and saw 7 county teams, 3 county Second XIs and 6 regional teams compete in a series of divisions. Yorkshire Women won the title, topping Division 1 unbeaten.

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Competition format

Teams played matches within a series of divisions with the winners of the top division being crowned County Champions. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side.

The championship works on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows: [1]

Win: 12 points.
Tie : 6 points.
Loss: Bonus points.
No Result: 11 points.
Abandoned: 11 points.

Up to five batting and five bowling points per side were also available.

Teams

The 1997 Championship consisted of 16 teams, with Divisions One and Two consisting of six teams apiece and Division Three with four teams. Teams played each other once.

Division One East Anglia Kent Surrey West Midlands West of England Yorkshire
Division Two East Midlands Lancashire and Cheshire Middlesex Thames Valley Sussex Yorkshire Second XI
Division Three Derbyshire Hampshire Surrey Second XI Sussex Second XI

Qualifier

5 July 1997 (1997-07-05)
Scorecard
Surrey Second XI
76 (47.1 overs)
v
Yorkshire Second XI
85 (47.2 overs)
Enid Bakewell 19 (89)
Joanne de Tute 5/19 (9 overs)
Alison Elder 26 (77)
Enid Bakewell 3/11 (10 overs)
Yorkshire Second XI won by 9 runs
Queens' and Robinson College Grounds, Cambridge
Umpires: Alan Fox and John Hayes
  • Surrey Second XI won the toss and elected to field.
  • Yorkshire Second XI to compete in Division Two.

Division One

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Yorkshire (C)5500021200101
West Midlands 532001517.5068.5
Surrey 532001912067
West of England 523001712053
Kent 5140016.515043.5
East Anglia (R)51400175034

Source: Cricket Archive [2]

Division Two

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Thames Valley (P)541001916.5083.5
Lancashire and Cheshire 5320018.520.5075
East Midlands 532002015.5071.5
Yorkshire Second XI 5320015.517068.5
Middlesex 514001610038
Sussex 514001213037

Source: Cricket Archive [2]

Division Three

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Derbyshire (P)330001110.5057.5
Surrey Second XI 3210010.510.5045
Hampshire 3120088.5028.5
Sussex Second XI 303006.52.509

Source: Cricket Archive [2]

Statistics

Most runs

PlayerTeamMatchesInningsRunsAverageHS100s50s
Jane Smit East Midlands 55429143.0013622
Ruth Lupton Surrey 5529674.00151* 11
Claire Taylor Thames Valley 5529698.669703
Lucy McGrother Lancashire and Cheshire 5527669.0095* 02
Mandy Freeman Surrey 5522645.2010411

Source: CricketArchive [3]

Most wickets

PlayerTeamBallsWicketsAverageBBI5w
Helen Pack West Midlands 300119.184/210
Amanda Beehag Surrey Second XI 10196.446/121
Debra Stock Thames Valley 281912.774/140
Allyson Byrne Lancashire and Cheshire 240916.113/230
Karen Smithies East Midlands 227810.256/151

Source: CricketArchive [4]

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References

  1. "Women's County Championship 1997 Tables". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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  4. "Bowling in Women's County Championship 1997 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.