The Minor Counties are the cricketing counties of England and Wales that are not afforded first-class status. The game is administered by the Minor Counties Cricket Association which comes under the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). There are currently twenty teams in minor county cricket: nineteen representing historic counties of England, plus the Wales Minor Counties Cricket Club. Of the thirty-nine historic counties of England, seventeen have a first class county cricket team, nineteen have a minor county team, while Huntingdonshire, Rutland, and Westmorland have neither, due to their small population.
The 1769 English cricket season was the 26th season following the earliest known codification of the Laws of Cricket. Details have survived of 11 eleven-a-side matches among significant teams. It was the last season in which the original London Cricket Club and the Artillery Ground featured prominently.
Darren Gaspar is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Andrew Kellaway is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Richmond Football Club in the AFL.
Duncan Kellaway is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Martin Speight is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. After his education at Hurstpierpoint College and St Chad's College, Durham University, he played for Sussex, Wellington and Durham in first-class cricket, before capping off a 17-year career with Northumberland.
Adrian Nigel Aymes, known as Adi Aymes, was a first-class cricketer for Hampshire County Cricket Club, where he was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper for fifteen years, winning the Natwest Trophy in 1991. His interest in both football and cricket saw him play the former in his youth, making appearances for Bristol Rovers reserves and becoming assistant-manager of Lymington Town before becoming a full-time cricketer aged 24.
Jason Laney is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He played for Hampshire between 1995 and 2002, and also played for Matabeleland. He had also played for Hampshire since 1991 in the Second XI Championship.
The Sports Ground, Woodbridge Road is a cricket ground in Guildford, Surrey. The ground was given to the town in trust in 1911 by Sir Harry Waechter, Bart. Guildford Cricket Club play their home matches on the ground. Surrey County Cricket Club play at least one County Championship match there each season, as well as some second XI and Surrey Stars fixtures. Until comparatively recently, hockey was played on the ground in winter. The ground was also used for football until at least 1921. It was the home ground of the amateur team Guildford F.C. who existed until 1953 and was also used as the venue for some Surrey Senior Cup finals.
The Second XI Championship is a season-long cricket competition in England that is competed for by the reserve teams of those county cricket clubs that have first-class status. The competition started in 1959 and has been contested annually ever since.
The 1775 English cricket season was the fourth in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status. The scorecards of four first-class matches have survived.
The 1776 English cricket season was the fifth in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status. The scorecards of seven first-class matches have survived. The earliest printed cricket scorecard templates were introduced during 1776.
The 1777 English cricket season was the sixth in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status. The scorecards of six first-class matches have survived. James Aylward made a record score of 167 runs that stood until 1820.
Frederick William Lillywhite was an English first-class cricketer during the game's roundarm era. One of the main protagonists in the legalisation of roundarm, he was one of the most successful bowlers of his era. His status is borne out by his nickname: The Nonpareil.
Stephen David Snell is a former English cricketer a right-handed batsman who played as a choice wicket keeper. He is currently the second XI coach and academy director at Somerset County Cricket Club.
John Martin Kelly was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire from 1947 to 1949 and for Derbyshire from 1950 to 1960.
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1876 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire played their sixth season.
Charles Forward is a former English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman who played for the Hampshire Cricket Board.
Dennis Oliver Baldry is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler who played as an all-rounder.
Andrew Russell Clarke is a former English cricketer. Clarke was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Patcham, Sussex. A late starter to county cricket, not making his debut for Sussex until he was 26, Clarke played for Sussex for 3 seasons. He later played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire and Norfolk, before retiring in 2003.
