The National Counties, known as the Minor Counties before 2020, are the cricketing counties of England and Wales that do not have first-class status. The game is administered by the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), which comes under the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). There are currently twenty teams in National Counties cricket: nineteen representing historic counties of England, plus the Wales National County Cricket Club.
Michael Christopher Wagstaffe is an English former cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Kohat in what is now Pakistan.
Hitchin Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1877, when Hertfordshire played Essex. Hertfordshire played their first Minor Counties Championship match on the ground in 1908 against Cambridgeshire. Hertfordshire used the ground until 1914, and following a 37-year break from the ground, it returned in 1951. From 1914 to 1998, the ground played host to 38 Minor Counties Championship matches and 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
Longton Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1954, when Staffordshire played Northumberland in the grounds first Minor Counties Championship match. From 1954 to present, the ground has hosted 40 Minor Counties Championship matches and 7 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
Christ Church Ground is a cricket ground in Oxford, England. The ground is owned by Christ Church, a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Owing to the University Parks being on public land where an admission charge could not be levied, the privately owned Christ Church Ground was the preferred venue in Oxford for matches where a gated admission was to be levied on spectators, typically in matches between Oxford University and a touring international team. The ground operated as a first-class cricket venue from 1878 to 1961, hosting 37 first-class matches. After 1961, the University Parks became the preferred venue for all first-class matches in Oxford, but it remained in use in minor counties cricket by Oxfordshire until the start of the 21st century. Today the ground is used by the Christ Church Cricket Club.
Harecroft Road is a cricket ground in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1926, when Cambridgeshire played the Leicestershire Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship. Cambridgeshire have used the ground periodically and until 2009 the ground has hosted 58 Minor Counties Championship matches and 5 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
Amy Lane, also known as The Meadow, is a cricket ground in Chesham, Buckinghamshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1907, Buckinghamshire played the Worcestershire Second XI. Buckinghamshire next used the ground in 1951, and from 1951 to 1982 the ground hosted 32 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which saw Buckinghamshire play Suffolk. Buckinghamshire returned to the ground in 1993 to play the first and only MCCA Knockout Trophy match held at the ground, against Oxfordshire.
Andrew Hunter Barker is an English former cricketer. Barker was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire. He was educated at Charterhouse School and later Keble College, Oxford.
Dennis Gordon Lock is a former English cricketer. Lock was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire.
Phillip John Garner was an English cricketer. Garner was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. He was later educated at Jesus College, Oxford, where he gained an honours degree in English Literature. Following this he settled in Oxfordshire on a permanent basis, playing out a successful 23-year career with Oxfordshire County Cricket Club.
Stanley Thomas Hahn was an English cricketer. Hahn was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Watford, Hertfordshire.
Dennis Banton was an English cricketer. Banton was a right-handed batsman who bowled both right-arm off break and right-arm medium pace. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and known by his nickname Joe.
Keith Andrew Arnold is a former English first-class cricketer. Arnold was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Solihull, Warwickshire.
Brian Reginald Jeffries is a former English cricketer. Jeffries was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire.
Robert David Montgomerie was an English cricketer. Montgomerie was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Watford, Hertfordshire.
David James Laitt was an English cricketer. Laitt was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. It was while doing National Service with the Royal Air Force that he was told to concentrate on his bowling, having started off as a batsman.
Giles Nicholas Spencer Ridley is a former English cricketer. Ridley was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox.
Robin Birkby Matthews is a former English cricketer. Matthews was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.
