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.
William Rew Smith is a former English first-class cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler. He played for Durham County Cricket Club up until his retirement.
Stuart Surridge (1917–1992) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Surrey. Though not known to be a remarkable batsman or bowler, Surridge became one of the most successful team captains in the history of County Championship cricket. When not playing cricket, Surridge worked at his family's business of building cricket bats.
Philip Bainbridge, born on 16 April 1958 at Sneyd Green, Stoke-on-Trent, is a retired first-class cricketer who played for Gloucestershire and Durham.
Paul Matthew Roger Havell is an Australian-born English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler.
Robin Michael Swann Weston is an English cricketer who played for Durham, Derbyshire, and Middlesex.
Syed Muazam Ali was an English first-class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and leg-break bowler who played for Durham between 1999 and 2000. He was born in Leytonstone.
Pallav Kumar was an Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-hand medium-fast bowler who played first-class cricket for Durham during 2004.
For the 18th century Surrey cricketer, please see John Wood
For the 18th century Kent cricketer, please see John Wood
Mitchell Eric Claydon is an Australian-born English first-class cricketer. Although he was born at Fairfield, New South Wales he holds a British passport. Claydon is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Claydon currently plays for Sussex County Cricket Club.
Stewart John Walters is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm leg break bowler.
Ian Pattison is an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Durham.
Ian Smith is a former English cricketer. Born in Shotley Bridge, County Durham, he was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Glamorgan and Durham.
Jonathan Luke Clare is an English cricketer who formerly played for Derbyshire. An all-rounder, he is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.
Paul Simmonite was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Cheshire. He was born in Burnley, Lancashire.
John David Glendenen is a former English first-class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Durham. He was born in Middlesbrough.
Daren Joseph Foster played first-class and List A cricket for Somerset and Glamorgan between 1986 and 1993. He was born in Tottenham, London.
Simon Charles Ecclestone played first-class and List A cricket for Oxford University and Somerset between 1994 and 1998. He also appeared in 1992 in List A cricket for Cambridgeshire. He was born at Great Dunmow, Essex.
Paul James Bird played first-class and List A cricket for Somerset in 1994. He was born in Bristol.
Christopher Rushworth is an English cricketer. Rushworth is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.