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The National Counties,known as the Minor Counties prior to 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 Counties Cricket Club.
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland. The club's limited overs team is called the Leicestershire Foxes. Founded in 1879,the club had minor county status until 1894 when it was promoted to first-class status pending its entry into the County Championship in 1895. Since then,Leicestershire have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England.
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Glamorgan. Founded in 1888,Glamorgan held minor status at first and was a prominent member of the early Minor Counties Championship before the First World War. In 1921,the club joined the County Championship and the team was elevated to first-class status,subsequently playing in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England and Wales.
William Herbert Taylor was an English first-class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler who played 107 times for Worcestershire between 1909 and 1925,captaining the county in 1914,1919 and 1922. He also made three first-class appearances for HK Foster's XI.
Christopher Paul Roberts was an English first-class cricketer who played one first-class and one List A game for Worcestershire in 1974.
The NCCA 3 Day Championship is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA),the so-called national counties that do not have first-class status.
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.
Leonard Oakley was an English cricketer who played eight first-class games for Worcestershire either side of the Second World War. Exclusively a bowler,in 14 innings he never scored more than 11.
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 William Solanky was a Tanzanian cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm off spin/medium pace bowler,he played for Glamorgan County Cricket Club between 1972 and 1976.
Ross Andrew Whiteley is an English cricketer who currently plays for Hampshire.
Stephen Peter Henderson is a former English first-class cricketer who played for several teams in the late 1970s and 1980s,mostly for Worcestershire,Cambridge University and Glamorgan.
Derek Brooke Pearson is an English former first-class cricketer who played from the mid-1950s until the early 1960s,taking over 200 wickets. He played all but two of his games for Worcestershire,who capped him in 1959;the others were for Combined Services.
Peter James Robinson is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Worcestershire and Somerset during the 1960s and 1970s;he also played List A cricket for Somerset,who capped him in 1966. He is the nephew of England Test cricketer Roly Jenkins.
Mark Nicholas Davies is a former Welsh cricketer. Davies was a left-handed batsman who bowled occasional right-arm off break. He was born at Maesteg,Glamorgan.
Matthew Graham Pardoe is an English cricketer. A left-handed opening/middle order batsman,he plays for Worcestershire.
Charles Ian McMillan Jones,FRSA is an English sportsman and academic who served as teacher and educational administrator from 1960 to 1997. He played cricket between 1959 and 1969,including the 1969 Gillette Cup and was also an Olympic field hockey player,representing Britain at the 1960 and the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Peter Anthony Shenton was an English cricketer who played in first-class cricket matches for Northamptonshire and for Kent County Cricket Clubs.
Nicholas Laurence Joseph Browne is an English cricketer who plays for Essex as a left-handed batsman who bowls leg breaks.
Jacob Daniel Libby is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who plays for Worcestershire.