1895 Minor Counties Championship

1895 Minor Counties Championship
Cricket format2 days
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsDurham, Norfolk, Worcestershire
Participants14
Matches40
Most runsThomas Pointon
(382 for Cheshire)
Most wicketsPeter Rogers
(60 for Oxfordshire)
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The 1895 Minor Counties Championship was the first running of the Minor Counties Cricket Championship, and ran from 3 June to 29 August 1895. The inaugural title was shared between three counties—Durham, Norfolk and Worcestershire—as they finished level on three points apiece.[1]

The leading run-scorer was Thomas Pointon, playing for Cheshire,[2] whose score of 110 against Durham was one of only six centuries scored over the course of the season.[3] The leading wicket-taker, Oxfordshire's Peter Rogers,[4] took three ten wicket match hauls.[5]

  1. ^ "Minor Counties Championship 1895 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Minor Counties Championship 1895 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Minor Counties Championship 1895 - Centuries". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Bowling in Minor Counties Championship 1895 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Minor Counties Championship 1895 - Ten Wickets in a Match". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2013.