Cricket format | 2 days |
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Tournament format(s) | League system |
Champions | Worcestershire (2nd title) |
Participants | 16 |
Matches | 54 |
Most runs | Arthur Croome (431 for Berkshire) |
Most wickets | George Nash (62 for Buckinghamshire) |
The 1897 Minor Counties Championship was the third running of the Minor Counties Cricket Championship, and ran from 7 June to 28 August 1897. Having been unbeaten for the entire season, Worcestershire won their second consecutive outright title, [1] having also shared the title in 1895. [2] Staffordshire were level in the table with Worcestershire, but played an insufficient number of matches to be considered co-champions. [1] Sixteen teams competed in the championship, with Cornwall, Dorset and Monmouthshire all competing for the first time, though none of them played the minimum of eight matches.
The leading run-scorer, Arthur Croome of Berkshire, [3] also had the highest individual score of the season, 158 against Hertfordshire. [4] The leading wicket-taker for the second consecutive season, Buckinghamshire's George Nash, [5] took three ten wicket match hauls, including 16/74 against Oxfordshire. [6]
Team | Pld | W | L | D | Pts | Fin | %Fin |
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Worcestershire | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 100.00 |
Staffordshire ‡ | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
Glamorgan | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 60.00 |
Durham | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 50.00 |
Buckinghamshire | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 42.86 |
Wiltshire | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 42.86 |
Norfolk | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 33.33 |
Northumberland | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 |
Berkshire | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | —1 | 7 | —14.29 |
Northamptonshire | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | —1 | 3 | —33.33 |
Hertfordshire | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | —4 | 6 | —66.67 |
Oxfordshire ‡ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | —4 | 6 | —66.67 |
Cambridgeshire ‡ | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | —5 | 5 | —100.00 |
Cornwall ‡ | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | —2 | 2 | —100.00 |
Dorset ‡ | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | —1 | 1 | —100.00 |
Monmouthshire ‡ | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | —3 | 3 | —100.00 |
Source: CricketArchive [1] |
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Cricket format | 2 days |
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Tournament format(s) | League system |
Champions | Worcestershire (2nd title) |
Participants | 16 |
Matches | 54 |
Most runs | Arthur Croome (431 for Berkshire) |
Most wickets | George Nash (62 for Buckinghamshire) |
The 1897 Minor Counties Championship was the third running of the Minor Counties Cricket Championship, and ran from 7 June to 28 August 1897. Having been unbeaten for the entire season, Worcestershire won their second consecutive outright title, [1] having also shared the title in 1895. [2] Staffordshire were level in the table with Worcestershire, but played an insufficient number of matches to be considered co-champions. [1] Sixteen teams competed in the championship, with Cornwall, Dorset and Monmouthshire all competing for the first time, though none of them played the minimum of eight matches.
The leading run-scorer, Arthur Croome of Berkshire, [3] also had the highest individual score of the season, 158 against Hertfordshire. [4] The leading wicket-taker for the second consecutive season, Buckinghamshire's George Nash, [5] took three ten wicket match hauls, including 16/74 against Oxfordshire. [6]
Team | Pld | W | L | D | Pts | Fin | %Fin |
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Worcestershire | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 100.00 |
Staffordshire ‡ | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
Glamorgan | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 60.00 |
Durham | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 50.00 |
Buckinghamshire | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 42.86 |
Wiltshire | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 42.86 |
Norfolk | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 33.33 |
Northumberland | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 |
Berkshire | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | —1 | 7 | —14.29 |
Northamptonshire | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | —1 | 3 | —33.33 |
Hertfordshire | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | —4 | 6 | —66.67 |
Oxfordshire ‡ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | —4 | 6 | —66.67 |
Cambridgeshire ‡ | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | —5 | 5 | —100.00 |
Cornwall ‡ | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | —2 | 2 | —100.00 |
Dorset ‡ | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | —1 | 1 | —100.00 |
Monmouthshire ‡ | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | —3 | 3 | —100.00 |
Source: CricketArchive [1] |
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