1897 Minor Counties Championship

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.

1897 Minor Counties Championship
Cricket format2 days
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsWorcestershire (2nd title)
Participants16
Matches played54
Most runsArthur Croome
(431 for Berkshire)
Most wicketsGeorge Nash
(62 for Buckinghamshire)

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]

Table
  • One point was awarded for a win, and one point was taken away for each loss. Final placings were decided by dividing the number of points earned by the number of completed matches (i.e. those that ended in a win or a loss), and multiplying by 100.
Team Pld W L D Pts Fin %Fin
Worcestershire 1070377100.00
Staffordshire  210111100.00
Glamorgan 84133560.00
Durham 83142450.00
Buckinghamshire 85213742.86
Wiltshire 105233742.86
Norfolk 84222633.33
Northumberland 8224040.00
Berkshire 10343—17—14.29
Northamptonshire 8125—13—33.33
Hertfordshire 8152—46—66.67
Oxfordshire  6150—46—66.67
Cambridgeshire  6051—55—100.00
Cornwall  2020—22—100.00
Dorset  2011—11—100.00
Monmouthshire  4031—33—100.00
Source: CricketArchive[1]
Notes
  •      denotes the Champion team(s).
  •  ‡  denotes a team that failed to play the minimum of eight matches. These teams are sometimes omitted from the table altogether.

Averages
Most runs
Aggregate Average Player County
43125.35Arthur CroomeBerkshire
43035.83Richard LoweGlamorgan
41537.72George SimpsonNorthumberland
41134.25Ted ArnoldWorcestershire
39624.75Leopold CollinsBerkshire
Source:[3]
Most wickets
Aggregate Average Player County
6214.62George NashBuckinghamshire
6110.57Ted ArnoldWorcestershire
5711.73George ThompsonNorthamptonshire
5511.18Mat WrightBuckinghamshire
5410.75Albert BirdWorcestershire
Source:[5]

References
  1. "Minor Counties Championship 1897 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  2. "Minor Counties Championship 1895 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  3. "Batting and Fielding in Minor Counties Championship 1897 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  4. "Minor Counties Championship 1897 - Centuries". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  5. "Bowling in Minor Counties Championship 1897 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  6. "Minor Counties Championship 1897 - Ten Wickets in a Match". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
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