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.
The leading run-scorer was Thomas Pointon, playing for Cheshire, whose score of 110 against Durham was one of only six centuries scored over the course of the season. The leading wicket-taker, Oxfordshire's Peter Rogers, took three ten wicket match hauls.
Table One point was awarded for a win, and one point was taken away for each loss. TeamPldWLDPtsDurham84133Norfolk84133Worcestershire105233Buckinghamshire 43102Berkshire 21011Northamptonshire 21011Wiltshire 21100Bedfordshire8341–1Cambridgeshire 2011–1Cheshire 6123–1Oxfordshire8233–1Hertfordshire8242–2Lincolnshire 4031–3Staffordshire8044–4Source:
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 382 47.75 Thomas Pointon Cheshire 364 40.44 James Welford Durham 305 25.41 William Brown Staffordshire 286 23.83 John Young Durham 275 27.50 John Skrimshire NorfolkSource: Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 60 11.90 Peter Rogers Oxfordshire 57 9.05 Charles Shore Norfolk 50 12.68 Brusher Rogers Oxfordshire 50 13.86 Sam Raynor Worcestershire 49 11.75 William Brown BedfordshireSource:
References
External links Minor Counties Championship 1895 at CricketArchive