The 2012 Minor Counties Championship was the 108th Minor Counties Cricket Championship season. It was contested through two divisions: Eastern and Western. Cornwall became Minor County Champions for first time.
Standings Pld = Played, W = Wins, W1 = Win in match reduced to single innings, L = Losses, L1 = Loss in match reduced to single innings, T = Ties, D = Draws, D1 = Draw in match reduced to single innings, A = Abandonments, Bat = Batting points, Bowl = Bowling points, Ded = Deducted points, Pts = Points, Net RPW = Net runs per wicket (runs per wicket for less runs per wicket against).
Teams receive 16 points for a win, 4 for a draw, or 8 for the team batting last in a draw with the scores level. Teams also received 12 points for a win, 6 for a draw and 4 points for losing a match reduced to a single innings. Matches abandoned without any play award 8 points to each team. Bonus points (a maximum of 4 batting points and 4 bowling points) may be scored during the first 90 overs of each team's first innings.
Eastern Division Team Pld W W1 L L1 T D D1 A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Net RPWBuckinghamshire 6 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 10 16 0 90 6.359Cambridgeshire 6 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 21 -2 82 0.639Norfolk 6 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 15 21 0 72 16.477Cumberland 6 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 19 0 69 14.467Suffolk 6 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 14 21 -2 65 3.645Staffordshire 6 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 7 11 0 58 -0.238Northumberland 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 8 14 0 50 3.359Hertfordshire 6 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 9 17 0 46 -8.066Bedfordshire 6 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 9 18 -6 37 -22.030Lincolnshire 6 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 5 18 0 31 -8.448Source:
Western Division Team Pld W W1 L L1 T D D1 A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Net RPWCornwall (C) 6 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 21 0 88 2.512Oxfordshire 6 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 8 19 0 79 3.960Wiltshire 6 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 15 23 0 78 3.698Shropshire 6 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 10 14 0 70 1.248Dorset 6 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 12 13 0 65 0.353Berkshire 6 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 11 18 0 61 0.045Cheshire 6 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 8 20 0 60 0.420 Devon 6 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 7 11 0 54 6.380Wales Minor Counties 6 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 4 15 0 35 -10.484Herefordshire 6 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 3 15 -2 34 -10.408Source:
Final
Averages Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 518 57.55 Khalid Sawas Cheshire 503 55.88 Martyn Cull Suffolk 480 48.00 Joe Breet Wiltshire 468 52.00 Matthew Jones Berkshire 443 40.27 Dan Birch LincolnshireSource: Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 36 13.47 Toby Bulcock Cumberland 34 16.17 Daniel Woods Cheshire 31 12.41 Paul McMahon Cambridgeshire 30 14.23 Brett Houston Lincolnshire 30 19.26 Sam Hockin CornwallSource:
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