Minor Counties Championship 1895

9 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In the true sense of the term, this publication has been a team effort. The County Statisticians for the 14 teams involved are: Bedfordshire Tony Webb, assisted by Hugh Garrod Berkshire Roy New Buckinghamshire Douglas Miller Cambridgeshire Colin Munford* Cheshire Tony Percival Durham Brian Hunt, assisted by the late David Stewart Hertfordshire Bob Simons Lincolnshire The late Ken Trushell Norfolk Stephen Musk Northamptonshire Martin Wilson, assisted by Nick Haycox and Andrew Radd Oxfordshire Julian Lawton Smith Staffordshire Tony Percival Wiltshire Michael Pearce* Worcestershire The late Leslie Hatton * see comments below. In addition to the County Statisticians, over 60 individuals and organisations have assisted in the compilation of this document. It is not possible to acknowledge all, but in particular thanks are due to: The staff at the British Newspaper Library at Colindale, and more generally those at county record offices and county libraries. The minor county secretaries and their colleagues, especially those who helped identify potential county statisticians. Mark Newton of Worcestershire County Cricket Club for kindly letting us reproduce the Worcestershire team photograph. For more general assistance I would like to thank the following ACS members: Don Ambrose , who has generously made his unique library of minor county yearbooks available to all colleagues, has been a major source of encouragement for the project, and has given much wise advice on a whole range of issues; Peter Griffiths, who has assisted with both printing and presentational matters; Andrew Lowe, who has been a relatively late addition the project team, but has been a tower of strength in checking and compiling all the averages, checking match scores, generally commenting on the document, and proof reading. The book has been considerably improved as a result of his contribution; Douglas Miller , who has been another strong supporter of the project and a generous giver of advice; Colin Munford , who has helped with general comments on the project, specific comments on the drafts and, in the absence of a county statistician for Cambridgeshire, worked on the scores and averages for that team;