The MInor Counties Championship 1900

13 THE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP 1900 THE CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE Team Played Won Lost Drawn Matches Points Percentage Finished 1 Durham (7) 8 4 0 4 4 4 100.00 Glamorgan (3=) 8 5 0 3 5 5 100.00 Northamptonshire (1=) 14 3 0 11 3 3 100.00 4 Buckinghamshire (1=) 8 3 1 4 4 2 50.00 Northumberland (8) 10 3 1 6 4 2 50.00 6 Oxfordshire (-) 8 2 2 4 4 0 - Wiltshire (9) 10 2 2 6 4 0 - 8 Bedfordshire (-) 8 3 4 1 7 - 1 - 14.28 9 Surrey Second XI (3=) 9 2 3 4 5 - 1 - 20.00 10 Berkshire (10) 10 2 5 3 7 - 3 - 42.85 11 Cambridgeshire (11) 8 0 4 4 4 - 4 - 100.00 Hertfordshire (6) 10 0 3 7 3 - 3 - 100.00 Norfolk (5) 8 0 2 6 2 - 2 - 100.00 Staffordshire (-) 8 0 4 4 4 - 4 - 100.00 Method of scoring: 1 point for a win, minus 1 point for a loss, no points for either team for a draw. Yorkshire 2 nd XI did not enter the competition, but played 4 matches that counted as championship games for their opponents: Staffordshire (2) and Surrey 2 nd XI (2). The 1899 positions are shown in parentheses. MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM AGGREGATES 1900 BATTING AND FIELDING Team Players Inns NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Extras Ct St Bedfordshire 23 166 18 97 2,336 15.78 0 6 28 120 55 5 Berkshire 30 188 21 154 2,427 14.53 1 7 37 154 73 2 Buckinghamshire 23 130 21 148 2,305 21.14 2 7 18 115 72 2 Cambridgeshire 26 161 17 105 2,444 16.97 1 7 20 154 32 - Durham 18 98 11 99 1,786 20.52 0 8 11 112 49 5 Glamorgan 21 103 15 102 1,878 21.34 1 6 11 110 74 13 Hertfordshire 26 152 19 170 3,139 23.60 3 14 20 172 58 3 Norfolk 24 131 14 116 2,007 17.15 2 6 24 129 52 4 Northamptonshire 16 177 27 144 4,023 26.82 5 14 17 222 76 4 Northumberland 14 133 19 133 2,664 23.36 2 9 12 189 67 5 Oxfordshire 24 126 16 89 2,040 18.54 0 9 11 70 39 5 Staffordshire 35 152 15 109 2,373 17.32 2 7 31 135 30 - Surrey Second XI 29 147 19 155 3,418 26.70 2 19 19 141 49 2 Wiltshire 26 163 23 105* 2,596 18.54 2 10 18 129 61 13 Yorkshire Second XI 20 44 8 134 956 26.55 1 4 7 40 15 4 Total 355 2,071 263 170 36,392 20.12 24 133 284 1,992 802 67 BOWLING Team Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Extras RO Bedfordshire 894.5 231 2,439 113 21.58 6-38 - 5 114 8 Berkshire 1,019.3 280 2,624 134 19.58 9-50 2 11 155 1 Buckinghamshire 936.4 311 2,150 131 16.41 7-21 4 9 120 4 Cambridgeshire 792 190 2,357 99 23.80 7-23 1 5 168 4 Durham 955 263 2,512 126 19.93 7-41 2 7 134 6 Glamorgan 866.3 249 2,233 133 16.78 8-75 1 8 77 5 Hertfordshire 1,117 242 3,311 137 24.16 7-63 - 7 222 2 Norfolk 671.3 146 2,007 99 20.27 7-50 1 5 100 4 Northamptonshire 1,201.2 309 3,452 180 19.17 8-17 3 12 179 8 Northumberland 1,002.5 271 2,689 144 18.67 10-31 2 9 148 7 Oxfordshire 779.2 180 1,878 131 14.33 9-20 2 5 101 3 Staffordshire 581.2 113 1,898 81 23.43 6-105 - 6 93 6 Surrey Second XI 1,039.5 267 3,067 119 25.77 6-83 - 6 183 2 Wiltshire 805.1 + 136 + 2,894 125 23.15 6-36 - 7 130 - Yorkshire Second XI 302.1 76 881 56 15.73 7-39 1 3 68 3 Total 12,965 3,264 36,392 1,808 20.12 10-31 19 105 1,992 63 (6 ball overs) + Overs and maidens not known for second innings of Glamorgan v Wiltshire at Swansea where Glamorgan scored 52-2 wickets.