The Minor Counties Championship 1902

16 THE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP 1902 – THE SEASON’S RESULTS AT A GLANCE - CONT N0 DAY DATE MTH VENUE BATTED FIRST BATTED SECOND RESULT 66 F,S 22,23 August Exeter Devon 293 Dorset 117-6 Drawn 67 F,[S] 22,[23] Middlesbrough Yorkshire 2nd XI 49 & 114-8 Durham 42 Drawn 68 M,T 25,26 Exeter Monmouthshire 116 & 186 Devon 294 & 9-0 Devon 10 wkts 69 M,T 25,26 The Oval Surrey 2nd XI 198 & 208-1d Wiltshire 117 & 88 Surrey 201 runs 70 W,T 27,28 Swindon Monmouthshire 148 & 168 Wiltshire 183 & 136-6 Wilts 4 wkts 71 F,S 29,30 Reading Monmouthshire 199 & 95-3 Berkshire 64 & 360-9d Drawn 72 F,S 29,30 Exeter Glamorgan 101 & 122 Devon 96 & 104 Glam 23 runs Note: Home teams in bold. Dates in brackets indicate no play possible on that day due to rain. THE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP 1902 THE CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE Team Played Won Lost Drawn Drawn Drawn Drawn Possible Points Percentage Won Tied Lost No Points Obtained 1 st inns 1 st inns 1 st inns Decision 1 Wiltshire (9) 12 9 2 0 0 1 0 36 27 75.00 2 Surrey 2 nd XI (2) 10 6 0 2 0 1 1 30 20 66.66 3 Northamptonshire (4) 12 5 0 4 0 1 2 36 19 52.77 4 Glamorgan (5=) 10 5 4 0 0 0 1 30 15 50.00 5 Staffordshire (10) 8 3 1 2 1 0 1 24 11½ 47.91 6 Buckinghamshire (3) 8 3 3 0 0 1 1 24 9 37.50 7 Hertfordshire (11) 10 2 3 3 0 1 1 30 9 30.00 8 Durham (1) 8 2 2 1 0 2 1 24 7 29.16 9= Devon (14=) 8 2 5 0 0 0 1 24 6 25.00 Oxfordshire (7=) 8 2 2 0 0 3 1 24 6 25.00 Yorkshire 2 nd XI (7=) 8 1 2 3 0 1 1 24 6 25.00 12 Bedfordshire (14=) 10 2 2 1 0 2 3 30 7 23.33 13 Monmouthshire (12=) 8 1 4 2 0 0 1 24 5 20.83 14 Berkshire (14=) 8 1 4 1 0 2 0 24 4 16.66 15 Northumberland (12=) 8 0 4 0 1 3 0 24 ½ 2.08 16 Dorset (-) 8 0 6 0 0 1 1 24 0 0.00 Method of scoring: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a win on first innings, points divided for tie for completed match or for tie on first innings The 1901 positions are shown in parentheses.