Second Class Counties Cricket Matches in 1896
Accepted
| start date | venue | game type | days | |||||||
| 25th May | Durham | Northumberland | Village Ground, Burnmoor | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 27th May | Northamptonshire | Durham | County Ground, Northampton | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 9th Jun | Staffordshire | Northumberland | County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 11th Jun | Worcestershire | Northumberland | Chester Road North, Kidderminster | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 19th Jun | Worcestershire | Northamptonshire | War Memorial Ground, Amblecote | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 7th Jul | Northumberland | Staffordshire | Northumberland Club Ground, Heaton | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 13th Jul | Buckinghamshire | Northamptonshire | Wendover Road, Aylesbury | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 13th Jul | Glamorgan | Worcestershire | Cardiff Arms Park | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 15th Jul | Northumberland | Durham | Northumberland Club Ground, Heaton | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 22nd Jul | Hertfordshire | Norfolk | Cricketfield Lane, Bishop's Stortford | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 22nd Jul | Northumberland | Worcestershire | Northumberland Club Ground, Heaton | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 29th Jul | Hertfordshire | Worcestershire | Park Avenue, Watford | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 3rd Aug | Norfolk | Hertfordshire | County Ground, Lakenham | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 3rd Aug | Oxfordshire | Berkshire | Oxford County School Ground, Thame | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 5th Aug | Northamptonshire | Northumberland | County Ground, Northampton | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 5th Aug | Wiltshire | Oxfordshire | County Ground, Trowbridge | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 7th Aug | Cambridgeshire | Oxfordshire | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 7th Aug | Wiltshire | Berkshire | County Ground, Trowbridge | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 7th Aug | Worcestershire | Hertfordshire | Boughton Park, Worcester | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 10th Aug | Buckinghamshire | Berkshire | Wendover Road, Aylesbury | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 10th Aug | MCC | Oxfordshire | Lord's | nc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 12th Aug | Buckinghamshire | Oxfordshire | Wendover Road, Aylesbury | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 12th Aug | Hertfordshire | Berkshire | Park Avenue, Watford | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 12th Aug | Northumberland | Northamptonshire | Northumberland Club Ground, Heaton | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 12th Aug | Worcestershire | Norfolk | Boughton Park, Worcester | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 14th Aug | Durham | Northamptonshire | Feethams Cricket Ground, Darlington | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 14th Aug | Hertfordshire | Buckinghamshire | Park Avenue, Watford | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 14th Aug | Oxfordshire | Wiltshire | New College Ground, Oxford | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 17th Aug | Berkshire | Wiltshire | County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 19th Aug | Berkshire | Oxfordshire | County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 19th Aug | Norfolk | Worcestershire | County Ground, Lakenham | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 21st Aug | Berkshire | Hertfordshire | County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 21st Aug | Northamptonshire | Worcestershire | County Ground, Northampton | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 21st Aug | Oxfordshire | Buckinghamshire | Britannia Works Ground, Banbury | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 24th Aug | Berkshire | Buckinghamshire | County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 24th Aug | Oxfordshire | Cambridgeshire | Oxford | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 26th Aug | Buckinghamshire | Hertfordshire | Wendover Road, Aylesbury | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 28th Aug | Northamptonshire | Buckinghamshire | County Ground, Northampton | mcc | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
Undecided
| start date | venue | game type | days | |||||||
| Dorset | Dorset Next XVI | not known | undec | |||||||
| Herefordshire | Cheshire Gentlemen | Widemarsh Common, Hereford | undec | |||||||
| Herefordshire | Monmouthshire | Widemarsh Common, Hereford | undec | |||||||
| Herefordshire | Free Foresters | Widemarsh Common, Hereford | undec | |||||||
| Herefordshire | I Zingari | Widemarsh Common, Hereford | undec | |||||||
| Herefordshire | Clifton | Widemarsh Common, Hereford | undec | |||||||
| Monmouthshire | Herefordshire | Newport | undec | |||||||
| Sherborne School Past and Present | Dorset | not known | undec | |||||||
| 25th May | Surrey Second XI | Glamorgan | Kennington Oval | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 25th May | Warwickshire | Staffordshire | Edgbaston, Birmingham | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 15th Jun | Surrey Second XI | Northamptonshire | Kennington Oval | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 18th Jun | Herefordshire | Glamorgan | Widemarsh Common, Hereford | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 22nd Jun | Shropshire | Gentlemen of Cheshire | The County Ground, Frankwell, Shrewsbury | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 22nd Jun | Staffordshire | Warwickshire | County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 22nd Jun | Yorkshire | Durham | Shaw Lane, Barnsley | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 29th Jun | Surrey Second XI | Hertfordshire | Kennington Oval | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 15th Jul | Devon | Cornwall | South Devon Place, Plymouth | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 15th Jul | Worcestershire | Surrey Second XI | Boughton Park, Worcester | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 16th Jul | MCC | Cambridgeshire | Lord's | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 17th Jul | Glamorgan | Surrey Second XI | Cardiff Arms Park | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 20th Jul | Herefordshire | MCC | Widemarsh Common, Hereford | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 20th Jul | Monmouthshire | Wiltshire | Lower Mill Street, Usk | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 22nd Jul | Glamorgan | MCC | Cardiff Arms Park | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 22nd Jul | Surrey Second XI | Bedfordshire | Kennington Oval | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 24th Jul | Monmouthshire | MCC | Rodney Parade, Newport | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 27th Jul | Monmouthshire | Glamorgan | Rodney Parade, Newport | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 27th Jul | Shropshire | MCC | Park Hall, Oswestry | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 27th Jul | Staffordshire | Harrow Wanderers | County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 29th Jul | Norfolk | I Zingari | County Ground, Lakenham | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 29th Jul | Shropshire | Harrow Wanderers | The County Ground, Frankwell, Shrewsbury | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 31st Jul | Bedfordshire | Surrey Second XI | Bedford School Ground, Bedford | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 31st Jul | Wiltshire | MCC | The County Ground, Swindon | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 3rd Aug | Cambridgeshire | MCC | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 3rd Aug | Cornwall | Devon | Boscawen Park, Truro | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 5th Aug | Bedfordshire | MCC | Bull Pond Lane, Dunstable | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 5th Aug | MCC | Hertfordshire | Lord's | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 5th Aug | Norfolk | Cambridgeshire | County Ground, Lakenham | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 5th Aug | Shropshire | Old Carthusians | The County Ground, Frankwell, Shrewsbury | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 7th Aug | Dorset | Devon | Sherborne School, Sherborne | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 7th Aug | MCC | Glamorgan | Lord's | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 7th Aug | Norfolk | MCC | County Ground, Lakenham | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 7th Aug | Northamptonshire | Surrey Second XI | County Ground, Northampton | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 11th Aug | Durham | Yorkshire | Feethams Cricket Ground, Darlington | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 12th Aug | Gentlemen of Cheshire | Shropshire | County Ground, Chelford | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 13th Aug | Glamorgan | Herefordshire | Cardiff Arms Park | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 17th Aug | Cambridgeshire | Norfolk | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 17th Aug | Devon | MCC | Gras Lawn, Exeter | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 17th Aug | MCC | Worcestershire | Lord's | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 19th Aug | MCC | Buckinghamshire | Lord's | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 19th Aug | Staffordshire | Surrey Second XI | County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 21st Aug | Devon | Dorset | Gras Lawn, Exeter | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 24th Aug | Glamorgan | Monmouthshire | Cardiff Arms Park | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 24th Aug | Surrey Second XI | Worcestershire | Kennington Oval | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 26th Aug | Cornwall | MCC | Boscawen Park, Truro | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 26th Aug | Surrey Second XI | Staffordshire | Kennington Oval | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 28th Aug | Wiltshire | Monmouthshire | The County Ground, Swindon | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
| 31st Aug | MCC | Berkshire | Lord's | undec | 2 | scorecard (CA) | ||||
Total of 38 accepted matches, 0 rejected matches and 57 matches still to be researched and a decision made,
game type notes:
mcc - minor counties championship match
nc - qualifying non-competition minor county match
rej - match not qualified
undec - a decision needs to be made about the match
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