Minor Counties Cricket Championship

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The Minor Counties Cricket Championship is a season-long competition in England that is competed for by those county cricket clubs that do not have first-class status. The competition was incepted in 1895 and, apart from the two World War periods, has been contested annually ever since.

Four clubs which used to play in the Minor Counties Championship have been granted first-class status – Worcestershire in 1899; Northamptonshire in 1905; Glamorgan in 1921 and Durham in 1992.

Until 1959, when the Second XI Championship was founded, most second XIs of the first-class counties used to contest the Minor Counties. A few continued to do so and the last to withdraw was Somerset 2nd XI after the 1987 season.

At present, there are twenty clubs involved. Nineteen represent English counties and the other is a Wales team that represents all the Welsh counties except Glamorgan. For details, see Minor counties of English cricket.

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Minor counties of English cricket

Western Division: Berkshire | Cheshire | Cornwall | Devon | Dorset | Herefordshire | Oxfordshire | Shropshire | Wales Minor Counties | Wiltshire

Eastern Division: Bedfordshire | Buckinghamshire | Cambridgeshire | Cumberland | Hertfordshire | Lincolnshire | Norfolk | Northumberland | Staffordshire | Suffolk