Second XI Championship
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The Second XI Championship is a season-long cricket competition in England that is competed for by the reserve teams of those county cricket clubs that have first-class status. The competition was incepted in 1959 and has been contested annually ever since.
Before 1959, most second XIs of the first-class counties used to contest the Minor Counties Cricket Championship. A few continued to do so and the last to withdraw was Somerset 2nd XI after the 1987 season.
At present, all 18 current first-class counties take part in the Second XI Championship along with the MCC Young Cricketers team. It is not possible for all teams to play each other and a disparate number of matches is played by each team. As a result, the merit table has to be based on a percentage.
In 2001, a Second XI Trophy was introduced. This is a limited overs competition with the teams forming zones in the initial stage. The zone winners progress to semi-finals and then to a final.
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[edit] List of Second XI Champions
- 1959 Gloucestershire II
- 1960 Northamptonshire II
- 1961 Kent II
- 1962 Worcestershire II
- 1963 Worcestershire II
- 1964 Lancashire II
- 1965 Glamorgan II
- 1966 Surrey II
- 1967 Hampshire II
- 1968 Surrey II
- 1969 Kent II
- 1970 Kent II
- 1971 Hampshire II
- 1972 Nottinghamshire II
- 1973 Essex II
- 1974 Middlesex II
- 1975 Surrey II
- 1976 Kent II
- 1977 Yorkshire II
- 1978 Sussex II
- 1979 Warwickshire II
- 1980 Glamorgan II
- 1981 Hampshire II
- 1982 Worcestershire II
- 1983 Leicestershire II
- 1984 Yorkshire II
- 1985 Nottinghamshire II
- 1986 Lancashire II
- 1987 Kent II, Yorkshire II (shared title)
- 1988 Surrey II
- 1989 Middlesex II
- 1990 Sussex II
- 1991 Yorkshire II
- 1992 Surrey II
- 1993 Middlesex II
- 1994 Somerset II
- 1995 Hampshire II
- 1996 Warwickshire II
- 1997 Lancashire II
- 1998 Northamptonshire II
- 1999 Middlesex II
- 2000 Middlesex II
- 2001 Hampshire II
- 2002 Kent II
- 2003 Yorkshire II
- 2004 Somerset II
- 2005 Kent II
- 2006 Kent II
[edit] List of Second XI Trophy Winners
- 2001 Surrey II
- 2002 Kent II
- 2003 Hampshire II
- 2004 Worcestershire II
- 2005 Sussex II
- 2006 Warwickshire II
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
- Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records by Peter Wynne-Thomas
- Playfair Cricket Annual : various issues
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual): various issues
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