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unusual facts about Minor Counties



Australian cricket team in England in 1902

The then minor counties Glamorgan and Wiltshire fielded a combined team for a non-first class match at Cardiff Arms Park.

Harold Stephenson

Stephenson was born (as William Harold Stephenson) in Haverton Hill, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham and played Minor Counties cricket for Durham in 1947, succeeding Dick Spooner, who had been recruited by Warwickshire, as wicketkeeper.

Richard Done

He played Minor counties cricket for Suffolk in 1979 and 1980, making 11 Minor Counties Championship appearances.

Richard Fortin

His uncle Derek Bridge played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Northamptonshire and Minor counties cricket for Dorset, as well as rugby union for a number of teams.

Roger Hosen

Hosen also played rugby 54 times for Cornwall, as well as also appearing 64 times for Cornwall in the Minor Counties cricket competition.

Stewart Hutton

He was one of the few players retained by Durham who had played minor counties cricket following their elevation to first-class status for the 1992 season.


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Andrew Fothergill

In 1990 Fothergill made his first-class debut for the combined Minor Counties against the touring Indians, who had Mohammad Azharuddin, Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble and Sachin Tendulkar in their team.

Bob Cunnell

His brother, Clifford, also played List A and Minor counties cricket for Suffolk.

Brian Shantry

Shantry played 13 Minor Counties matches for Dorset, with his final match for the county coming against Cornwall in 1985.

Colin Tibbett

Minor Counties South were then dismissed for just 94 in their innings, with Rudd making a single run before he was dismissed by Norman Gifford.

David Fairey

Fairey's father-in-law, Maurice Crouch, played List A and Minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire, as well as first-class cricket for other teams.

Denbighshire County Cricket Club

Although it considered forming a Gentlemen of Denbighshire team for eventual readmission to the Minor Counties (see Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1936 edition), that did not happen.

Denis Cousins

Cousins' son, Darren, played first-class cricket, while his uncle, Harold, played Minor Counties Cricket for Cambridgeshire.

Eric Willcock

His son Kevin also played List A and Minor Counties cricket for Cornwall.

Frederik Klokker

He was released by Derbyshire following the 2009 season, but continued to feature in Minor counties cricket with Suffolk, making five Minor Counties Championship and four MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.

Gavin Byram

His brother, Adam, also played Minor counties and List A cricket for Shropshire.

Giles Ridley

With the bat, Ridley scored 6 unbeaten runs in the Minor Counties first-innings, while in their second-innings he scored 30 runs, before being dismissed by John Inverarity.

Ian MacLaurin, Baron MacLaurin of Knebworth

His son Neil MacLaurin has played first-class and List A cricket for Middlesex, as well as Minor Counties and List A cricket for Hertfordshire.

James Graham-Brown

Graham-Brown took to Minor Counties Cricket in 1981, playing for Cornwall until 1984, and for Dorset between 1989 and 1991.

Kevin Willcock

His father Eric also played List A and Minor Counties for Cornwall.

Michael Ikin

In the Minor Counties second-innings, he made his highest first-class score of 31, before being dismissed by Chetan Chauhan.

Michael Youll

His son, Oliver, played Minor counties and List A cricket for Northumberland.

Mike Latham

Latham's son Patrick Latham has played List A and Minor Counties cricket for Cambridgeshire and had second eleven matches in 1998 for both Durham and Somerset.

Montague Bennett

Batting in the Minor Counties second-innings, he was dismissed for 6 runs by John Cameron, while in the university second-innings he took the wickets of Mark Tindall and Hugh Bartlett, to finish with figures of 2/27 from fourteen overs.

Neil Folland

His brother, Nick Folland, played first-class cricket for Somerset as well as List A and Minor Counties cricket for Devon.

Nigel Gadsby

His father Brian played List A and Minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire, as well as hockey for the county.

Paul Marsh

From 1992 to 1994, he represented the county in 20 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Cornwall.

Peter Kingston-Davey

He made headlines in 2006, when he had to stand in for fellow umpire Guy Randall-Johnson, when he walked out of a Minor Counties Championship match after being on the receiving end of abuse from Berkshire players after he gave Berkshire captain Julian Wood out LBW, with Kingston-Davey standing in for the remaining 2 days of the 3 day match.

Peter Shippey

His brother Samuel played Minor counties and List A cricket for Cambridgeshire.

Philip August

His father, George, also played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire, as well as first-class cricket for the Minor Counties cricket team.

Ross Wood

He would stand in a further 41 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which was in a match between Oxfordshire and Devon in the 2002 Minor Counties Championship.

Russell Catley

His brothers, Matthew and Timothy, both played List A and Minor counties cricket for Suffolk.

Steven Naylor

In 2002, he joined Berkshire, making his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against Cornwall.

Stradey Park Cricket Ground

The ground was used in 1991 by Wales Minor Counties when they played Oxfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship.

Timothy Catley

Catley, who represented the side in the Minor Counties Championship between 1999 and 2006, made a single List A appearance, in 2005, against Glamorgan.