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unusual facts about Minor Counties Championship



Andrew Pugh

Pugh made his debut for Devon in the 1989 Minor Counties Championship against Cornwall, in doing so beginning a 16 year playing career with the county.

Guy Pedder

Educated at Repton School and later attending Trinity College, Oxford, Pedder made his debut in minor counties cricket for Norfolk against Cambridgeshire in the 1913 Minor Counties Championship, with him making a further appearance in that season against Glamorgan.

Lincoln Road Ground, Enfield

Throughout its history, the ground has played host to a total of 39 Second XI fixtures for the Middlesex Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship, Second XI Championship and Second XI Trophy.

Peter Kingston-Davey

In 1995, Kingston-Davey first stood as an umpire in a Minor Counties Championship match between Dorset and Wales Minor Counties.

Ross Wood

Wood first stood in county cricket in a match between Buckinghamshire and Berkshire in the 1991 Minor Counties Championship.

Roy Scoggins

Scoggins made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1933 Minor Counties Championship, playing just 2 matches against Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.


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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.

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.

Richard Done

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

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.

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.