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2 unusual facts about Minor counties of English and Welsh cricket


Richard Done

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

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.


Alan Igglesden

Igglesden suffered an epileptic fit when playing Minor counties cricket for Berkshire in 1999, and his medics discovered a non-cancerous brain tumour that was successfully treated by medication.

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.

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.

Saad Hafeez

In the match, held at Old London Road in Copdock, Suffolk, Denmark won the toss and elected to bat first, making 112 all out from 28.4 overs against their minor county opponents, with Hafeez scoring 9 runs before he was dismissed by Ian Graham.


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