The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national counties that do not have first-class status.
The competition began in 1895, with the Worcestershire honorary secretary Paul Foley being influential in its creation.[1] Apart from the two World War periods, it has been contested annually ever since. From 2014 to 2019 the tournament was known as the Unicorns Championship.
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.
Since 1983, the clubs have been split into an Eastern and a Western Division. The winners of the two divisions play each other in a match at the end of the season to determine which will be the Champions. Until 1983 all clubs competed in a single league. Teams played varying numbers of matches and did not play all other counties, so the table was ranked according to average points gained per match. The team with the highest average won the championship, except in a year when the top two counties had not played each other. In this case the second-placed team in the table had the right to challenge the leaders to a match to decide the championship. The second-placed team had to win this Challenge Match to take the title, with the league leaders being declared champions if they won or the game was drawn.
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.
List of Minor Counties/National Counties Champions
In 1983, the then minor counties were divided into a Western Division and an Eastern Division, the winners of each division meeting in a final to decide the overall winner. From 1983 to 1993, the Championship was decided by a 55-over limited overs match. From 1994, the final was decided by a two-day, two-innings match with certain restrictions on the first innings, and from 1999 the final has been a three-day, two-innings match and only an outright result has decided the Championship.
^"A brief history of Worcestershire". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
External links
National Counties Cricket Association Official Site
'Minor Counties' to become the National Counties Cricket Association from 2020
April 20, 2023
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This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations June 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message The NCCA 3 Day Championship previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship is a season long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association NCCA the so called national counties that do not have first class status NCCA 3 Day ChampionshipAdministratorEngland and Wales Cricket BoardFirst edition1895Tournament formattwo ten team divisionshome and away in 3 day matches Number of teams20Current championBerkshire County Cricket ClubMost successfulStaffordshire 13 titles Contents 1 History 2 List of Minor Counties National Counties Champions 2 1 Finals summary 2 2 Performance by county 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditThe competition began in 1895 with the Worcestershire honorary secretary Paul Foley being influential in its creation 1 Apart from the two World War periods it has been contested annually ever since From 2014 to 2019 the tournament was known as the Unicorns Championship 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 Since 1983 the clubs have been split into an Eastern and a Western Division The winners of the two divisions play each other in a match at the end of the season to determine which will be the Champions Until 1983 all clubs competed in a single league Teams played varying numbers of matches and did not play all other counties so the table was ranked according to average points gained per match The team with the highest average won the championship except in a year when the top two counties had not played each other In this case the second placed team in the table had the right to challenge the leaders to a match to decide the championship The second placed team had to win this Challenge Match to take the title with the league leaders being declared champions if they won or the game was drawn 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 List of Minor Counties National Counties Champions Edit1895 Shared title Durham Norfolk Worcestershire 1896 Worcestershire 1897 Worcestershire 1898 Worcestershire 1899 Shared title Northamptonshire Buckinghamshire 1900 Shared title Durham Glamorgan Northamptonshire 1901 Durham 1902 Wiltshire 1903 Northamptonshire 1904 Northamptonshire 1905 Norfolk 1906 Staffordshire 1907 Lancashire II 1908 Staffordshire 1909 Wiltshire 1910 Norfolk 1911 Staffordshire 1912 Shared title Staffordshire Norfolk 1913 Norfolk 1914 Staffordshire 1915 1919 not contested 1920 Staffordshire 1921 Staffordshire 1922 Buckinghamshire 1923 Buckinghamshire 1924 Berkshire 1925 Buckinghamshire 1926 Durham 1927 Staffordshire 1928 Berkshire 1929 Oxfordshire 1930 Durham 1931 Leicestershire II 1932 Buckinghamshire 1933 Yorkshire II 1934 Lancashire II 1935 Middlesex II 1936 Hertfordshire 1937 Lancashire II 1938 Buckinghamshire 1939 Surrey II 1940 1945 not contested 1946 Suffolk 1947 Yorkshire II 1948 Lancashire II 1949 Lancashire II 1950 Surrey II 1951 Kent II 1952 Buckinghamshire 1953 Berkshire 1954 Surrey II 1955 Surrey II 1956 Kent II 1957 Yorkshire II 1958 Yorkshire II 1959 Warwickshire II 1960 Lancashire II 1961 Somerset II 1962 Warwickshire II 1963 Cambridgeshire 1964 Lancashire II 1965 Somerset II 1966 Lincolnshire 1967 Cheshire 1968 Yorkshire II 1969 Buckinghamshire 1970 Bedfordshire 1971 Yorkshire II 1972 Bedfordshire 1973 Shropshire 1974 Oxfordshire 1975 Hertfordshire 1976 Durham 1977 Suffolk 1978 Devon 1979 Suffolk 1980 Durham 1981 Durham 1982 Oxfordshire 1983 Hertfordshire 1984 Durham 1985 Cheshire 1986 Cumberland 1987 Buckinghamshire 1988 Cheshire 1989 Oxfordshire 1990 Hertfordshire 1991 Staffordshire 1992 Staffordshire 1993 Staffordshire 1994 Devon 1995 Devon 1996 Devon 1997 Devon 1998 Staffordshire 1999 Cumberland 2000 Dorset 2001 shared title Cheshire Lincolnshire 2002 shared title Herefordshire Norfolk 2003 Lincolnshire 2004 shared title Bedfordshire Devon 2005 shared title Cheshire Suffolk 2006 Devon 2007 Cheshire 2008 Berkshire 2009 Buckinghamshire 2010 Dorset 2011 Devon 2012 Cornwall 2013 Cheshire 2014 Staffordshire 2015 Cumberland 2016 Berkshire 2017 Berkshire 2018 Berkshire 2019 Berkshire 2020 not contested 2021 Oxfordshire 2022 BerkshireFinals summary Edit In 1983 the then minor counties were divided into a Western Division and an Eastern Division the winners of each division meeting in a final to decide the overall winner From 1983 to 1993 the Championship was decided by a 55 over limited overs match From 1994 the final was decided by a two day two innings match with certain restrictions on the first innings and from 1999 the final has been a three day two innings match and only an outright result has decided the Championship Year Western Division Eastern Division Venue Result1983 Buckinghamshire Hertfordshire New Road Worcester Hertfordshire won by 2 wickets1984 Cheshire Durham New Road Worcester Durham won by 6 wickets1985 Cheshire Suffolk New Road Worcester Cheshire won by 58 runs1986 Oxfordshire Cumberland New Road Worcester Cumberland won by 2 wickets1987 Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire New Road Worcester Buckinghamshire won by losing fewer wickets1988 Cheshire Cambridgeshire New Road Worcester Cheshire won by 13 runs1989 Oxfordshire Hertfordshire New Road Worcester Oxfordshire won by 7 wickets1990 Berkshire Hertfordshire Wardown Park Luton Hertfordshire won by 7 wickets1991 Oxfordshire Staffordshire Wardown Park Luton Staffordshire won by 10 wickets1992 Devon Staffordshire New Road Worcester Staffordshire won by 79 runs1993 Cheshire Staffordshire New Road Worcester Staffordshire won by 5 wickets1994 Devon Cambridgeshire New Road Worcester Drawn Devon won on 1st innings points 1995 Devon Lincolnshire New Road Worcester Devon won by 57 runs single innings match 1996 Devon Norfolk The Maer Ground Exmouth Devon by 168 runs1997 Devon Bedfordshire Wardown Park Luton Drawn Devon won on faster scoring rate 1998 Dorset Staffordshire Dean Park Bournemouth Drawn Staffordshire won on qualifying record 1999 Dorset Cumberland Parkside Road Kendal Cumberland won by 6 wickets2000 Dorset Cumberland Kinson Park Road Bournemouth Dorset won by 5 wickets2001 Cheshire Lincolnshire Gorse Lane Grantham Drawn title shared 2002 Herefordshire Norfolk Mortimer Park Kingsland Drawn title shared 2003 Devon Lincolnshire Sports Ground Cleethorpes Lincolnshire won by 8 wickets2004 Devon Bedfordshire The Maer Ground Exmouth Drawn title shared 2005 Cheshire Suffolk Ransomes and Reavell Sports Club Ground Ipswich Drawn title shared 2006 Devon Buckinghamshire The Maer Ground Exmouth Devon won by 180 runs2007 Cheshire Northumberland Osborne Avenue Jesmond Cheshire won by an innings and 4 runs2008 Berkshire Lincolnshire Enborne Lodge Newbury Berkshire won by 8 wickets2009 Cheshire Buckinghamshire Upton Court Road Slough Buckinghamshire won by 117 runs2010 Dorset Lincolnshire Dean Park Bournemouth Dorset won by 135 runs2011 Devon Cambridgeshire The Avenue Sports Club Ground March Devon won by 169 runs2012 Cornwall Buckinghamshire Boscawen Park Truro Cornwall won by 150 runs2013 Cheshire Cambridgeshire Harecroft Road Wisbech Cheshire won by 129 runs2014 Wiltshire Staffordshire Salisbury and South Wiltshire Sports Club Salisbury Staffordshire won by 28 runs2015 Oxfordshire Cumberland Edenside Carlisle Cumberland won by 10 wickets2016 Berkshire Lincolnshire Sir Paul Getty s Ground Wormsley Berkshire won by 28 runs2017 Berkshire Lincolnshire Banbury Cricket Club Ground Bodicote Berkshire won by 6 wickets2018 Berkshire Lincolnshire Banbury Cricket Club Ground Bodicote Berkshire won by an innings and 32 runs2019 Berkshire Staffordshire Banbury Cricket Club Ground Bodicote Berkshire won by 1 wicket2021 Oxfordshire Suffolk Tring Park Cricket Club Ground Oxfordshire won by 178 runs2022 Berkshire Lincolnshire West Bromwich Dartmouth Cricket Club Ground West Bromwich Berkshire won on first innings leadPerformance by county Edit Bold denotes the current 20 National Counties Club Titles National Counties Championship winning seasonsStaffordshire 12 1 shared 1906 1908 1911 1912 shared 1914 1920 1921 1927 1991 1992 1993 1998 2014Buckinghamshire 9 1 shared 1899 shared 1922 1923 1925 1932 1938 1952 1969 1987 2009Berkshire 9 1924 1928 1953 2008 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022Durham 7 2 shared 1895 shared 1900 shared 1901 1926 1930 1976 1980 1981 1984Devon 7 1 shared 1978 1994 1995 1996 1997 2004 shared 2006 2011Lancashire II 7 1907 1934 1937 1948 1949 1960 1964Cheshire 5 2 shared 1967 1985 1988 2001 shared 2005 shared 2007 2013Yorkshire II 6 1933 1947 1957 1958 1968 1971Norfolk 3 3 shared 1895 shared 1905 1910 1912 shared 1913 2002 shared Oxfordshire 5 1929 1974 1982 1989 2021Hertfordshire 4 1936 1975 1983 1990Surrey II 4 1939 1950 1954 1955Suffolk 3 1 shared 1946 1977 1979 2005 shared Worcestershire 3 1 shared 1895 shared 1896 1897 1898Northamptonshire 2 2 shared 1899 shared 1900 shared 1903 1904Cumberland 3 1986 1999 2015Bedfordshire 2 1 shared 1970 1972 2004 shared Lincolnshire 2 1 shared 1966 2001 shared 2003Dorset 2 2000 2010Kent II 2 1951 1956Somerset II 2 1961 1965Warwickshire II 2 1959 1962Wiltshire 2 1902 1909Cambridgeshire 1 1963Cornwall 1 2012Leicestershire II 1 1931Middlesex II 1 1935Shropshire 1 1973Glamorgan 0 1 shared 1900 shared Herefordshire 0 1 shared 2002 shared Carmarthenshire 0Denbighshire 0Derbyshire II 0Essex II 0Glamorgan II 0Gloucestershire II 0Hampshire II 0Monmouthshire 0Northamptonshire II 0Northumberland 0Nottinghamshire II 0Sussex II 0Wales Minor Counties 0Worcestershire II 0See also EditNational Counties of English and Welsh cricket Rowland Bowen Cricket A History of its Growth and Development Eyre amp Spottiswoode 1970 Playfair Cricket Annual Wisden Cricketers AlmanackReferences Edit A brief history of Worcestershire ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 13 November 2020 External links EditNational Counties Cricket Association Official Site Minor Counties to become the National Counties Cricket Association from 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title National Counties Cricket Championship amp oldid 1145137044, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
