2015 Minor Counties Championship
The 2015 Minor Counties Championship was the 111th Minor Counties Cricket Championship season, and the second under the name 'Unicorn Counties Championship'. It was contested in two divisions: Eastern and Western. Cumberland won the competition for the third time after defeating Oxfordshire by 10 wickets in the final played in Carlisle.[1]
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | (3 days, 4 day final) |
| Tournament format(s) | League system |
| Champions | Cumberland (3rd title) |
| Participants | 20 |
| Matches played | 61 |
| Most runs | Jacques du Toit (770 for Northumberland) |
| Most wickets | Chris Peploe (50 for Berkshire) |
Standings
- Pld = Played, W = Wins, W1 = Win in match reduced to single innings, L = Losses, L1 = Loss in match reduced to single innings, T = Ties, D = Draws, D1 = Draw in match reduced to single innings, A = Abandonments, Bat = Batting points, Bowl = Bowling points, Ded = Deducted points, Pts = Points, Net RPW = Net runs per wicket (runs per wicket for less runs per wicket against).
Teams receive 16 points for a win, 8 for a tie and 4 for a draw. Teams also received 12 points for a win, 6 for a draw and 4 points for losing a match reduced to a single innings. Bonus points (a maximum of 4 batting points and 4 bowling points) may be scored during the first 90 overs of each team's first innings.[2]
Eastern Division
| Team | Pld | W | W1 | L | L1 | T | D | D1 | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts | Net RPW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland (C) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 125 | +15.541 |
| Buckinghamshire | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 94 | -4.565 |
| Staffordshire | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 0 | 90 | +7.834 |
| Lincolnshire | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 87 | -0.688 |
| Northumberland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 86 | 0.663 |
| Hertfordshire | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 0 | 74 | -4.785 |
| Bedfordshire | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 64 | -0.876 |
| Cambridgeshire | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 23 | -2 | 63 | -2.684 |
| Norfolk | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 63 | 0.531 |
| Suffolk | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 54 | -10.151 |
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Western Division
| Team | Pld | W | W1 | L | L1 | T | D | D1 | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts | Net RPW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxfordshire | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 24 | 0 | 122 | +15.268 |
| Berkshire | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 109 | +6.534 |
| Shropshire | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 0 | 90 | +8.705 |
| Cornwall | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 89 | +1.419 |
| Herefordshire | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 75 | -1.053 |
| Wales Minor Counties | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 74 | -1.382 |
| Wiltshire | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 73 | -3.123 |
| Dorset | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 19 | -2 | 53 | -8.017 |
| Cheshire | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 50 | -12.515 |
| Devon | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 48 | -9.043 |
| Source:[3] | ||||||||||||||
Final
6–7 September Scorecard |
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(H) Cumberland | |
85 (40.4 overs) RI Kaufman 17 (56) T Bulcock 4/18 (10 overs) |
170 (48.2 overs) JR Tolley 45 (88) LC Ryan 5/37 (16 overs) | |
5/0 (0.2 overs) JR Tolley 4* (1) |
- Cumberland won the toss and elected to field
Averages
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References
- "Dominant Cumberland claim title". ECB. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- "Unicorn Counties Championship Competition Rules" (PDF). England and Wales Cricket Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- "Unicorn Championship 2015 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- "Minor Counties Championship 2015 Batting (Ordered by runs)". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- "Minor Counties Championship 2015 Bowling (Ordered by wickets)". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
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