2014 Minor Counties Championship
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Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format(3 days, 4 day final)
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsStaffordshire (11th title)
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | (3 days, 4 day final) |
| Tournament format(s) | League system |
| Champions | Staffordshire (11th title) |
| Participants | 20 |
| Matches | 61 |
| Most runs | Rick Moore (633 for Cheshire) |
| Most wickets | Gurman Randhawa (37 for Shropshire) |
The 2014 Minor Counties Championship was the 110th Minor Counties Cricket Championship season, and the first under the name 'Unicorn Counties Championship'. It was contested through two divisions: Eastern and Western. Staffordshire were the champions for the eleventh time, remaining the most successful club in the history of the competition.
Eastern Division
- 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.[1]
| Team | Pld | W | W1 | L | L1 | T | D | D1 | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts | Net RPW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staffordshire (C) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 0 | 118 | +13.514 |
| Cumberland | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 108 | +11.707 |
| Cambridgeshire | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 22 | -2 | 91 | +9.375 |
| Lincolnshire | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 91 | +4.171 |
| Suffolk | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 78 | +7.156 |
| Buckinghamshire | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 68 | -7.764 |
| Norfolk | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 62 | -5.530 |
| Hertfordshire | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 58 | -8.133 |
| Bedfordshire | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19 | -2 | 41 | -9.856 |
| Northumberland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 36 | -13.570 |
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Western Division
| Team | Pld | W | W1 | L | L1 | T | D | D1 | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts | Net RPW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiltshire | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 104 | +5.977 |
| Herefordshire | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 102 | +13.292 |
| Devon | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 93 | +5.650 |
| Cheshire | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 91 | +1.339 |
| Dorset | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 82 | -0.934 |
| Shropshire | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 78 | -2.103 |
| Oxfordshire | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 58 | -3.118 |
| Wales Minor Counties | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 56 | -1.897 |
| Cornwall | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 46 | -5.699 |
| Berkshire | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 43 | -9.805 |
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