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.
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.
Eastern Division Team Pld W W1 L L1 T D D1 A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Net RPWCumberland (C) 6 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 24 0 125 +15.541Buckinghamshire 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 18 0 94 -4.565Staffordshire 6 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 18 20 0 90 +7.834Lincolnshire 6 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 10 21 0 87 -0.688Northumberland 6 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 24 0 86 0.663Hertfordshire 6 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 18 20 0 74 -4.785Bedfordshire 6 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 19 21 0 64 -0.876Cambridgeshire 6 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 23 -2 63 -2.684Norfolk 6 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 12 23 0 63 0.531Suffolk 6 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 16 22 0 54 -10.151Source:
Western Division Team Pld W W1 L L1 T D D1 A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Net RPWOxfordshire 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 24 0 122 +15.268Berkshire 6 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 24 0 109 +6.534Shropshire 6 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 22 24 0 90 +8.705Cornwall 6 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 15 22 0 89 +1.419Herefordshire 6 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 17 22 0 75 -1.053Wales Minor Counties 6 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 13 21 0 74 -1.382Wiltshire 6 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 9 24 0 73 -3.123Dorset 6 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 8 19 -2 53 -8.017Cheshire 6 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 20 0 50 -12.515Devon 6 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 16 24 0 48 -9.043Source:
Final
Averages Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 770 64.16 Jacques du Toit Northumberland 763 69.36 Luke Thomas Bedfordshire 730 73.00 George Thurstance Bedfordshire 702 70.20 Steve Leach Shropshire 612 61.20 Sam Arthurton NorfolkSource: Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 50 16.08 Chris Peploe Berkshire 49 14.85 Toby Bulcock Cumberland 46 14.38 Paul McMahon Cambridgeshire 46 20.60 Bradley Wadlan Cornwall 35 14.62 Luke Ryan Oxfordshire 35 19.65 Gurman Randhawa ShropshireSource:
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