Cricket History

Minor Counties Championship (1895 - 2019)

The following teams took part in the Minor Counties Championship

Team	Start Season	End Season
Bedfordshire	1895
	1900	1906
	1907	1909	East Division
	1910	1911	North and East Division
	1912	1914
	1920	1939
	1946	1982
	1983	2019	Eastern Division
Berkshire	1896	1906
	1907		Midlands Division
	1908	1909	South Division
	1910	1911	South and West Division
	1912	1914
	1920	1939
	1946	1982
	1983	2019	Western Division
Buckinghamshire	1896	1906
	1907		Midlands Division
	1908	1909	South Division
	1910	1911	South and West Division
	1912	1914
	1920	1939
	1946	1982
	1983	1991	Western Division
	1992	2019	Eastern Division
Cambridgeshire	1898	1901
	1903	1906
	1907	1909	East Division
	1910	1911	North and East Division
	1912	1914
	1921	1939
	1946	1982
	1983	2019	Eastern Division
Carmarthenshire	1908	1909	West Division
	1910	1911	South and West Division
Cheshire	1909		North Division
	1910	1911	North and East Division
	1912	1914
	1920	1939
	1946	1982
	1983	2019	Western Division
Cornwall	1897
	1904	1906
	1907	1909	West Division
	1910	1911	South and West Division
	1912	1914
	1921	1939
	1946	1982
	1983	2019	Western Division
Cumberland	1955	1982
	1983	2019	Eastern Division
Denbighshire	1930	1931
	1933	1935
Derbyshire Second XI	1948	1951
	1955	1958
Devon	1901	1906
	1907	1909	West Division
	1910	1911	South and West Division
	1912	1914
	1920	1939
	1946	1982
	1983	2019	Western Division
Dorset	1902	1906
	1907		West Division
	1908	1909	South Division
	1910	1911	South and West Division
	1912	1914
	1920	1939
	1946	1982
	1983	2019	Western Division
Durham	1895
	1897
	1899	1906
	1907	1909	North Division
	1910	1911	North and East Division
	1912	1914
	1920	1939
	1946	1982
	1983	1991	Eastern Division
Essex Second XI	1914
	1920
	1948	1959
Glamorgan	1897	1906
	1907	1909	West Division
	1910	1911	South and West Division
	1912	1914
	1920
Glamorgan Second XI	1935	1937
	1948	1950
Gloucestershire Second XI	1938	1939
	1947	1950
	1957	1959
Hampshire Second XI	1949	1952
Herefordshire	1992	2019	Western Division
Hertfordshire	1895	1906
	1907	1909	East Division
	1910	1911	South and West Division
	1912	1914
	1920	1939
	1946	1982
	1983	2019	Eastern Division
Kent Second XI	1911		South and West Division
	1912	1914
	1920	1939
	1947	1958
Lancashire Second XI	1906
	1907	1908	North Division
	1921	1939
	1946	1982
Leicestershire Second XI	1924	1929
	1931	1932
	1955	1959
Lincolnshire	1907	1908	North Division
	1909		East Division
	1910	1911	North and East Division
	1912	1914
	1924	1939
	1946	1982
	1983	2019	Eastern Division
Middlesex Second XI	1935	1938
	1949	1958
Monmouthshire	1901	1906
	1907	1909	West Division
	1910	1911	South and West Division
	1912	1914
	1921	1934
Norfolk	1895
	1897	1906
	1907	1909	East Division
	1910	1911	North and East Division
	1912	1914
	1920	1939
	1946	1982
	1983	2019	Eastern Division
Northamptonshire	1896	1904
Northamptonshire Second XI	1950	1959
Northumberland	1896	1897
	1899	1906
	1907	1909	North Division
	1910	1911	North and East Division
	1912	1914
	1920	1939
	1946	1982
	1983	2019	Eastern Division
Nottinghamshire Second XI	1909		North Division
	1910		North and East Division
	1924	1931
	1947	1960
	1964	1966
Oxfordshire	1895	1896
	1900	1906
	1922	1939
	1946	1982
	1983	2019	Western Division
Shropshire	1957	1982
	1983	2019	Western Division
Somerset Second XI	1955	1982
	1983	1987	Western Division
Staffordshire	1895
	1900	1906
	1907	1909	North Division
	1910	1911	North and East Division
	1912	1914
	1920	1939
	1946	1982
	1983	2019	Eastern Division
Suffolk	1904	1906
	1907	1909	East Division
	1910	1911	North and East Division
	1912	1914
	1934	1939
	1946	1982
	1983	2019	Eastern Division
Surrey Second XI	1899	1906
	1907		Midlands Division
	1908	1909	South Division
	1910	1911	South and West Division
	1912	1914
	1920	1939
	1947	1958
Sussex Second XI	1948	1951
Wales Minor Counties	1988	2019	Western Division
Warwickshire Second XI	1931	1933
	1949	1968
Wiltshire	1897	1906
	1907		Midlands Division
	1908	1909	South Division
	1910	1911	South and West Division
	1912	1914
	1920	1939
	1947	1982
	1983	2019	Western Division
Worcestershire	1895	1898
Worcestershire Second XI	1907		Midlands Division
	1948	1951
Yorkshire Second XI	1901	1906
	1907	1909	North Division
	1910		North and East Division
	1921	1939
	1946	1974

The league has the following divisions.

Division	Start Season	End Season

Single division (7 teams)	1895	1896
Single division (11 teams)	1897
Single division (9 teams)	1898
Single division (11 teams)	1899
Single division (14 teams)	1900
Single division (17 teams)	1901	1902
Single division (18 teams)	1903
Single division (20 teams)	1904
Single division (19 teams)	1905
Single division (20 teams)	1906
Single division (20 teams)	1912	1913
Single division (21 teams)	1914
Single division (16 teams)	1920
Single division (19 teams)	1921
Single division (20 teams)	1922	1923
Single division (23 teams)	1924	1930
Single division (25 teams)	1931
Single division (23 teams)	1932	1934
Single division (24 teams)	1935
Single division (23 teams)	1936	1938
Single division (22 teams)	1939
Single division (18 teams)	1946
Single division (23 teams)	1947
Single division (28 teams)	1948
Single division (31 teams)	1949
Single division (32 teams)	1950
Single division (30 teams)	1951
Single division (27 teams)	1952
Single division (26 teams)	1953	1954
Single division (30 teams)	1955	1956
Single division (32 teams)	1957	1958
Single division (28 teams)	1959
Single division (24 teams)	1960
Single division (23 teams)	1961	1963
Single division (24 teams)	1964	1966
Single division (23 teams)	1967	1968
Single division (22 teams)	1969	1974
Single division (21 teams)	1975	1982

East Division (5 teams)	1907	1908
East Division (6 teams)	1909

Eastern Division (10 teams)	1983	2019

Midlands Division (5 teams)	1907

North and East Division (11 teams)	1910
North and East Division (9 teams)	1911

North Division (6 teams)	1907	1909

South and West Division (11 teams)	1910
South and West Division (12 teams)	1911

South Division (5 teams)	1908	1909

West Division (5 teams)	1907	1909

Western Division (10 teams)	1983	2019

From 2014 to 2019 with the name Unicorns Championship