# 2014 Minor Counties Championship

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.

## 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 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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## Final

* 7–9 September Scorecard
* Staffordshire won by 28 runs Salisbury and South Wiltshire Sports Club Umpires: Anthony Harris and Steve Malone
* Staffordshire won the toss and elected to bat

## Averages

Most runs :
| Aggregate | Average | Player | County |
| 633 | 52.75 | Rick Moore | Cheshire |
| 627 | 104.50 | Ben Howgego | Cambridgeshire |
| 602 | 46.30 | Jayden Levitt | Wiltshire |
| 591 | 84.42 | Michael Hill | Staffordshire |
| 565 | 47.08 | Karanjit Bansal | Lincolnshire |
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Most wickets :
| Aggregate | Average | Player | County |
| 37 | 17.97 | Gurman Randhawa | Shropshire |
| 36 | 16.63 | Paul Byrne | Shropshire |
| 35 | 20.25 | Tahir Afridi | Wiltshire |
| 35 | 23.82 | Tom Huggins | Suffolk |
| 33 | 10.69 | Bradley Wadlan | Herefordshire |
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