# 2013 Minor Counties Championship

The 2013 Minor Counties Championship was the 109th Minor Counties Cricket Championship season. It was contested through two divisions: Eastern and Western. Cheshire were Minor County Champions for the fifth time outright and seventh in total.

## 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 |
| Cambridgeshire | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 116 | 10.148 |
| Suffolk | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 105 | 11.474 |
| Hertfordshire | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 23 | 0 | 99 | 5.989 |
| Norfolk | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 92 | 3.059 |
| Staffordshire | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 63 | -1.248 |
| Buckinghamshire | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 63 | -10.550 |
| Cumberland | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 61 | 2.164 |
| Lincolnshire | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 59 | -11.314 |
| Bedfordshire | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 48 | -17.287 |
| Northumberland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 43 | -5.804 |
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### Western Division

| Team | Pld | W | W1 | L | L1 | T | D | D1 | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts | Net RPW |
| Cheshire (C) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 123 | 8.301 |
| Wales Minor Counties | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 120 | 7.112 |
| Shropshire | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 106 | 7.035 |
| Devon | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 23 | -2 | 85 | 0.932 |
| Berkshire | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 83 | 3.186 |
| Herefordshire | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 23 | 0 | 81 | 1.625 |
| Cornwall | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 57 | -3.379 |
| Oxfordshire | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 53 | -5.003 |
| Wiltshire | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 24 | -2 | 44 | -6.399 |
| Dorset | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 29 | -13.688 |
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## Final

* 8–11 September Scorecard
* Cheshire won by 129 runs Wisbech Cricket Club Ground Umpires: Martyn Dobbs and Chris Watts
* Cheshire won the toss and elected to bat.

## Averages

Most runs :
| Aggregate | Average | Player | County |
| 751 | 83.44 | Tom Huggins | Suffolk |
| 619 | 77.37 | Josh Bess | Devon |
| 612 | 47.07 | Khalid Sawas | Cheshire |
| 600 | 60.00 | George Thurstance | Bedfordshire |
| 579 | 52.63 | Kadeer Ali | Staffordshire |
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Most wickets :
| Aggregate | Average | Player | County |
| 59 | 13.57 | Daniel Woods | Cheshire |
| 50 | 16.02 | Paul McMahon | Cambridgeshire |
| 39 | 17.07 | Richard Logan | Berkshire |
| 38 | 24.05 | Shakeel Ahmed | Cornwall |
| 36 | 17.77 | Tom Huggins | Suffolk |
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