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abc

Well-known member
Jan 6, 2007
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Why is it that some counties have a major cricket team and others not? Why do say Sussex, Durham and Glamorgan have county teams but the likes of Dorset, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cheshire etc don't. Presumably historical but how has that come about?
 

Mackenzie

Old Brightonian
Nov 7, 2003
33,498
East Wales
Why is it that some counties have a major cricket team and others not? Why do say Sussex, Durham and Glamorgan have county teams but the likes of Dorset, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cheshire etc don't. Presumably historical but how has that come about?
They do. Its called the minor counties.

Here you go
 

abc

Well-known member
Jan 6, 2007
1,023
They do. Its called the minor counties.

Here you go

I realise that but it's not like the difference between the EPL and say league one in football where clubs can move up and down quite regularly. The gap between the minor counties and the County team is massive and never the twain shall meet. Seems rather unfair really if you happen not to live in the right County and are a Cricket fan
 

vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
27,853
I realise that but it's not like the difference between the EPL and say league one in football where clubs can move up and down quite regularly. The gap between the minor counties and the County team is massive and never the twain shall meet. Seems rather unfair really if you happen not to live in the right County and are a Cricket fan

If you are a cricket fan I'm sure that Minor Counties matches are equally interesting. Remember, when you drive along and you see a cricket match on the green almost anywhere, your eyes are drawn to the bowler running in... although you rarely see the ball delivered ! it's all relative. Anyway, as time progresses counties can move up in to the bigger circuit, it was only 20 odd years ago that Durham joined the big time, before that I think it was Glamorgan who joined. Scotland have a representative team in one dayers against the English counties and it may come to pass that they have their national team in the county championship.
 


SeafordBHA

New member
Aug 13, 2011
410
If you want to know why Sussex in particular, we effectively invented the game as it started with the Southern counties; Sussex, Hampshire and Kent. Glamorgan only joined relatively recently compared to the rest. Presumably if some of the minor counties improved dramatically they may restructure Division 2 to include them.
 


Southern Scouse

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Jul 21, 2011
2,011
How come Northants has a CCC and Cambridgeshie doesn't?
Just not cricket old man!
 

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