Examples of 'minor counties' in a sentence

Meaning of "minor counties"

Minor counties refer to lower-level administrative divisions in England, Wales, and Ireland. They are often smaller in size and have less administrative power compared to major counties

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His son also played at minor counties level for Berkshire.
There are nineteen teams representing historic English counties along with a Welsh minor counties team.
At present twenty Minor Counties participate in two competitions.
The club often provides players for the Lincolnshire Minor Counties team.
I believe he played Minor Counties cricket for Hertfordshire.
Minor Counties cricket.
Burlton also played at Minor Counties level for Devon.
He was also a cricketer who played for Hertfordshire County Cricket Club at minor counties level.
The club has won the Minor Counties Championship twice.
During this period, he also played for a number of combined Minor Counties teams.
Oxfordshire has won the Minor Counties Championship four times.
The minor counties are the cricketing counties of England that are not afforded first-class status.
He has also played for Berkshire in the Minor Counties Championship on numerous occasions.
In the Minor Counties second-innings scored 8 runs before being dismissed by off spinner Norman Crookes.
He also played first-class and minor counties cricket.

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He played a further Minor Counties Championship match for the county against Norfolk in 2005.
In the following season, he appeared in three further Minor Counties Championship matches.
He later played a single Minor Counties Championship match for Cambridgeshire against Norfolk at Fenner 's in 1914.
He started his playing career at Dorset, playing for them in the Minor Counties Championship.
For details, see Minor counties of English cricket.
He also played 2 games for the Surrey Cricket board in the Minor Counties Trophy.
He appeared in 52 Minor Counties matches for Glamorgan.
This format was discontinued after 2002 and the competition is again a purely Minor counties affair.
He continued to play in the Minor Counties Championship until 1995.
Riley also played cricket as a right-handed batsman for Lincolnshire in the 1949 Minor Counties Championship.
In his 20s, he played Minor Counties cricket for Hertfordshire.
To date the ground has hosted 45 Minor Counties matches.
He also played Minor Counties cricket for Wiltshire in the 1960s.
In 1902, the proposed new law was tried in the Minor Counties Championship, but deemed a failure.
The following year the Minor Counties played Somerset in the 1985 competition.
The county first competed in the Minor Counties Championship in 1895.

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