Club History
Buckinghamshire joined the Minor Counties Championship in the competition's second season, 1896. Buckinghamshire later declined an invitation to join the first-class County Championship in 1921 because of the lack of first-class facilities in the county at the time. It has won the Championship nine times, and also once shared the title. It won outright in 1922, 1923, 1925, 1932, 1938, 1952, 1969, 1987 and 2009. It shared the accolade in 1899 with Northamptonshire. In 2006, it won the Eastern Division, but lost in the final to Devon. Buckinghamshire has won the MCCA Knockout Trophy once since its inception in 1983. It won in 1990, defeating Lincolnshire in the competitions final at Lord's The most successful period for the county came under the captaincy of Walter Franklin, who led them to five Championships in the twenties and thirties.
The county first played List A cricket in the 1965 Gillette Cup against Middlesex. The county appeared in 32 List A matches from 1965 to 2005, winning eight and losing 24, the majority of which against first-class opponents. The county claimed a first-class scalp once, defeating Somerset in the 1987 NatWest Trophy. Buckinghamshire lost the right to play List A cricket when the Minor counties were excluded from the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy from the 2006 season onward.
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