# Second XI Championship > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Second_XI_Championship > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Second_XI_Championship.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_XI_Championship > Source revision: 1336254897 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|English cricket competition}} {{for|the Australian competition|Second XI (Australian cricket competition)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} The '''Second XI Championship''' is a season-long [cricket](/source/cricket) competition in England that is competed for by the reserve teams of those county cricket clubs that have [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) status. The competition started in 1959 and has been contested annually ever since. All the then 17 first-class counties contested the first two competitions in 1959 and 1960; the next season when all 17 entered was 1977, though the number of teams in any one year was never lower than 14 (in 1971). [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire_County_Cricket_Club) and [Somerset](/source/Somerset_County_Cricket_Club) entered a combined team for two seasons, 1967 and 1968. Before 1959, many second XIs of the first-class counties contested the [Minor Counties Cricket Championship](/source/Minor_Counties_Cricket_Championship), winning the championship 23 times. A few continued to do so and the last to withdraw from the Minor Counties was Somerset 2nd XI after the 1987 season, though Somerset had participated in both competitions from 1959 to 1966 and since 1975. At present, all 18 current first-class counties take part in the Second XI Championship along with the [MCC Young Cricketers](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club) team. It was not possible for all teams to play each other and different numbers of matches were played by each team. As a result, the table had to be based on a percentage of points obtained to points possible. Therefore, for 2009 the competition was split into North and South divisions, with ten teams in each division and each team in a division playing all the others once. The team added to make the number up to twenty was Marylebone Cricket Club Universities.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/Second_Eleven_Championship_2009.html 2009 Championship tables] The two divisional winners play each other to determine the overall champion.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/210/210910.html 2009 Championship Final] In 2001, a '''Second XI Trophy''' was introduced. This is a limited overs competition with the teams forming zones in the initial stage. The zone winners progress to semi-finals and then to a final.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/210/210994.html 2009 Trophy Final] A '''Second XI T20''' championship was launched in 2011. ==List of Second XI Champions== {{div col|colwidth=18em}} * 1959 [Gloucestershire II](/source/Gloucestershire_CCC) * 1960 [Northamptonshire II](/source/Northamptonshire_CCC) * 1961 [Kent II](/source/Kent_CCC) * 1962 [Worcestershire II](/source/Worcestershire_CCC) * 1963 [Worcestershire II](/source/Worcestershire_CCC) * 1964 [Lancashire II](/source/Lancashire_CCC) * 1965 [Glamorgan II](/source/Glamorgan_CCC) * 1966 [Surrey II](/source/Surrey_CCC) * 1967 [Hampshire II](/source/Hampshire_CCC) * 1968 [Surrey II](/source/Surrey_CCC) * 1969 [Kent II](/source/Kent_CCC) * 1970 [Kent II](/source/Kent_CCC) * 1971 [Hampshire II](/source/Hampshire_CCC) * 1972 [Nottinghamshire II](/source/Nottinghamshire_CCC) * 1973 [Essex II](/source/Essex_County_Cricket_Club) * 1974 [Middlesex II](/source/Middlesex_CCC) * 1975 [Surrey II](/source/Surrey_CCC) * 1976 [Kent II](/source/Kent_CCC) * 1977 [Yorkshire II](/source/Yorkshire_CCC) * 1978 [Sussex II](/source/Sussex_County_Cricket_Club) * 1979 [Warwickshire II](/source/Warwickshire_CCC) * 1980 [Glamorgan II](/source/Glamorgan_CCC) * 1981 [Hampshire II](/source/Hampshire_CCC) * 1982 [Worcestershire II](/source/Worcestershire_CCC) * 1983 [Leicestershire II](/source/Leicestershire_CCC) * 1984 [Yorkshire II](/source/Yorkshire_CCC) * 1985 [Nottinghamshire II](/source/Nottinghamshire_CCC) * 1986 [Lancashire II](/source/Lancashire_CCC) * 1987 [Kent II](/source/Kent_CCC), [Yorkshire II](/source/Yorkshire_CCC) (''shared'') * 1988 [Surrey II](/source/Surrey_CCC) * 1989 [Middlesex II](/source/Middlesex_CCC) * 1990 [Sussex II](/source/Sussex_County_Cricket_Club) * 1991 [Yorkshire II](/source/Yorkshire_CCC) * 1992 [Surrey II](/source/Surrey_CCC) * 1993 [Middlesex II](/source/Middlesex_CCC) * 1994 [Somerset II](/source/Somerset_CCC) * 1995 [Hampshire II](/source/Hampshire_CCC) * 1996 [Warwickshire II](/source/Warwickshire_CCC) * 1997 [Lancashire II](/source/Lancashire_CCC) * 1998 [Northamptonshire II](/source/Northamptonshire_CCC) * 1999 [Middlesex II](/source/Middlesex_CCC) * 2000 [Middlesex II](/source/Middlesex_CCC) * 2001 [Hampshire II](/source/Hampshire_CCC) * 2002 [Kent II](/source/Kent_CCC) * 2003 [Yorkshire II](/source/Yorkshire_CCC) * 2004 [Somerset II](/source/Somerset_CCC) * 2005 [Kent II](/source/Kent_CCC) * 2006 [Kent II](/source/Kent_CCC) * 2007 [Sussex II](/source/Sussex_CCC) * 2008 [Durham II](/source/Durham_CCC) * 2009 [Surrey II](/source/Surrey_CCC) * 2010 [Surrey II](/source/Surrey_CCC) * 2011 [Warwickshire II](/source/Warwickshire_CCC) * 2012 [Kent II](/source/Kent_CCC) * 2013 [Lancashire II](/source/Lancashire_CCC), [Middlesex II](/source/Middlesex_CCC) (''shared'') * 2014 [Leicestershire II](/source/Leicestershire_CCC) * 2015 [Nottinghamshire II](/source/Nottinghamshire_CCC) * 2016 [Durham II](/source/Durham_County_Cricket_Club) * 2017 [Lancashire II](/source/Lancashire_CCC) * 2018 [Durham II](/source/Durham_County_Cricket_Club) * 2019 [Hampshire II](/source/Hampshire_CCC) * 2020 Not held due to [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic) * 2021 [Hampshire II](/source/Hampshire_CCC) * 2022 [Yorkshire II](/source/Yorkshire_CCC) * 2023 [Leicestershire II](/source/Leicestershire_CCC) * 2024 [Nottinghamshire II](/source/Nottinghamshire_CCC) * 2025 [Surrey II](/source/Surrey_CCC) {{div col end}} ==List of Second XI Trophy Winners== {{div col|colwidth=18em}} * 2001 [Surrey II](/source/Surrey_CCC) * 2002 [Kent II](/source/Kent_CCC) * 2003 [Hampshire II](/source/Hampshire_CCC) * 2004 [Worcestershire II](/source/Worcestershire_CCC) * 2005 [Sussex II](/source/Sussex_CCC) * 2006 [Warwickshire II](/source/Warwickshire_CCC) * 2007 [Middlesex II](/source/Middlesex_CCC) * 2008 [Hampshire II](/source/Hampshire_CCC) * 2009 [Yorkshire II](/source/Yorkshire_CCC) * 2010 [Essex II](/source/Essex_CCC) * 2011 [Nottinghamshire II](/source/Nottinghamshire_CCC) * 2012 [Lancashire II](/source/Lancashire_CCC){{cite web|url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/domestic/second-xi/roll-of-honour|title=Second XI - Roll of Honour|publisher=[England and Wales Cricket Board](/source/England_and_Wales_Cricket_Board) (ECB)|access-date=25 April 2014}} * 2013 [Lancashire II](/source/Lancashire_CCC) * 2014 [Leicestershire II](/source/Leicestershire_CCC) * 2015 [Derbyshire II](/source/Derbyshire_CCC) * 2016 [Lancashire II](/source/Lancashire_CCC) * 2017 [Yorkshire II](/source/Yorkshire_CCC) * 2018 [Middlesex II](/source/Middlesex_CCC) * 2019 [Kent II](/source/Kent_CCC) {{div col end}} ==List of Second XI T20 Winners== *2011 [Sussex II](/source/Sussex_CCC) *2012 [England U19](/source/England_Under-19_cricket_team) *2013 [Surrey II](/source/Surrey_CCC) *2014 [Leicestershire II](/source/Leicestershire_CCC) *2015 [Middlesex II](/source/Middlesex_CCC) *2016 [Middlesex II](/source/Middlesex_CCC) *2017 [Sussex II](/source/Sussex_CCC) *2018 [Lancashire II](/source/Lancashire_CCC) *2019 [Glamorgan II](/source/Glamorgan_CCC) *2021 [Warwickshire II](/source/Warwickshire_CCC) *2022 [Glamorgan II](/source/Glamorgan_CCC) *2023 [Derbyshire II](/source/Derbyshire_CCC) *2024 [Somerset II](/source/Somerset_CCC) *2025 [Warwickshire II](/source/Warwickshire_CCC) ==External sources== {{reflist}} ==General sources== * Playfair Cricket Annual 2007 * Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2007 {{Cricket in England}} Category:English domestic cricket competitions --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Second XI Championship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_XI_Championship) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_XI_Championship?action=history)). 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