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2017-8 Season
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Last updated 26 March 2018
Lincolnshire retain Midlands County Team Championship
25 Mar. Worc beat Notts in their postponed match.
24 Mar. Lincs beat Warks to clinch the Midlands team championship.
2 Mar. The matches postponed because of snow on 3 March have been rescheduled: Lincs-Warks is on Saturday 24 March and Worcs-Notts is on Sunday 25 March.
20 Jan. Two tight finishes. Worcs get first match points with home win over Leics and Lincs extend their lead with an away win over Notts.
16 Dec. Leics beat Notts and on Sunday 17 Dec Warks beat Worcs.
28 Oct. Lincs beat Leics.
4 Sep. Five teams compete: Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, the same as last season. Three teams will be invited to accept nominated from this tournament to compete in the national stages and will be offered MCCU places in the Open or Minor Counties competitions.
| Midlnds Minor Counties Championship 2017-8 | ||||||
| Position | Teams | Pl | W | D | L | Match Points |
| MCCU 1 | Lincolnshire | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| MCCU 2 | Warwickshire | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| MCCU 3 | Worcestershire | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Nottinghamshire | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Leicestershire | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Date | Match | Result |
| 21 Oct | Nottinghamshire - Warwickshire | 10 - 6 |
| 28 Oct | Leicestershire - Lincolnshire | 6½ - 9½ |
| 18 Nov | Lincolnshire - Worcestershire | 11½ - 4½ |
| 18 Nov | Warwickshire - Leicestershire | 9 - 7 |
| 16 Dec | Leicestershire - Nottinghamshire | 9½ - 6½ |
| Sun 17 Dec | Warwickshire - Worcestershire | 10 - 6 |
| 20 Jan | Nottinghamshire - Lincolnshire | 7½ - 8½ |
| 20 Jan | Worcestershire - Leicestershire | 8½ - 7½ |
| 24 Mar | Lincolnshire - Warwickshire | 10 - 6 |
| 24 Mar | Worcestershire - Nottinghamshire | 10 - 6 |