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Last updated 15 March 2020

Leicestershire are Midlands u120 champions

15 Mar. Staffs were unable to field a team against Notts and defaulted their match and Notts end up with the same total as Shrops.
7 Mar. Shropshire beat Staffs, but cannot equal Leicestershire’s score. Worcestershire were surprise winners in the match against Leicestershire.
22 Feb. Worcestershire beat Derbyshire.
15 Feb. Leicestershire narrowly beat Shropshire to go further into the lead and maintain their 100% record.
8 Feb. Notts beat Derbyshire.
18 Jan. Three encounters this weekend. Leicestershire beat Staffordshire to take sole lead. Meanwhile, Nottinghamshire nearly annhilated Worcestershire and Shropshire leap up the table to second place with a narrow win against Derbyshire
15 Dec. Shrops beat Worcs
16 Nov. Staffs beat Derbys and Leics beat Notts. Staffs and Leics now lead the table.
11 Nov. Notts and Shrops cannot find a date for their fixture and after consultation with the controller it has been agreed to call the match a draw.
4 Nov. The National stage rules have been published and they show a deadline of 22 March for union nominations, calling into doubt the re-arranged Shrops-Notts fixture on the 29 March. The Controller has suggested the match be declared a draw without playing if no new date can be arranged before 22 March.
26 Oct. In the opening matches, Leics beat Derbys in a close fought match and Staffs beat Worcs.
3 Sep. Shropshire and Worcestershire bring new teams to this competition.

 

Under-120 Midlands Championship 2019-20
Position
Teams
Pl
W
D
L
Match Points
  Leicestershire 5 4 0 1 8
  Shropshire 5 3 1 1 7
  Nottinghamshire 5 3‡ 1 1 7
  Staffordshire 5 2 0 3‡ 4
  Worcestershire 5 2 0 3 4
  Derbyshire 5 0 0 5 0

 

Date Match Result
26 October Leicestershire - Derbyshire 6½ - 5½
26 October Staffordshire - Worcestershire 7½ - 4½
16 November Derbyshire - Staffordshire 5½ - 6½
16 November Leicestershire - Nottinghamshire 8 - 4
14 December Shropshire - Worcestershire 7 - 5
18 January Derbyshire - Shropshire 5½ - 6½
18 January Staffordshire - Leicestershire 4½ - 7½
18 January Worcestershire - Nottinghamshire 1½ - 10½
8 February Nottinghamshire - Derbyshire 8 - 4
15 February Leicestershire - Shropshire 6½ - 5½
22 February Derbyshire - Worcestershire 5½ - 6½
7 March Shropshire - Staffordshire 7 - 5
7 March Worcestershire - Leicestershire 7½ - 4½
Not played Nottinghamshire - Staffordshire 12 - 0 def
Not played Shropshire - Nottinghamshire Draw agreed