It is now a three-day competition split into two divisions, each with 10 sides. Originally each team played all the others once a season; now six matches are played by each side. Divisional winners play off to decide Champions. NCCA Knockout Trophy – limited overs competition. Straight knockout with final at Lord's. Present members Western Division Berkshire County Cricket Club Cheshire County Cricket Club Cornwall County Cricket Club Devon County Cricket Club Dorset County Cricket Club Herefordshire County Cricket Club Oxfordshire County Cricket Club Shropshire County Cricket Club Wales National County Cricket Club Wiltshire County Cricket Club Eastern Division Bedfordshire County Cricket Club Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club Cumbria County Cricket Club Hertfordshire County Cricket Club Lincolnshire County Cricket Club Norfolk County Cricket Club Northumberland County Cricket Club Staffordshire County Cricket Club Suffolk County Cricket Club Former members True Minor Counties Aside from the Minor Counties elevated to first-class status, the following sides have appeared in Minor Counties cricket, but no longer do so: Carmarthenshire County Cricket Club, played 1908–11 Denbighshire County Cricket Club, played 1930–31 and 1933–35 Monmouthshire County Cricket Club, played 1901–14 and 1921–34 These three counties are now represented in National Counties cricket as part of Wales National County Cricket Club. Minor counties elevated to first-class status The four Minor Counties later elevated to first-class status are, in order of departure: Worcestershire County Cricket Club, played 1895–98, first-class from 1899 Northamptonshire County Cricket Club, played 1896–1904, first-class from 1905 Glamorgan County Cricket Club, played 1897–1920, first-class from 1921 Durham County Cricket Club, played 1895, 1897, 1899–1991, first-class from 1992 First-class county second elevens The following first-class county second elevens played in the Minor Counties competition: Derbyshire County Cricket Club, second XI, played 1948–51, 1955–58 Essex County Cricket Club, second XI, played 1914–20, 1948–59 Glamorgan County Cricket Club, second XI, played 1935–37, 1948–50 Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, second XI, played 1938–39, 1947–50, 1957–59 Hampshire County Cricket Club, second XI, played 1949–52 Kent County Cricket Club, second XI, played 1911–39, 1947–58 Lancashire County Cricket Club, second XI, played 1906–08, 1921–82 Leicestershire County Cricket Club, second XI, played 1924–29, 1931–32, 1955–59 Middlesex County Cricket Club, second XI, played 1935–38, 1949–58 Northamptonshire County Cricket Club, second XI, played 1950–59 Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, second XI, played 1909–10, 1924–31, 1947–60 Somerset County Cricket Club, second XI, played 1955–67, 1969–87 Surrey County Cricket Club, second XI, played 1899–1939, 1947–58 Sussex