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Published 8 July 2012
Minor Counties Team Championship final: Hertfordshire - Leicestershire
Played 7 July 2012 at Moat Community College, Leicester. Hertfordshire players on odd-numbered boards had white. Result reported by ECF website.
| Board | ECF Code | Grade | Hertfordshire | Score | Score | Leicestershire | ECF Code | Grade |
| 1 | 218 | Simon Knott | ½ | ½ | Ilyian Mladenov | 207 | ||
| 2 | 216 | Venkat Tiruchirpalli | 1 | 0 | Alan Byron | 200 | ||
| 3 | 191 | Paul Byway | ½ | ½ | Martin Burrows | 200 | ||
| 4 | 190 | Jeremy Fraser-Mitchell | ½ | ½ | Graham Sharpe | 181 | ||
| 5 | 181 | Steve Law | 1 | 0 | Phil Horspool | 179 | ||
| 6 | 180 | Matthew Fletcher | 0 | 1 | Andy Morley | 179 | ||
| 7 | 177 | Tarisai Savanhu | 1 | 0 | Ray Burgess | 182 | ||
| 8 | 173 | Barry Morris | 0 | 1 | John Denton | 174 | ||
| 9 | 169 | Peter Rice | 0 | 1 | Brian Galligan | 176 | ||
| 10 | 169 | Tony Ball | ½ | ½ | John Mitchell | 173 | ||
| 11 | 168 | Andrew Gilgillan | ½ | ½ | John Robinson | 169 | ||
| 12 | 165 | Steve Tovey | ½ | ½ | Sean Sheahan | 170 | ||
| 13 | 165 | Gwyn Havard | 0 | 1 | Rajan Ganger | 173 | ||
| 14 | 164 | David Bower | 1 | 0 | Chino Nwachukwu | 170 | ||
| 15 | 162 | Chris Majer | 1 | 0 | Paul Colburn | 155 | ||
| 16 | 157 | James Aldred | 0 | 1 | Michael Salisbury | 167 | ||
| Result | 8 | 8 |
After three hour's play both teams had score 2½ each, but by 6pm Hertfordshire were in the lead by one point: 4-5. Leicester caught up to square the score at 7-7 and there was just 10 minutes to go. In the end the scores were level, but Herts won the tie-break on board count.