Minor Counties Championship 1895

55 MOST RUNS IN THE SEASON – 300 AND OVER (3) 382 @ 47.75 in 6 matches Pointon, T Cheshire 364 @ 40.44 in 6 matches Welford, J W Durham 305 @ 25.41 in 8 matches Brown, W Staffordshire 3 PARTNERSHIPS (Complete falls of wicket details are only known for 14 of the 40 matches. Although in a further 9 matches there no more than 5 falls of wicket details missing, nevertheless some qualifying partnerships are likely to be missing from this list. The criteria adopted has been to list the two highest known partnerships for each wicket, together with all century partnerships and partnerships of fifty and more for the seventh to tenth wicket) PARTNERSHIP INNINGS BATSMEN FOR VERSUS VENUE MATCH FIRST WICKET 165 1 ST R H Mallett and Welford, J W Durham Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent 11 142 2 ND A B Crosby and J Young Durham Cheshire Darlington 4 SECOND WICKET 126* 2 ND Pointon, T and Davenport, G Cheshire Worcestershire Oxton 14 87 1 ST Welford, J W and J Young Durham Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent 11 THIRD WICKET 134* 2 ND King, J and Brown, W Staffordshire Durham Stoke-on-Trent 11 107 1 ST Pointon, T and Davenport, G Cheshire Durham Darlington 4 FOURTH WICKET 117 1 ST P A Fryer and A R Buxton Norfolk Oxfordshire Norwich 36 70 2 ND J F Skrimshire and unknown Norfolk Lincolnshire Spalding 7 FIFTH WICKET 123 1 ST C G Pope and R Ryder Bedfordshire Wiltshire Trowbridge 8 115 1 ST J F Whitwell and W H Wilson Durham Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent 11 SIXTH WICKET 81 1 ST P A Fryer and Morley, T Norfolk Oxfordshire Norwich 36 78 1 ST Arnold, F and W Smith Oxfordshire Worcestershire Oxford 5 SEVENTH WICKET 109 1 ST A C M Croome and F W Finch Berkshire Hertfordshire Reading 34 88 1 ST G E Bromley-Martin and F W Romney Worcestershire Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent 10 77 1 ST E G Bromley-Martin and E P Jobson Worcestershire Staffordshire Stourbridge 21 Over 50 2 ND Hoy, F V and C L Beasley Bedfordshire Oxfordshire Banbury 19 EIGHTH WICKET 82 1 ST G R Wood and Rogers, P Oxfordshire Bedfordshire Banbury 19 67 1 ST Dr A V Macgregor and Gregory, J Durham Lincolnshire Grantham 24 62 1 ST Hollowood, A and M Court Cheshire Worcestershire Oxton 14 54 2 ND Welford, J W and W F Whitwell Durham Cheshire Darlington 4 54 2 ND Rev J P Cheales and Broadbent, WW Lincolnshire Durham Grantham 24 53 1 ST W F Whitwell and Lambert, T Durham Staffordshire Sunderland 6 52 1 ST H J Hill and C Pigg Hertfordshire Bedfordshire St Albans 29 0ver 50 1 ST Cowles, S R B and G F Blake Norfolk Oxfordshire Oxford 38 NINTH WICKET 61 1 ST A C M Croome and F E Chapman Berkshire Hertfordshire Reading 34 59 1 ST A D Piper and J Healing Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire Leighton Buzzard 35 TENTH WICKET 36 1 ST White, H E and H W Pank Hertfordshire Worcestershire Malvern 26 33 2 ND Smith, E and E C Ryland Cheshire Durham Birkenhead 9