Minor Counties Championship 1895

70 CHESHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1895 Cheshire did not enter the competition but played six games that counted as Championship matches for their opponents Championship matches: Played 6; won 1, lost 2, drawn 3 Won: v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent Lost: v Durham at Birkenhead, and v Worcestershire at Worcester Drawn: v Staffordshire at Stockport, v Durham at Darlington and v Worcestershire at Oxton Captain: J Ravenscroft – H R Bromley-Davenport captain for match in which J Ravenscroft did not play Wicket-keeper: J J Disney (6 matches) Secretary: J Horner Umpire: A Smith Professionals: 11 (J R Bates, S Brown, G Davenport, J J Disney, A Hollowood, T Pointon, G Radcliffe, A Smith, E Smith, E Town, J Wright) Home grounds 3: Birkenhead Park, Park Drive, Birkenhead (1 match); Townsville Road, Oxton (1 match), and Cale Green, Stockport (1 match) Notes: The Cheshire Club was wound up at the end of 1895. A new Club was formed in 1908 and entered the Championship in 1909. Only one of the players who appeared in 1895 - Rev F C L Hamilton - played in Championship matches in 1909 or later. A Hollowood subsequently played for Staffordshire. + Indicates that 1895 was the only season these 21 players appeared for Cheshire in Championship matches Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Bates, J R + 3 4 0 24 48 12.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J Bretherton + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - 48 15 122 3 40.66 2-51 - - H R Bromley-Davenport + 4 6 2 22* 52 13.00 - - 1 3 - 82 20 188 7 26.85 2-32 - - Brown, S + 6 9 0 70 189 21.00 - 1 - 2 - 268.4 90 522 34 15.35 5-13 - 1 J Cookson + 2 3 0 11 28 9.33 - - - - - 4 0 16 0 - - - - M Court + 1 1 1 24* 24 - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Davenport, G + 6 11 2 60* 233 25.88 - 2 - 5 - - - - - - - - - Disney, J J + 6 9 3 14* 35 5.83 - - 3 6 2 - - - - - - - - H J Fish + 2 3 0 4 5 1.66 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - Rev F C L Hamilton 1 1 0 8 8 8.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - W Hartley + 2 2 0 5 6 3.00 - - - - - 5 1 22 1 22.00 1-22 - - C Holden + 2 3 0 28 41 13.66 - - - 1 - 18 2 60 2 30.00 1-12 - - Hollowood, A + 3 5 0 35 88 17.60 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - R F Ould + 2 4 0 17 19 4.75 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - Pointon, T + 6 11 3 110 382 47.75 1 2 - 7 - 1 0 9 0 - - - - Radcliffe, G + 2 4 0 25 38 9.50 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - J Ravenscroft + 5 9 0 37 100 11.11 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - E C Ryland + 2 4 1 4 5 1.66 - - 2 - - 39.3 7 82 9 9.11 6-19 - 1 Smith, A + 2 4 1 1* 2 0.66 - - 2 - - 65 13 125 12 10.41 7-46 - 1 Smith, E + 6 9 0 74 108 12.00 - 1 3 5 - 167 60 359 17 21.11 5-70 - 1 Town, E + 1 1 0 6 6 6.00 - - - - - 21 3 89 4 22.25 3-87 - - Wright, J + 1 2 0 9 14 7.00 - - - - - 3 2 3 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 79 - - - - 1 - - - 78 7 - - - - Total 66 106 13 110 1510 16.23 1 6 16 42 2 722.2 213 1675 96 17.44 7-46 0 4 (22 players) (5 ball overs)