Minor Counties Championship 1895

71 DURHAM MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1895 Championship matches: Played 8, won 4, lost 1, drawn 3: position first equal with Norfolk and Worcestershire Won: v Lincolnshire at Philadelphia, v Cheshire at Birkenhead, v Worcestershire at Norton, and v Lincolnshire at Grantham Lost: v Worcestershire at Kidderminster Drawn: v Cheshire at Darlington, v Staffordshire at Sunderland, and v Staffordshire at Stoke-on- Trent Captain: W F Whitwell – R H Mallett and J F Whitwell were captain for the two matches in which W F Whitwell did not play Wicket-keepers: T Lambert (7 matches), S Robertshaw (1 match) Hon Secretary: J Adamson Secretary: W R Wilson Umpires: M Heavisides, T Hutton Professionals: 7 players (W Anderson, R Clarke, J Gregory, T Lambert, J Martin, D Nichol, J WWelford) Home grounds 4: Feethams, Darlington (1 match), Station Road, Norton (1 match); Bunker Hill, Philadelphia (1 match), and Ashbrooke, Sunderland (1 match) Notes: Durham were to withdraw from the Championship in 1896, but played four matches home and away with Northamptonshire and Northumberland that counted as Championship matches for their opponents. + Indicates that 1895 was the only season these 5 players appeared for Durham in the Championship Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I C Y Adamson 8 13 1 40 242 20.16 - - - 9 - 5 1 20 0 - - - - Anderson, W 1 2 1 0* 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - 48 14 98 9 10.88 7-58 - 1 A Burn 1 1 0 36 36 36.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Clarke, R 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - 2 - 23 11 42 1 42.00 1-31 - - A B Crosby 1 2 0 103 118 59.00 1 - - 1 - 2 0 4 0 - - - - J Dowson 2 3 0 25 49 16.33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rev G W A Firth 1 2 0 18 34 17.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gregory, J 7 8 1 34 127 18.14 - - - 2 - 297.3 109 522 38 13.73 9-41 2 4 T Hutton 1 2 1 21* 21 21.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Lambert, T 7 9 3 23* 79 13.16 - - - 6 6 - - - - - - - - Dr A V Macgregor 2 3 1 65* 70 35.00 - 1 1 - - 2 1 8 2 4.00 2-8 - - R H Mallett 3 3 0 70 99 33.00 - 1 - 1 - 14 6 32 1 32.00 1-21 - - Martin, J + 2 3 0 11 11 3.66 - - 2 1 - 10 3 11 0 - - - - Nichol, D 8 9 3 11 23 3.83 - - 2 5 - 248.4 92 476 38 12.52 6-56 - 4 S Robertshaw + 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 - - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - F Simpson 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - 2 - 9 3 23 2 11.50 2-23 - - J Thompson + 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - C R Toomer 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - A WWelch 5 7 1 19 57 9.50 - - 1 2 - 62 15 175 6 29.16 3-43 - - Welford, J W + 6 9 0 153 364 40.44 1 1 1 3 - 6 2 22 0 - - - - J F Whitwell 6 10 1 61* 243 27.00 - 1 1 1 - 8 1 29 0 - - - - W F Whitwell 6 9 2 69 189 27.00 - 1 1 1 - 213 77 474 33 14.36 8-18 2 3 W H Wilson + 8 12 0 69 194 16.16 - 1 1 5 - 15 6 36 0 - - - - J Young 8 13 1 67 286 23.83 - 1 1 3 - 6 1 17 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 134 - - - - - - - - 116 5 - - - - Total 88 125 16 153 2385 21.88 2 7 13 46 9 969.2 342 2105 135 15.59 9-41 4 12 (24 players) (5 ball overs)