Minor Counties Championship 1895

72 HERTFORDSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1895 Championship matches: Played 8, won 2, lost 4, drawn 2; position sixth out of seven Won: v Norfolk at Bishop’s Stortford, and v Worcestershire at Malvern Lost: v Worcestershire at Watford, v Bedfordshire at St Albans, v Norfolk at Norwich, and v Berkshire at Reading Drawn: v Berkshire at Watford, and v Bedfordshire at Bedford Captain: C Pigg – H Pigg captain for match in which C Pigg did not play Wicket-keepers: C H Little (1 match), Rev F W Poland (1 match), G E B Pritchett (5 matches) – not known for match v Berkshire at Watford Hon Secretary: C Pigg Umpire: W T Westell Professionals: 4 (F Field, W Hearn, V A Titchmarsh, H E White) Home grounds 3: Cricket Field Lane, Bishop’s Stortford (1 match); Clarence Park, St Albans (1 match); and Cassio Road, Watford (2 matches) Notes: Rev E D Shaw subsequently played in the Championship for Buckinghamshire + Indicates that 1895 was the only season these 6 players appeared for Hertfordshire in the Championship Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I A M Bury 1 2 0 2 3 1.50 - - - - - 16 3 52 4 13.00 4-52 - - A Butcher 7 12 2 22 124 12.40 - - 1 4 - - - - - - - - - S D Crawford + 2 2 0 2 3 1.50 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - A S Crawley 2 4 0 16 26 6.50 - - 1 - - 7 1 42 2 21.00 1-9 - - Field, F 6 11 0 67 155 14.09 - 1 2 4 - 5 0 19 1 19.00 1-19 - - Rev W H Heale + 3 6 1 22* 36 7.20 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - Hearn, W + 6 9 2 36 111 15.85 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - E R Hill + 2 4 1 3 8 2.66 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - H J Hill 8 14 1 43* 212 16.30 - - - 7 - 13 2 50 1 50.00 1-13 - - C R Humbert + 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - C H Little 1 2 1 7 9 9.00 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - W H Nicholls 4 8 1 15 32 4.57 - - 3 2 - 48 12 128 7 18.28 4-45 - - H W Pank 5 7 0 16 49 7.00 - - 3 1 - 66.3 21 164 19 8.63 8-9 1 1 C Pigg 7 11 0 25 92 8.36 - - 2 8 - 38 9 100 2 50.00 2-30 - - H Pigg 7 11 1 38 141 14.10 - - 2 1 - 68.2 13 167 12 13.91 5-41 - 1 Rev F W Poland 4 6 2 53* 130 32.50 - 1 2 - 1 - - - - - - - - G E B Pritchett 5 8 0 23 62 7.75 - - 2 5 2 5 0 15 0 - - - - Rev E D Shaw + 1 2 0 8 11 5.50 - - - 2 - 25 5 79 2 39.50 2-79 - - Titchmarsh, V A 8 14 1 27 160 12.30 - - 1 4 - 260.3 106 462 28 16.50 5-54 - 1 White, H E 7 11 2 64* 119 13.22 - 1 4 11 - 226.1 82 458 31 14.77 7-27 1 4 J Woods 1 2 0 12 12 6.00 - - 1 1 - 4 1 11 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 112 - - - - 1 - - - 106 5 - - - - Total 88 147 15 67 1612 12.21 0 3 27 61 3 782.4 255 1853 114 16.25 8-9 2 7 (21 players) (5 ball overs)