Minor Counties Championship 1895

77 STAFFORDSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1895 Championship matches: Played 8, won nil, lost 4, drawn 4; position last - seventh out of seven Lost: v Northamptonshire at Stoke-on-Trent, v Worcestershire at Stoke-on-Trent, v Cheshire at Stoke-on-Trent, and v Worcestershire at Stourbridge Drawn: v Cheshire at Stockport, v Durham at Sunderland, v Durham at Stoke-on-Trent, and v Northamptonshire at Northampton Captain: A H Heath who resigned after 1 match, Rev P E Mainwaring (1 match), and C C Mott (6 matches) Wicket-keepers: C E Booth (2 matches), W Burrows (2 matches), G McHarg (3 matches) and J Poole (1 match) Hon Secretary: Rev P E Mainwaring Umpire: - Booth Professionals 10 (H Briscoe, J Brown, W Brown, W Burrows, J F Darlow, J King, G Mayer, H Spencer, F J Stanley, W H Turner) Home ground 1: County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent (4 matches) Notes: Staffordshire were to withdraw from the Championship in 1896, but played home and away matches v Northumberland which counted as Championship matches for their opponents + Indicates that 1895 was the only season these 12 players appeared for Staffordshire 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 E Booth + 2 3 1 5* 9 4.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - O Briggs 1 2 0 9 9 4.50 - - 1 1 - 10 4 29 2 14.50 2-29 - - P Briggs 2 3 0 20 43 14.33 - - - - - 13.2 5 35 1 35.00 1-7 - - Briscoe, H 3 3 0 6 15 5.00 - - - 1 - 54 17 125 3 41.66 2-25 - - Brown, J 7 10 0 48 133 13.30 - - 1 2 - 131.3 43 270 10 27.00 3-23 - - Brown, W 8 16 4 90* 305 25.41 - 1 3 4 - 29 6 89 4 22.25 1-14 - - H R Brunt 1 1 0 31 31 31.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Burrows, W 2 2 1 4* 8 8.00 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - W H Calkin 1 2 0 3 5 2.50 - - - - - 7 3 6 1 6.00 1-6 - - J H Copestake + 3 5 0 18 24 4.80 - - 2 2 - - - - - - - - - Darlow, J F 8 12 4 5* 14 1.75 - - 6 5 - 213.2 51 564 31 18.19 5-81 - 2 T S Fishwick + 2 4 1 15 31 10.33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - C A W Gilbert 4 7 0 36 101 14.42 - - - 1 - 36 4 149 4 37.25 2-33 - - W E Harrison 4 6 1 73 104 20.80 - 1 2 1 - 7 1 27 2 13.50 2-27 - - A H Heath 1 2 0 22 26 13.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - King, J 7 14 3 62* 251 22.81 - 1 2 1 - 40.2 8 132 5 26.40 4-48 - - J Lightfoot + 1 2 0 10 10 5.00 - - 1 - - 18 9 27 2 13.50 2-17 - - G McHarg 3 5 0 6 12 2.40 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - Rev P E Mainwaring 3 4 0 35 36 9.00 - - 2 - - 7 0 28 0 - - - - Mayer, G + 1 1 0 8 8 8.00 - - - - - 21 8 54 0 - - - - A J Mott + 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - C C Mott 8 16 2 38 166 11.85 - - 2 3 - 4 1 15 0 - - - - J Poole 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - F S Sheldon + 1 1 0 18 18 18.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - G E Simmonds + 2 4 0 12 26 6.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spencer, H + 1 2 0 15 20 10.00 - - - - - 11.4 7 31 1 31.00 1-27 - - Stanley, F J + 1 1 0 26 26 26.00 - - - 1 - 5 1 18 0 - - - - A Sulley + 1 1 0 9 9 9.00 - - - 2 - 2 0 24 0 - - - - S E Thomas 1 2 0 33 37 18.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Turner, W H 5 8 3 24 71 14.20 - - 1 2 - 177.3 64 336 26 12.92 7-50 1 3 F R Twemlow + 1 2 0 15 27 13.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - W E Walker 1 2 0 22 26 13.00 - - - - - 5 0 15 1 15.00 1-15 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 108 - - - - - - - - 137 6 - - - - Total 88 147 20 90*1711 13.47 0 3 27 27 2 793.1 232 [2111]* 99 21.32 7-50 1 5 2112 21.33 (32 players) (5 ball overs) * Runs conceded bowling one short in second innings v Northamptonshire at Northampton