The MInor Counties Championship 1900

108 BEDFORDSHIRE 1900 Championship matches: Played 8, won 3, lost 4, drawn 1. Position: Eighth out of fourteen Won: v Staffordshire at Bedford County School, v Hertfordshire at Dunstable, and v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent Lost: v Surrey 2 nd XI at Bedford Grammar School, v Oxfordshire at Oxford, v Oxfordshire at Luton, and v Surrey 2 nd XI at The Oval Drawn: v Hertfordshire at St Albans. Captain: H R Orr (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: E E Apthorp (1 match), Rev L G Brown (5 matches), and W R Jeakings (2 matches) Debutants: 17 (E E Apthorp, F W Barnwell, F G Brooks, H Coulson, T H Haycraft; R G L Horton, W R Jeakings, H Kitchener, B Maclear, J F Morris, H W Oclee, J J H Orman, H R Orr, B L Peel, G Pollitt, F Taylor and S G Wilkinson.) Final season for team: 5 (H Coulson, T H Haycraft, F V Hoy, H Kitchener and J J H Orman) Hon Secretary: R W Allen Umpires: F Cherry, E Goodyear and G E Wharmby Professionals: 5 (T A Brown, H Coulson, F V Hoy, H Kitchener and G Pollitt) Home grounds 4: Bedford County School Ground, Elstow, Bedford ñ new ground (1 match); Bedford Grammar School Ground, Burnaby Road, Bedford (1 match); Dunstable Grammar School Ground, West Parade, Dunstable (1 match); and Cricket Ground, Luton Hoo Park, Luton ñ new ground (1 match). Notes: A revived Bedfordshire Club rejoined the Championship. The previous club had only played in the Championship inaugural season of 1895. The four teams met during the season were Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire, who had been met in 1895, and Staffordshire and Surrey 2 nd XI. Of the 23 players who appeared during the season 6 had played in 1895 - Rev L G Brown, T A Brown, W F Brown, F V Hoy, C G Pope and L C R Thring. T A Brown had played for Northamptonshire between 1897 and 1899. Rev L G Brown was to play for Berkshire in 1901 before returning to play for Bedfordshire in 1902. Including the matches he played for Northamptonshire, T A Brown passed the career milestones of both one thousand runs and one hundred wickets. BEDFORDSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1900 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 17 players who made their debut in a championship match for Bedfordshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1900 was the last or only season that these 5 players appeared for bedfordshire in a championship match. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I E E Apthorp + 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 - - - 3 1 - - - - - - - - F W Barnwell + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 19 5 55 0 - - - - F G Brooks + 6 12 0 43 118 9.83 - - 4 6 - - - - - - - - - Rev L G Brown 5 10 2 18 56 7.00 - - 3 7 3 - - - - - - - - Brown, T A 8 15 0 97 266 17.73 - 1 - 7 - 306.1 91 795 36 22.08 6-91 - 2 W F Brown 8 13 6 19* 64 9.14 - - 2 2 - 284.1 78 623 32 19.46 6-136 - 2 Coulson, H + 2 4 0 7 13 3.25 - - 1 1 - 29 3 110 1 110.00 1-59 - - T H Haycraft + 4 8 2 8* 13 2.16 - - 5 3 - 82.2 21 169 14 12.07 6-38 - 1 R G L Horton + 1 2 0 7 7 3.50 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Hoy, F V 1 2 1 25* 26 26.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - W R Jeakings + 2 4 0 22 32 8.00 - - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - Kitchener, H + 1 2 0 11 15 7.50 - - - - - 26 6 71 3 23.66 3-71 - - B Maclear + 3 6 0 39 72 12.00 - - 1 2 - 21 1 104 1 104.00 1-67 - - J F Morris + 4 8 1 21 84 12.00 - - 1 2 - 3 1 18 0 - - - - H W Oclee + 1 2 1 4* 5 5.00 - - - - - 3 0 14 0 - - - - J J H Orman + 4 7 1 34* 45 7.50 - - 2 3 - - - - - - - - - H R Orr + 8 15 0 46 247 16.46 - - 1 2 - 25 4 104 4 26.00 3-26 - - B L Peel + 3 6 0 16 52 8.66 - - - 1 - 2 0 12 0 - - - - Pollitt, G + 8 15 0 77 388 25.86 - 1 1 2 - 4.5 0 27 2 13.50 1-7 - - C G Pope 1 2 0 11 18 9.00 - - - - - 4 2 12 0 - - - - F Taylor + 7 14 2 89 342 28.50 - 2 - 5 - - - - - - - - - L C R Thring 7 13 0 65 304 23.38 - 2 3 6 - 85.2 19 211 12 17.58 3-11 - - S G Wilkinson + 2 4 2 20 44 22.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 120 - - - - - - - - 114 8 - - - - Total 88 166 18 97 2336 15.78 0 6 28 55 5 894.5 231 2439 113 21.58 6-38 0 5 (20 players) (5 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY ñ CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER RECORDS These 5 players made their last appearance for Bedfordshire in a championship match in 1900. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Coulson, H 1900 2 4 0 7 13 3.25 - - 1 1 - 174 110 1 110.00 1-59 - - T H Haycraft 1900 4 8 2 8* 13 2.16 - - 5 3 - 494 169 14 12.07 6-38 - 1 Hoy, F V 1895 7 13 1 53 163 13.58 - 1 2 5 - - - - - - - - Kitchener, H 1900 1 2 0 11 15 7.50 - - - - - 156 71 3 23.66 3-71 - - J J H Orman 1900 4 7 1 34* 45 7.50 - - 2 3 - - - - - - - - (5 players)