The MInor Counties Championship 1900

109 BERKSHIRE 1900 Championship matches: Played 10, won 2, lost 5, drawn 3. Position: Tenth out of fourteen. Won: v Buckinghamshire at Reading, and v Wiltshire at Reading Lost: v Glamorgan at Cardiff, v Wiltshire at Trowbridge, v Northamptonshire at Northampton, v Buckinghamshire at Aylesbury, and v Glamorgan at Reading Drawn: v Oxfordshire at Oxford, v Northamptonshire at Reading, and v Oxfordshire at Reading Captain: A C M Croome (9 matches) ñ J A Gibb was captain in the match in which A C M Croome did not play Wicket-keepers: F E Chapman (3 matches), H Edwards (2 matches), and A Henderson (5 matches) Debutants: 14 (F J Barmby, C E Brown, H Edwards, J C McCarthy, J May, G Nicholson, C Paice, R R Relf, F E Rowe, A P Strange, A S Todd, E Townsend, J A Yates and - Young) Final season for team: 16 (F J Barmby, F E Chapman, H Collmann, C D Elphick, A E James, J C McCarthy, J May, E R Morres, W O Nares, G Nicholson, C Paice, A S Todd, E Townsend, H M Worsley, J A Yates and - Young) Hon Secretary: W O Nares Umpire: J Relf Professionals: 10 (W Barker, C E Brown, W Cave, H Edwards, C D Elphick, A E James, J C McCarthy, R R Relf, E Watts and - Young) Home ground 1: The County Ground, Elm Park, Kensington Road, Reading (5 matches) Notes: Berkshire played the same opponents as in 1899. During the season, W Barker passed the career milestone of two hundred wickets in the Championship, and A C M Croome of one hundred wickets and fifty catches. Of the players who played their final match for Berkshire during the season, E R Morres was to play for Dorset in 1903. Researches to date have not yet identified Youngís initials or club. Research, undertaken since the 1899 book was published, has revealed the second initial of H L Collmann. BERKSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1900 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 14 players who made their Championship debut for Berkshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1900 was the last or only season that these 16 players appeared for Berkshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Barker, W 10 16 5 31 68 6.18 - - 3 5 - 284.5 77 694 42 16.52 7-52 1 5 F J Barmby + 1 2 0 7 7 3.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Brown, C E + 10 17 3 31 116 8.28 - - 5 7 - 281 95 575 43 13.37 9-50 1 3 Cave, W 2 3 0 15 16 5.33 - - 1 1 - 67.5 22 175 10 17.50 6-49 - 1 F E Chapman 8 14 1 44 155 11.92 - - 2 6 1 1 0 12 0 - - - - L G A Collins 2 2 1 24 45 45.00 - - - 3 - 24 4 51 0 - - - - H L Collmann 2 4 0 5 5 1.25 - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - A C M Croome 9 15 0 52 291 19.40 - 2 2 12 - 169.4 48 339 22 15.40 5-21 - 2 Edwards, H + 2 4 1 7 10 3.33 - - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - Elphick, C D 1 2 0 10 15 7.50 - - - - - 10.1 1 30 2 15.00 2-7 - - J A Gibb 2 3 0 22 57 19.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - A Henderson 6 9 1 73* 202 25.25 - 1 1 4 - - - - - - - - - F M Ingram 6 9 0 81 175 19.44 - 1 - 4 - - - - - - - - - James, A E 2 4 0 24 51 12.75 - - - - - 6 0 16 1 16.00 1-16 - - McCarthy, J C + 1 2 0 11 11 5.50 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - J May + 1 1 0 14 14 14.00 - - - 1 - 7 2 10 0 - - - - E R Morres 1 2 0 39 51 25.50 - - - - - 8 0 30 1 30.00 1-30 - - W O Nares 2 4 1 3 5 1.66 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - G Nicholson + 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 2 - - - - - - - - - C Paice + 3 6 2 20 41 10.25 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Relf, R R + 1 2 1 5 5 5.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - F E Rowe + 3 6 1 35 90 18.00 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - A P Strange + 8 13 0 19 60 4.61 - - 3 2 - - - - - - - - - A S Todd + 1 2 0 12 12 6.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - E Townsend + 1 2 0 4 6 3.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Watts, E 9 15 1 51* 219 15.64 - 1 2 9 - - - - - - - - - R A Williams 5 9 0 154 344 38.22 1 1 1 4 - 118 23 408 8 51.00 3-100 - - H M Worsley 6 10 1 52 190 21.11 - 1 3 3 - 31 4 105 4 26.25 2-26 - - J A Yates + 3 6 1 7 12 2.40 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - Young, - + 1 2 1 0* 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 11 4 24 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 154 - - - - - - - - 155 1 - - - - Total 110 188 21 154 2427 14.53 1 7 37 73 2 1019.3 280 2624 134 19.58 9-50 2 11 (30 players) (6 ball overs)