The MInor Counties Championship 1900

112 CAMBRIDGESHIRE 1900 Championship matches: Played 8, won none, lost 4, drawn 4. Position: Eleventh equal with three other counties out of fourteen Lost: v Northumberland at Cambridge, v Northumberland at Jesmond, v Durham at Sunderland, and v Durham at Cambridge Drawn: v Hertfordshire at Watford, v Norfolk at Norwich, v Hertfordshire at Cambridge, and v Norfolk at Cambridge. Captain: J H Widdicombe (5 matches) - F W French (2 matches) and F K Robinson (1 match) were captains in the 3 matches in which J H Widdicombe did not play Wicket-keeper: G H Watts (8 matches) Debutants: 11 (J Bacon, W J Bensly, E Briggs, P A Chaloner, J Covill, E B Darby, V F de Lisle, P A French, R J Fuller, H L Gardner and S B Prest) Final season for team: 6 (W J Bensly, J Covill, F W French, R J Fuller, H A Jones and S B Prest) Hon Secretary: Major O Papworth Umpire: J Fordham Professionals: 6 (J Bacon, M Bellamy, W Bryan, J Covill, D M Hayward and G H Watts Home ground 1: Fennerís University Cricket Ground, Mortimer Road, Cambridge (4 matches). Notes: For the second year running, Cambridgeshire finished at the bottom of the table, this time sharing the position with Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Staffordshire. Their opponents were the same as in the previous year. In the last match of the season, W Bryan passed the career milestone of one hundred wickets in championship matches. Of those making their debut, E Briggs had played three matches for Northamptonshire in 1896. MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AVERAGES 1900 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 11 players who made their Championship debut for Cambridgeshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1900 was the last or only season that these 6 players appeared for Cambridgeshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Bacon, J + 6 11 0 52 229 20.81 - 1 1 - - 30 7 103 3 34.33 1-7 - - Bellamy, M 4 8 1 58* 125 17.85 - 1 - - - 36.4 5 150 4 37.50 3-50 - - W J Bensly + 1 1 1 0* 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E Briggs + 2 4 0 67 92 23.00 - 1 - - - 13 0 57 2 28.50 1-19 - - Bryan, W 8 14 3 45 137 12.45 - - 3 5 - 272.3 87 582 34 17.11 6-48 - 2 P A Chaloner + 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - - - 4 0 19 0 - - - - Covill, J + 2 4 2 3* 4 2.00 - - 1 1 - 26 4 96 2 48.00 1-37 - - E B Darby + 2 4 0 76 116 29.00 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - V F de Lisle + 2 4 3 22 53 53.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - G Diver 2 4 0 42 77 19.25 - - - 2 - 30 4 109 8 13.62 5-49 - 1 F W French 3 6 1 29 90 18.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - P A French + 3 6 0 11 23 3.83 - - 2 3 - - - - - - - - - R J Fuller + 1 1 0 3 3 3.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - H L Gardner + 4 7 0 12 30 4.28 - - 3 - - 20 2 53 1 53.00 1-21 - - Hayward, D M 8 15 4 73* 242 22.00 - 1 1 4 - 283 72 686 32 21.43 7-23 1 2 R S Hicks 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - H A Jones 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - S B Prest + 1 2 0 7 7 3.50 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - W Prest 3 6 0 56 106 17.66 - 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - - G P M Robins 3 5 0 44 92 18.40 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - F K Robinson 8 14 0 18 83 5.92 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - R S Swann-Mason 4 7 0 45 148 21.14 - - 1 - - 14.4 2 45 2 22.50 1-3 - - T S W Thomas 1 2 0 3 3 1.50 - - 1 - - 6 0 22 2 11.00 2-22 - - W R Thomas 4 8 2 43* 132 22.00 - - 1 2 - 5 2 29 0 - - - - Watts, G H 8 15 0 105 391 26.06 1 1 1 9 - 36.1 0 173 3 57.66 1-8 - - J H Widdicombe 5 9 0 20 97 10.77 - - 1 - - 15 5 65 2 32.50 1-8 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 154 - - - - - - - - 168 4 - - - - Total 88 161 17 105 2444 16.97 1 7 20 32 1 792 190 2357 99 23.80 7-23 1 5 (26 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY ñ CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 6 players made their last appearance for Cambridgeshire in the Championship in 1900 Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I W J Bensly 1900 1 1 1 0* 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Covill, J 1900 2 4 2 3* 4 2.00 - - 1 1 - 156 96 2 48.00 1-37 - - F W French 1895 15 27 4 40 297 12.91 - - 4 6 - - - - - - - - R J Fuller 1900 1 1 0 3 3 3.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - H A Jones 1899 3 5 0 75 121 24.20 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - S B Prest 1900 1 2 0 7 7 3.50 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - (6 players)