The MInor Counties Championship 1900

115 HERTFORDSHIRE 1900 Championship matches: Played 10, won none, lost 3, drawn 7. Position: Eleventh equal with three others counties out of fourteen Lost: v Northamptonshire at Northampton, v Bedfordshire at Dunstable, and v Buckinghamshire at Aylesbury Drawn: v Northamptonshire at Watford, v Norfolk at Bishopís Stortford, v Cambridgeshire at Watford, v Buckinghamshire at St Albans, v Norfolk at Norwich, v Cambridgeshire at Cambridge, and v Bedfordshire at St Albans. Captain: C D Fastnedge (6 matches) ñ A Butcher was captain in the 4 matches in which Fastnedge did not play Wicket-keepers: W East (1 match), C D Fastnedge (6 matches), B E Fenwick (1 match), and E H Wales (2 matches) Debutants: 7 (W East, B E Fenwick, R C Grellet, C S B Higgs, G Kentish, C H Titchmarsh and H G Tylecote) Final season for team: 10 (W East, B E Fenwick, F Field, R Fox, E Goodyear, C S B Higgs, Rev H Highley, G Kentish, C H Little and H G Tylecote) Hon Secretary: Dr J Earl Norman Umpire: W T Westell Professionals: 9 (W E Coleman, F Field, R Fox, A J Golding, E Goodyear, G Kentish, H W Stevens, H E White and G Wilders) Home grounds 3: Bishopís Stortford Town Cricket Club Ground, Cricket Field Lane, Bishopís Stortford (1 match), The County Ground, Clarence Park, St Albans (2 matches), and West Herts Ground, Cassio Road, Watford (2 matches) Notes: Hertfordshire failed to win a match and ended up at the bottom of the table, sharing that position with Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Staffordshire. Hertfordshire played 10 matches compared to 8 in 1899, their new opponents being Bedfordshire. During the season, White passed the career milestones of both 200 wickets and 50 catches in championship matches, and Golding became the second player after White to score 1000 runs. HERTFORDSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1900 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 7 players who made their Championship debut for Hertfordshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1900 was the last or only season that these 10 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 Butcher 10 15 1 30* 170 12.14 - - 3 8 - - - - - - - - - D J Cassavetti 3 4 0 39 78 19.50 - - - 3 - 4 0 17 0 - - - - Coleman, W E 9 14 4 64 266 26.60 - 3 3 - - 266 64 717 38 18.86 6-69 - 3 T H K Dashwood 2 3 0 46 64 21.33 - - - 2 - 3 1 9 0 - - - - W East + 1 1 0 62 62 62.00 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - C D Fastnedge 6 6 2 73* 106 26.50 - 1 2 7 3 - - - - - - - - B E Fenwick + 1 2 0 9 15 7.50 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - Field, F 2 4 0 29 39 9.75 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fox, R 1 2 0 4 8 4.00 - - - 1 - 18 2 68 2 34.00 2-68 - - Golding, A J 10 14 0 170 441 31.50 1 2 - 4 - 144.1 24 410 18 22.77 5-47 - 1 Goodyear, E 2 2 2 19* 25 - - - - - - 21 6 59 1 59.00 1-29 - - R C Grellet + 3 3 0 61 136 45.33 - 2 - 2 - 15 0 65 1 65.00 1-21 - - H M Harford 5 8 1 39* 88 12.57 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - J H Hickin 4 5 0 124 272 54.40 1 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - - C S B Higgs + 1 1 0 24 24 24.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rev H Highley 3 4 0 38 97 24.25 - - 1 - - 11 2 29 1 29.00 1-6 - - H J Hill 9 13 0 84 275 21.15 - 2 2 8 - - - - - - - - - Kentish, G + 2 2 1 27 35 35.00 - - - - - 59 20 125 6 20.83 3-49 - - C H Little 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W H Marsh 10 15 3 57 181 15.08 - 1 1 4 - 117 19 340 10 34.00 3-42 - - Stevens, H W 6 9 3 25* 80 13.33 - - 3 3 - 42.5 8 170 6 28.33 4-19 - - C H Titchmarsh + 1 1 0 10 10 10.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - H G Tylecote + 1 1 0 13 13 13.00 - - - - - 16 4 35 1 35.00 1-34 - - E H Wales 2 3 0 25 58 19.33 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - White, H E 9 13 1 120 363 30.25 1 1 2 6 - 351.2 84 884 44 20.09 7-63 - 3 Wilders, G 6 7 1 33 61 10.16 - - 2 2 - 48.4 8 161 7 23.00 3-14 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 172 - - - - - - - - 222 2 - - - - Total 110 152 19 170 3139 23.60 3 14 20 58 3 1117 242 3311 137 24.16 7-63 0 7 (26 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY ñ CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 10 players made their last appearance for Hertfordshire 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 East 1900 1 1 0 62 62 62.00 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - B E Fenwick 1900 1 2 0 9 15 7.50 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - Field, F 1895 36 64 9 67 938 17.05 - 3 5 17 - 947 641 20 32.05 3-10 - - Fox, R 1899 2 2 0 4 8 4.00 - - - 2 - 133 83 2 41.50 2-68 - - Goodyear, E 1897 4 6 3 19* 35 11.66 - - - 1 - 221 127 3 42.33 2-34 - - C S B Higgs 1900 1 1 0 24 24 24.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - Rev H Highley 1898 8 13 0 38 240 18.46 - - 3 2 - 101 43 1 43.00 1-6 - - Kentish, G 1900 2 2 1 27 35 35.00 - - - - - 354 125 6 20.83 3-49 - - C H Little 1895 3 3 1 7 9 4.50 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - H G Tylecote 1900 1 1 0 13 13 13.00 - - - - - 96 35 1 35.00 1-34 - - (10 players)