The MInor Counties Championship 1900

116 NORFOLK 1900 Championship matches: Played 8, won none, lost 2, drawn 6. Position: Eleventh equal with three other counties out of fourteen Lost: v Northumberland at Norwich, and v Durham at Norwich Drawn: v Hertfordshire at Bishopís Stortford, v Durham at Darlington, v Northumberland at Jesmond, v Hertfordshire at Norwich, v Cambridgeshire at Norwich, and v Cambridgeshire at Cambridge. Captain: F Davies (3 matches) - G F Blake was the captain in the 5 matches in which F Davies did not play Wicket-keeper: G F Blake (8 matches) Debutants: 10 (Rev H J E Burrell, J J Compton, C F Garnett, W L B Hayter, A E Howlett, M W Ireland, L H Leman, C H Morton, E Peachment and C O Raven) Final season for team: 5 (Rev H J E Burrell, F Davies, T Morley, C H Morton and C O Raven) Hon Secretary: E G Buxton Umpire: G T Rye Professionals: 2 (T Morley and C Shore) Home ground 1: The County Ground, Lakenham, Norwich (4 matches) Notes: Playing against the same opponents as in 1899, Norfolk had a poor season. They failed to win a match, and fell from fifth place to sharing the bottom of the table with Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Staffordshire. F Davies was appointed captain but could only turn out in the last three matches, and G F Blake deputised in his absence. During the season C Shore passed the career milestone of two hundred wickets in championship matches. Of the 10 players making their debut for the county during the season, W L B Hayter had played 6 matches for Cambridgeshire between 1895 and 1898. Of the 5 players making their final appearance for Norfolk, Rev H J E Burrell was to play 7 matches for Hertfordshire between 1901 and 1904. NORFOLK MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1900 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 10 players who made their Championship debut for Norfolk during the season. Names in bold denote that 1900 was the last or only season that these 5 players appeared for Norfolk in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I L Barratt 7 10 1 38* 97 10.77 - - 3 2 - 138.1 38 349 20 17.45 5-53 - 1 G F Blake 8 12 0 25 77 6.41 - - 2 9 4 4 0 22 0 - - - - Rev H J E Burrell + 1 2 0 12 15 7.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J J Compton + 3 4 1 54* 72 24.00 - 1 - 2 - 21.3 6 67 4 16.75 2-8 - - S R B Cowles 4 5 1 82* 103 25.75 - 1 1 4 - 84 9 293 16 18.31 7-55 - 2 F Davies 3 5 0 33 95 19.00 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - P A Fryer 4 7 0 66 132 18.85 - 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - - C F Garnett + 5 8 1 70 94 13.42 - 1 3 1 - 24 5 83 2 41.50 2-21 - - E T Garnier 1 1 0 28 28 28.00 - - - - - 2 0 3 0 - - - - W L B Hayter + 2 3 0 24 37 12.33 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - G G Heslop 6 11 3 68 224 28.00 - 1 1 2 - 29 4 107 4 26.75 2-24 - - A E Howlett + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 9 3 19 3 6.33 3-19 - - M W Ireland + 1 1 0 6 6 6.00 - - - 1 - 10 1 51 1 51.00 1-25 - - L H Leman + 2 3 2 48* 56 56.00 - - - 2 - 15 2 49 2 24.50 1-15 - - Rev J G McCormick 7 11 0 116 215 19.54 1 - - 7 - - - - - - - - - Morley, T 2 2 0 21 23 11.50 - - - 1 - 12 2 34 0 - - - - C H Morton + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - 10 1 46 0 - - - - S D Page 7 10 0 41 136 13.60 - - 2 4 - - - - - - - - - P W Partridge 8 12 1 82 195 17.72 - 1 1 4 - - - - - - - - - E Peachment + 1 1 1 0* 0 - - - - - - 11 3 25 0 - - - - R G Pilch 2 3 0 10 10 3.33 - - 2 - - 45 9 120 4 30.00 2-54 - - C O Raven + 2 3 1 108* 163 81.50 1 - - 1 - 4 1 4 1 4.00 1-4 - - Shore, C 8 11 2 25 42 4.66 - - 4 4 - 247.5 61 613 38 16.13 7-50 1 2 B K Wilson 2 4 0 28 58 14.50 - - 1 - - 5 1 22 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 129 - - - - 1 - - - 100 4 - - - - Total 88 131 14 116 2007 17.15 2 6 24 52 4 671.3 146 2007 99 20.27 7-50 1 5 (24 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY ñ CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 5 players made their last appearance for Norfolk 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 Rev H J E Burrell 1900 1 2 0 12 15 7.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - F Davies 1895 12 17 2 94 446 29.73 - 2 - 10 - - - - - - - - Morley, T 1895 32 47 3 58 557 12.65 - 1 8 42 - 3847 1609 114 14.11 6-27 - 7 C H Morton 1900 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - 60 46 0 - - - - C O Raven 1900 2 3 1 108* 163 81.50 1 - - 1 - 24 4 1 4.00 1-4 - - (5 players)