The MInor Counties Championship 1900

117 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1900 Championship matches: Played 14, won 3, lost none, drawn 11. Position: First equal with Durham and Glamorgan out of fourteen Won: v Hertfordshire at Northampton, v Surrey 2 nd XI at The Oval, and v Berkshire at Northampton Drawn: v Staffordshire at Northampton; v Glamorgan at Cardiff, v Northumberland at Northampton, v Hertfordshire at Watford, v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent, v Durham at South Shields, v Northumberland at Jesmond, v Surrey 2 nd XI at Northampton, v Glamorgan at Northampton, v Berkshire at Reading, and v Durham at Northampton. Captain: T Horton (14 matches) Wicket-keeper: B C Smith (14 matches) Debutants: 4 (E V Grimsdell, R F Knight, W G Pinner and C R Wetherall) Final season for team: 1 (E V Grimsdell) Hon Secretary: A J Darnell Umpire: A Stockwin Professionals: 4 (G H Colson, M Cox, W East and G J Thompson) Home ground 1: The County Ground, Abington Lane, Northampton (7 matches) Notes: For the second year running, Northamptonshire shared the Championship, this time with Durham and Glamorgan, whereas in 1899 it had been with Buckinghamshire. The number of matches played was increased from 10 to 14 with Glamorgan and Staffordshire added to their fixture list. Career milestones passed during the season were G J Thompson (2000 runs), T Horton, W H Kingston and C J T Pool (1000 runs), W East (100 wickets) and B C Smith (50 wicket-keeping dismissals) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1900 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 4 players who made their Championship debut for Northamptonshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1899 was the last or only season that this players appeared for Northamptonshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Colson, G H 14 18 2 107* 478 29.87 1 2 - 10 - 5.4 1 13 1 13.00 1-1 - - Cox, M 9 8 1 26 75 10.71 - - 1 2 - 85.1 22 244 8 30.50 3-27 - - A Dickens 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 12 2 28 3 9.33 3-28 - - L T Driffield 5 5 0 60 138 27.60 - 1 - - - 126 41 329 17 19.35 4-56 - - East, W 14 16 3 117* 329 25.30 1 - 3 9 - 333.1 95 764 44 17.36 6-11 - 4 E V Grimsdell + 3 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 2 - 12 1 52 3 17.33 2-27 - - T Horton 14 16 2 79 238 17.00 - 1 4 5 - 37.2 5 137 5 27.40 2-50 - - H E Kingston 9 12 4 24* 149 18.62 - - 1 4 - 33.4 0 184 5 36.80 3-31 - - W H Kingston 14 18 1 97 496 29.17 - 4 3 11 - - - - - - - - - R F Knight + 11 14 1 79 300 23.07 - 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - - W G Pinner + 10 8 3 10 18 3.60 - - 1 1 - 133.1 31 380 13 29.23 4-35 - - C J T Pool 7 10 0 144 418 41.80 2 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - B C Smith 14 16 8 74 402 50.25 - 2 - 16 4 - - - - - - - - Thompson, G J 14 17 1 112 502 31.37 1 2 1 8 - 420.1 111 1115 72 15.48 8-17 3 8 F Warren 14 15 1 44 249 17.78 - - - 5 - - - - - - - - - C R Wetherall + 1 1 0 9 9 9.00 - - - - - 3 0 27 1 27.00 1-27 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 222 - - - - - - - - 179 8 - - - - Total 154 177 27 144 4023 26.82 5 14 17 76 4 1201.2 309 3452 180 19.17 8-17 3 12 (16 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY ñ CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES This player made his last appearance for Northamptonshire 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 E V Grimsdell 1900 3 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 2 - 72 52 3 17.33 2-27 - - (3 players) (5 ball overs)