The MInor Counties Championship 1900

120 STAFFORDSHIRE 1900 Championship matches: Played 8, won none, lost 4, drawn 4. Position: Eleventh equal with three other counties out of fourteen Lost: v Yorkshire 2 nd XI at Walsall, v Bedfordshire at Bedford, v Bedfordshire at Stoke-on-Trent, and v Yorkshire 2 nd XI at Hull Drawn: v Northamptonshire at Northampton, v Northumberland at Wolverhampton, v Northamptonshire at Stoke-on-Trent, and v Northumberland at Jesmond. Captains: W E Harrison (1 match), Rev P E Mainwaring (2 matches), C C Mott (4 matches) and H D Stratton (1 match) Wicket-keepers: G McHarg (3 matches) and J Poole (5 matches) Debutants: 19 (S B Ashworth, D A N Barnsby, J Beckwith, G Booth, J A Bourne, Rev C J Burrough, A Capes, B H Cattell, C F Chavasse, F Ellams, C J Goodall, A E Hurst, C H McCarthy-Jones, J Mayer, L Meakin, A E Mouel, R C Page, E R Payne and A E Rider) Final season for team: 16 (S B Ashworth, C E Barnes, J Beckwith, D H Brownfield, Rev C J Burrough, W H Calkin, A Capes, J F Darlow, A E Fernie, W E Harrison, A E Hurst, C H McCarthy-Jones, J Mayer, C C Mott, A E Mouel and E R Payne) Hon Secretary: Rev P E Mainwaring Umpires: C E Barnes and T Hanson Professionals: 7 (J Beckwith, G Booth, W Brown, J F Darlow, T Grimshaw, F H Hassall and A Hollowood) Home grounds 3: The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent (2 matches), Walsall Cricket Club Ground, The Chuckery, Walsall ñ new ground (1 match) and The Wolverhampton Town Cricket Club Ground, The Wergs, Danescourt Road, Wolverhampton ñ new ground (1 match). Notes: Staffordshire qualified for the Championship for the first time since 1895. This was only achieved by it being agreed before the start of the season that the two matches with Yorkshire 2 nd XI should count as championship matches, even though Yorkshire did not enter the competition. 35 players appeared for the county in their 8 matches. Of those players who made their debut for Staffordshire during the season, A E Mouel had played for Cambridgeshire in 1898. STAFFORDSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1900 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 19 players who made their debut for Staffordshire in a championship match during the season. Names in bold denotes that 19009 was the last season that these 16 players appeared for Staffordshire in a championship match. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I S B Ashworth + 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - C E Barnes 1 2 0 4 5 2.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - D A N Barnsby + 1 2 0 5 5 2.50 - - 1 2 - 13 2 73 3 24.33 3-73 - - Beckwith, J + 2 3 1 14* 20 10.00 - - - 2 - 16 4 57 0 - - - - Booth, G + 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - - - - 15 6 38 1 38.00 1-38 - - J A Bourne + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Brown, W 7 12 0 96 339 28.25 - 2 1 3 - 90 16 251 5 50.20 2-17- - D H Brownfield 2 4 0 17 43 10.75 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Rev C J Burrough + 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 - - - - - 8 2 20 0 - - - - W H Calkin 1 2 0 31 53 26.50 - - - 1 - 7.3 0 39 1 39.00 1-39 - - A Capes + 1 2 0 3 3 1.50 - - 1 1 - 4 0 19 0 - - - - B H Cattell + 1 2 0 22 22 11.00 - - 1 1 - 12.3 2 51 4 12.75 3-43 - - C F Chavasse + 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - H C B Cummins 4 8 2 48 92 15.33 - - 1 4 - 104.4 15 338 16 21.12 5-64 - 1 Darlow, J F 1 2 1 3* 3 3.00 - - 1 - - 10.5 0 28 2 14.00 2-28 - - F Ellams + 1 1 0 15 15 15.00 - - - - - 8 1 35 1 35.00 1-35 - - A E Fernie 1 2 0 33 33 16.50 - - 1 - - 7 0 37 1 37.00 1-14 - - C J Goodall + 1 2 1 0* 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 5 0 22 0 - - - - Grimshaw, T 8 14 0 29 80 5.71 - - 4 2 - 211.5 51 570 35 16.28 6-105 - 5 W E Harrison 2 4 0 39 72 18.00 - - - - - 9 1 32 1 32.00 1-32 - - Hassall, F H 8 14 3 77 342 31.09 - 3 4 3 - 34 7 125 3 41.66 2-23 - - Hollowood, A 8 14 0 109 422 30.14 2 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - A E Hurst + 1 2 0 8 15 7.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - C H McCarthy-Jones + 1 1 0 6 6 6.00 - - - - - 7 3 11 1 11.00 1-11 - - G McHarg 3 4 0 4 8 2.00 - - 2 3 - - - - - - - - - Rev P E Mainwaring 2 4 1 15* 31 10.33 - - - 1 - 1 0 8 0 - - - - J Mayer + 1 2 0 5 7 3.50 - - - - - 1 0 12 0 - - - - L Meakin + 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - C C Mott 8 14 0 99 336 24.00 - 1 3 2 - - - - - - - - - A E Mouel + 1 1 1 14* 14 - - - - - - 16 3 39 1 39.00 1-39 - - R C Page + 1 2 0 11 11 5.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - E R Payne + 1 2 0 3 3 1.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - J Poole 5 9 3 13 26 4.33 - - 3 3 - - - - - - - - - A E Rider + 3 5 0 14 18 3.60 - - 3 - - - - - - -- - - H D Stratton 5 9 2 46 200 28.57 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 135 - - - - - - - - 93 6 - - - - Total 88 152 15 109 2373 17.32 2 7 31 30 0 581.2 113 1898 81 23.43 6-105 0 6 (35 players) (6 ball overs)