The MInor Counties Championship 1900

124 WILTSHIRE 1900 Championship matches: Played 10, won 2, lost 2, drawn 6. Position: Sixth equal with Oxfordshire out of fourteen Won: v Berkshire at Trowbridge, and v Oxfordshire at Trowbridge Lost: v Glamorgan at Swansea, and v Berkshire at Reading Drawn: v Surrey 2 nd XI at Swindon, v Buckinghamshire at Trowbridge, v Glamorgan at Swindon, v Oxfordshire at Oxford, v Buckinghamshire at Bletchley, and v Surrey 2 nd XI at The Oval. Captain: A M Miller (10 matches) Wicket-keepers: T Smart (8 matches) and F W Stancomb (1 match) ñ The wicket-keeping duties were shared between Smart and Stancomb in the match against Berkshire at Trowbridge. In the other matches A M Miller usually kept wicket when T Smart bowled. Debutants: 11 (R W Awdry, C G Bond, H W Hulbert, G E Mackay, S T Major, - Martin, G Reckless, R Reynolds, S W Spooner, H Taunton and E S Whitaker ) Final season for team: 7 (F C Batson, H W Hulbert, F H Humphrys, G E Mackay, S T Major, G Reckless and S W Spooner) Hon Secretary: T Wheeler Umpires: A G Eldridge and R Humphrey Professionals 6 (- Martin, F Newman, W Overton, G Reckless, T Smart and W R R Smith) Home grounds 2: The County Ground, County Road, Swindon (2 matches), and The County Ground, Timbrell Street, Trowbridge (3 matches) Notes: Wiltshire played 10 matches compared with 12 in 1899, with Monmouthshire no longer being met. During the season, T Smart passed the career milestones of one thousand runs, one hundred wickets and fifty dismissals, and J E Stevens one thousand runs. Researches have revealed second and third initials for W R R Smith. Researches to date have not identified the initials or club of the debutant Martin. WILTSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1900 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 11 players who made their Championship debut for Wiltshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1900 was the last or only season that these 7 players appeared for Wiltshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I R W Awdry + 3 6 1 18 43 8.60 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - F C Batson 1 1 0 12 12 12.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - C G Bond + 1 2 1 19* 27 27.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - E Fawcett 2 4 0 21 40 10.00 - - - 3 - 23 6 63 3 21.00 2-38 - - H W Hulbert + 1 2 0 23 23 11.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - F H Humphrys 2 2 0 12 16 8.00 - - - 1 - 44 3 215 7 30.71 4-88 - - G E Mackay + 1 2 0 6 6 3.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - S T Major + 1 2 1 5 5 5.00 - - - 3 - 8 0 45 4 11.25 4-45 - - Martin, - + 4 2 2 0* 0 - - - - 2 - 30 7 75 6 12.50 4-5 - - W S Medlicott 7 10 0 94 341 34.10 - 4 1 3 - - - - - - - - - A M Miller 10 17 2 56 250 16.66 - 2 1 3 7 79.3 13 288 11 26.18 4-87 - - Newman, F 2 3 0 7 10 3.33 - - - 1 1 15 1 76 2 38.00 2-54 - - Overton, W 10 13 3 15 67 6.70 - - 2 9 - 194.4 32 709 25(+1) 28.36 4-45 - - O G Radcliffe 9 14 0 102 303 21.64 1 1 1 4 - 8 0 25 0 - - - - C H Ransome 2 4 0 35 58 14.50 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Reckless, G + 1 2 0 6 9 4.50 - - - - - 5 1 17 0 - - - - R Reynolds + 2 3 0 55 84 28.00 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - Smart, T 10 13 6 20 122 17.42 - - - 8 4 188.4 21 690 40 17.25 6-49 - 5 Smith, W R R 10 13 2 15* 93 8.45 - - 3 5 - 209.2 52 512 26(+1) 19.69 6-36 - 2 H S Snell 7 11 1 105* 276 27.60 1 - 2 3 - - - - - - - - - S W Spooner + 1 1 0 10 10 10.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - F W Stancomb 5 8 1 59* 174 24.85 - 1 1 7 1 - - - - - - - - J E Stevens 8 12 0 61 286 23.83 - 1 1 3 - - - - - - - - - H Taunton + 8 12 2 35 180 18.00 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - E S Warrilow 1 2 0 16 24 12.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - E S Whitaker + 1 2 1 6* 8 8.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Missing # # 49 2 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 129 - - - - 1 - - - 130 0 - - - - Total 110 263 23 105* 2596 18.54 2 10 18 61 13 805.1# 136# 2894 125 23.15 6-36 0 7 (23 players) (5 ball overs) Note: # Bowling analysis not known for the second innings of Match 4 v Glamorgan at Swansea where Glamorgan scored 54-2 wickets. The likely bowlers in that innings are Smith, Overton and Major whose bowling averages are in italics. FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY ñ CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 7 players made their last appearance for Wiltshire in the Championship in 1899. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I F C Batson 1898 2 3 0 57 75 25.00 - 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - H W Hulbert 1900 1 2 0 23 23 11.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - F H Humphrys 1895 12 20 3 38* 164 9.64 - - 5 7 - 1122 639 32(+2) 19.96 6-36 - 2 G E Mackay 1900 1 2 0 6 6 3.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - S T Major 1900 1 2 1 5 5 5.00 - - - 3 - 48 45 4 11.25 4-45 - - Reckless, G 1900 1 2 0 6 9 4.50 - - - - - 30 17 0 - - - - S W Spooner 1900 1 1 0 10 10 10.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - (7 players)