The Minor Counties Championship 1901

130 BERKSHIRE 1901 Championship matches: Played 8, won none, lost 3, drawn 5. Position: Fourteenth equal with Bedfordshire, Devon and Norfolk out of seventeen. Lost: v Buckinghamshire at Aylesbury, v Monmouthshire at Newport, and v Glamorgan at Cardiff Drawn: v Oxfordshire at Reading, v Glamorgan at Reading, v Oxfordshire at Oxford, , v Buckinghamshire at Reading, and v Monmouthshire at Reading. Captain: J A Gibb (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: C H Frith (2 matches), and A Henderson (6 matches) Debutants: 7 (Rev L G Brown, Capt N H Carter, E T Davis, C H Frith, G V Goodliffe, W E C Hutchings and D Mercer) Final season for team: 6 (Rev L G Brown, Capt N H Carter, L G A Collins, F W Finch, W E C Hutchings and D Mercer) Hon Secretary: Capt J J St L Wheble Professionals: 7 (W Barker, H Barrett, C E Brown, W Cave, A B Croom, R R Relf, and E Watts.) Home ground 1: The County Ground, Elm Park, Kensington Road, Reading (4 matches) Notes: Berkshire had a poor season, not winning a single match and sharing bottom place with Bedfordshire, Devon and Norfolk. R A Williams was in good form with bat and ball but only played in half the matches, and the Berkshire professionals under-performed. Eight matches were played compared with 10 in 1900. Monmouthshire were met for the first time, and Northamptonshire and Wiltshire were no longer played. J A Gibb succeded A C M Croome as captain, and Capt J W St L Wheble replaced W O Nares as Hon Secretary. Of the players who made their debut in 1901, Rev L G Brown had played for Bedfordshire in 1895 and 1900, and he was to return to play for that County again the next year. BERKSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1901 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 7 players who made their Championship debut for Berkshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1901 was the last or only season that these 6 players appeared for Berkshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Barker, W 2 1 0 6 6 6.00 - - - 1 - 52 11 140 2 70.00 1-50 - - Barrett, H 5 6 1 32 86 17.20 - - - 8 - 27 5 98 1 98.00 1-26 - - Brown, C E 8 13 1 94 205 17.08 - 1 3 7 - 103 19 263 4 65.75 3-37 - - Rev L G Brown + 2 2 0 29 55 27.50 - - - 1 - 20.2 4 53 2 26.50 1-25 - - Capt N H Carter + 2 2 1 16* 31 31.00 - - - - - 3 0 8 0 - - - - Cave, W 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - - - 9 0 42 0 - - - - L G A Collins 4 7 0 27 111 15.85 - - - 4 - 70 18 236 11 21.45 5-41 - 1 Croom, A B 5 8 1 16 50 7.14 - - 1 2 - 20 4 69 2 34.50 1-14 - - A C M Croome 3 4 0 20 53 13.25 - - - 3 - 109.2 23 350 16 21.87 6-102 - 2 E T Davis + 1 1 0 6 6 6.00 - - - - - 2 0 14 1 14.00 1-14 - - F W Finch 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - - 2 - 30 5 85 3 28.33 2-79 - - C H Frith + 5 6 1 25* 96 19.20 - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - J A Gibb 8 13 0 68 343 26.38 - 2 - 3 - 6 0 28 0 - - - - G V Goodliffe + 3 6 2 13 33 8.25 - - - 2 - 30 6 98 3 32.66 2-36 - - A Henderson 7 11 0 60 175 15.90 - 1 2 9 3 - - - - - - - - W E C Hutchings + 3 4 0 54 156 39.00 - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - F M Ingram 4 5 0 44 75 15.00 - - 1 1 - 2 1 13 0 - - - - D Mercer + 4 7 0 39 125 17.85 - - 1 2 - 40 8 136 4 34.00 3-70 - - H F M Morres 2 3 0 113 176 58.66 1 - - 2 - 39 4 129 3 43.00 2-36 - - Relf, R R 6 8 5 21* 55 18.33 - - 1 3 - 98.5 18 261 13 20.07 7-57 - 1 F E Rowe 4 6 1 50 164 32.80 - 1 - 4 - 2 2 0 1 0.00 1-0 - - Watts, E 4 7 0 25 62 8.85 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - R A Williams 4 6 0 143 255 42.50 1 1 1 2 - 146.3 20 487 29 16.79 10-129 2 2 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 190 - - - - - - - - 171 2 - - - - Total 88 128 13 143 2513 21.85 2 8 12 57 4 810 148 2681 97 27.63 10-129 2 6 (23 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 6 players made their last appearance for Berkshire in the Championship in 1901. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Rev L G Brown 1901 2 2 0 29 55 27.50 - - - 1 - 122 53 2 26.50 1-25 - - Capt N H Carter 1901 2 2 1 16* 31 31.00 - - - - - 18 8 0 - - - - L G A Collins 1895 32 50 2 139 1300 27.08 1 8 3 31 - 1431 630 32 19.68 5-41 - 1 F W Finch 1895 18 24 5 43 153 8.05 - - 7 11 - 1681 778 40 19.45 6-54 - 2 W E C Hutchings 1901 3 4 0 54 156 39.00 - 2 - - - - - - - - - - D Mercer 1901 4 7 0 39 125 17.85 - - 1 2 - 240 136 4 34.00 3-70 - - (6 players)