The Minor Counties Championship 1901

132 CAMBRIDGESHIRE 1901 Championship matches: Played 8, won 3, lost 1, drawn 4. Position: Fifth equal with Glamorgan out of seventeen. Won: v Oxfordshire at Cambridge, v Hertfordshire at Cambridge, and v Bedfordshire at Cambridge Lost: v Oxfordshire at Oxford Drawn: v Bedfordshire at Bedford, v Hertfordshire at Hertford, v Norfolk at Norwich, and v Norfolk at Cambridge Captain: J H Widdicombe (8 matches) Wicket-keeper: G H Watts (8 matches) Debutants: 10 (J P Allix, A E Bellars, O W Bocock, M C Fison, A C Fuller, J B Hobbs, J W Horne, C T Scott, J S Stearn and H C Tebbutt) Final season for team: 6 (M C Fison, A C Fuller, H L Gardner, J W Horne, C T Scott and W R Thomas) Hon Secretary: Major O Papworth Professionals: 4 (W Bryan, D M Hayward, J B Hobbs and G H Watts) Home ground: Fenner’s University Cricket Ground, Mortimer Road, Cambridge (4 matches) Notes: Cambridgeshire had a greatly improved season winning three matches and losing only one. As a consequence, they ended up fifth equal in the competition, compared with equal last in 1900. In the fixture list, Bedfordshire and Oxfordshire replaced Durham and Northumberland. J B Hobbs made his debut, but with limited success. The return of Rev H Gray after an absence of four years significantly strengthened the team. Cambridgeshire were to follow the example of Norfolk and withdraw from the Championship in 1902, only to return in 1903. Career milestones passed during the season were two thousand runs by G H Watts, and both one thousand runs and two hundred wickets by D M Hayward. MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AVERAGES 1901 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 10 players who made their Championship debut for Cambridgeshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1901 was the last or only season that these 6 players appeared for Cambridgeshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I J P Allix + 1 1 0 11 11 11.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - A E Bellars + 1 2 1 10* 10 10.00 - - 1 - - 17 2 56 0 - - - - O W Bocock + 1 2 0 12 15 7.50 - - - - - 5 0 17 0 - - - - E Briggs 2 3 0 12 21 7.00 - - 1 - - 12 0 62 0 - - - - Bryan, W 8 11 6 48 102 20.40 - - - - - 197.3 45 504 24 21.00 4-32 - - E B Darby 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - V F de Lisle 2 4 2 24* 43 21.50 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - M C Fison + 3 3 2 7* 14 14.00 - - - - - 3 0 15 0 - - - - A C Fuller + 1 1 0 13 13 13.00 - - - - - 11 3 31 0 - - - - H L Gardner 2 4 0 14 35 8.75 - - 1 1 - 16 3 57 3 19.00 2-21 - - Rev H Gray 5 7 0 61 112 16.00 - 1 1 1 - 144.1 19 469 42 11.16 8-23 3 6 Rev P Hattersley-Smith 2 3 0 51 74 24.66 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - Hayward, D M 8 12 2 51 261 26.10 - 2 - 2 - 258.2 61 658 37 17.78 6-35 1 4 R S Hicks 3 5 0 37 45 9.00 - - 2 2 - - - - - - - - - Hobbs, J B + 2 4 0 30 35 8.75 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - J W Horne + 1 1 0 11 11 11.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - F E Morgan 2 2 0 31 36 18.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - W Prest 2 2 1 5 6 6.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - A J Rich 4 6 1 92 173 34.60 - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - - C T Scott + 5 7 0 52 137 19.57 - 1 - 2 - 12 0 58 1 58.00 1-43 - - J S Stearn + 2 4 1 52 67 22.33 - 1 1 - - 4 0 17 0 - - - - R S Swann-Mason 4 7 1 75 226 37.66 - 1 - 4 - 32 1 113 4 28.25 2-26 - - H C Tebbutt + 4 6 0 25 51 8.50 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - T S W Thomas 1 1 0 12 12 12.00 - - - 1 - 7 0 34 0 - - - - W R Thomas 5 8 0 20 86 10.75 - - - 4 - 10 0 27 0 - - - - Watts, G H 8 12 0 106 358 29.83 1 1 1 10 4 12 2 50 0 - - - - J H Widdicombe 8 11 0 29 98 8.90 - - 3 2 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 170 - - - - 1 - - - 162 5 - - - - Total 88 130 17 106 2222 19.66 1 10 18 35 4 741 136 2330 116 20.08 8-23 4 10 (27 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 6 players made their last appearance for Cambridgeshire 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 M C Fison 1901 3 3 2 7* 14 14.00 - - - - - 18 15 0 - - - - A C Fuller 1901 1 1 0 13 13 13.00 - - - - - 66 31 0 - - - - H L Gardner 1900 6 11 0 14 65 5.90 - - 4 1 - 216 110 4 27.50 2-21 - - J W Horne 1901 1 1 0 11 11 11.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - C T Scott 1901 5 7 0 52 137 19.57 - 1 - 2 - 72 58 1 58.00 1-43 - - W R Thomas 1898 19 36 3 56* 507 15.36 - 1 5 12 - 90 56 0 - - - - (6 players)