The Minor Counties Championship 1901

134 DURHAM 1901 Championship matches: Played 8, won 3, lost none, drawn 5. Position: First out of seventeen Won: v Northumberland at Jesmond, v Staffordshire at South Shields, and v Northamptonshire at Northampton Drawn: v Yorkshire 2 nd XI at West Hartlepool, v Northamptonshire at Darlington, v Northumberland at Burnmoor, v Yorkshire 2 nd XI at Dewsbury, and v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent Captain: J F Whitwell (8 matches) Wicket-keeper: J Kirtley (8 matches) Debutants: 5 (T E Parrington, T Prince, A J Robinson, A P Whitwell and Rev G Wreford-Brown) Final season for team: 4 (R Clarke, C L Dobson, F Simpson and A P Whitwell) Hon Secretary: W R Wilson Professionals: 4 (J Butler, R Clarke, S Pike and G Turnbull) Home grounds 4: Burnmoor Cricket Club Ground, St Barnabas Way, Burnmoor (1 match), Darlington Cricket Club Ground, Feetham’s, Darlington (1 match), South Shields Cricket Club Ground, Wood Terrace, Westoe, South Shields (1 match), and Victoria Ground, Clarence Road, West Hartlepool (1 match) Notes: Durham won the Championship outright, having previously shared the title in 1895 with Norfolk and Worcestershire and in 1900 with Glamorgan and Northamptonshire. Staffordshire and Yorkshire 2 nd XI replaced Cambridgeshire and Norfolk in the fixture list. J F Whitwell became the third Durham player, after E W Elliot and R Bousfield, to pass the career milestone of a thousand runs in the Championship, while G Turnbull became the third player, after J Gregory and W F Whitwell, to take one hundred wickets.] DURHAM MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1901 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 5 players who made their Championship debut for Durham during the season. Names in bold indicate that 1901 was the last or only season that these 4 players appeared for Durham 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 Bousfield 6 9 0 54 192 21.33 - 1 1 3 - - - - - - - - - A Burn 6 9 1 51* 143 17.87 - 1 1 2 - 53 11 159 9 17.66 4-68 - - Butler, J 8 11 2 31 79 8.77 - - 4 6 - 271.5 90 580 48 12.08 7-49 1 4 Clarke, R 5 7 1 13 42 7.00 - - 1 3 - 70 28 125 4 31.25 2-9 - - C L Dobson 1 2 1 11* 11 11.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - W S Dobson 1 2 0 15 25 12.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - E W Elliot 8 13 1 80 285 23.75 - 1 2 3 - 6 2 8 2 4.00 2-8 - - A B Horsley 5 7 1 88 117 19.50 - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - - J Kirtley 8 10 4 10* 47 7.83 - - - 9 7 - - - - - - - - R H Mallett 2 3 0 15 26 8.66 - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - T E Parrington + 4 5 1 18 36 9.00 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - Pike, S 3 3 1 17 24 12.00 - - 1 2 - 40 13 91 4 22.75 3-14 - - T Prince + 6 8 2 68* 138 23.00 - 1 2 3 - 6 1 26 0 - - - - A J Robinson + 1 2 0 10 10 5.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - F Simpson 1 2 0 6 10 5.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Turnbull, G 7 9 1 103 204 25.50 1 1 3 4 - 202.3 65 462 40 11.55 6-35 1 3 A P Whitwell + 1 2 0 2 4 2.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - J F Whitwell 8 13 1 83 453 37.75 - 5 - 2 - - - - - - - - - W F Whitwell 6 9 0 43 109 12.11 - - 3 4 - 182.4 57 380 26 14.61 7-42 1 3 Rev G Wreford-Brown + 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 120 - - - - - - - - 110 3 - - - - Total 88 127 17 103 2076 18.87 1 11 23 50 7 832 267 1941 136 14.27 7-42 3 10 (20 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 4 players made their last appearance for Durham 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 Clarke, R 1895 15 18 3 57* 258 17.20 - 1 2 13 - 1976 720 38 18.94 7-41 - 2 C L Dobson 1897 7 9 2 76 172 24.57 - 1 1 2 - 20 10 0 - - - - F Simpson 1895 11 16 2 85 366 26.14 - 3 2 7 - 679 307 14 21.92 4-26 - - A P Whitwell 1901 1 2 0 2 4 2.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - (4 players)