The Minor Counties Championship 1901

138 MONMOUTHSHIRE 1901 Championship matches: Played 8, won 1, lost 4, drawn 3. Position: Twelfth equal with Northumberland out of seventeen Won: v Berkshire at Newport Lost: v Glamorgan at Newport, v Glamorgan at Cardiff, v Wiltshire at Newport, and v Wiltshire at Trowbridge Drawn: v Devon at Newport, v Devon at Exeter, and v Berkshire at Reading. Captain: L F Stedman (8 matches) - Some newspaper sources have G Ll Lloyd as captain in two matches Wicket-keepers: E R Brewer (3 matches) and G Ll Lloyd (5 matches) Debutants: 8 (E R Brewer, M Harris, F Holmes, W E C Hudden, E S Phillips, N C Phillips, J R Rowlands and Dr A L Tatham) Final season for team: 5 (B O Bircham, E R Brewer, W H Creese, M Harris and D F Vines, ) Hon Secretary: A J R Butler Professionals: 2 (A J Silverlock, R Steeples) Home ground 1: Newport Cricket Club Ground, The Athletic Grounds, Rodney Parade, Newport (4 matches) Notes: For the first time, Monmouthshire qualified for the Championship playing Berkshire, Devon, Glamorgan and Wiltshire. In 1897, 1898 and 1899, Monmouthshire had played 4 matches a season with Glamorgan and Wiltshire, which had counted as championship matches for their opponents. MONMOUTHSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1901 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 8 players who made their Championship debut for Monmouthshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1901 was the last or only season that these 5 players appeared for Monmouthshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I B O Bircham 4 5 0 21 52 10.40 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - E R Brewer + 3 4 1 7* 14 4.66 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - A J R Butler 1 2 1 14* 26 26.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - W H Creese 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - A J Gould 1 1 0 12 12 12.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - M Harris + 2 3 0 2 2 0.66 - - 2 2 - 14 1 60 2 30.00 2-60 - - F Holmes + 5 8 0 20 44 5.50 - - 3 2 - 28 1 147 6 24.50 4-78 - - W E C Hudden + 8 12 1 37 102 9.27 - - 5 4 - 38 6 181 3 60.33 1-26 - - G L Hutchings 1 2 0 5 5 2.50 - - 1 1 - 2 0 18 0 - - - - G Ll Lloyd 7 10 0 58 223 22.30 - 2 1 4 - - - - - - - - - E S Phillips + 5 7 0 69 214 30.57 - 1 - 2 - 2 0 21 0 - - - - N C Phillips + 5 7 1 56 173 28.83 - 1 - 3 - - - - - - - - - P C Phillips 8 12 0 51 204 17.00 - 2 2 6 1 - - - - - - - - F Rees 5 8 0 60 118 14.75 - 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - - J R Rowlands + 1 2 0 9 14 7.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Silverlock, A J 8 12 0 50 272 22.66 - 1 - 7 - 233.5 33 767 31 24.74 6-66 - 2 L F Stedman 8 12 4 16* 82 10.25 - - 1 6 - 98.5 21 347 13 26.69 3-16 - - Steeples, R 8 11 3 36 98 12.25 - - 1 4 - 210 42 664 36 18.44 8-68 1 3 Dr A L Tatham + 6 8 2 69 217 36.16 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - D F Vines 1 2 0 9 10 5.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 114 - - - - 2 - - - 226 3 - - - - Total 88 129 13 69 2001 17.25 0 9 17 48 1 626.4 104 2431 94 25.86 8-68 1 5 (20 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 5 players made their last appearance for Monmouthshire 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 B O Bircham 1897 10 17 2 34 194 12.93 - - 1 4 - - - - - - - - E R Brewer 1901 3 4 1 7* 14 4.66 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - W H Creese 1899 3 5 0 5 16 3.20 - - - 1 - 95 79 1 79.00 1-64 - - M Harris 1901 2 3 0 2 2 0.66 - - 2 2 - 84 60 2 30.00 2-60 - - D F Vines 1899 5 9 0 25 125 13.88 - - - 1 - 5 7 1 7.00 1-7 - - (5 players)