The Minor Counties Championship 1901

141 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1901 Championship matches: Played 12, won 4, lost 1, drawn 7. Position: Fourth out of seventeen Won: v Hertfordshire at Northampton, v Staffordshire at Northampton, v Hertfordshire at Watford, and v Northumberland at Jesmond Lost: v Durham at Northampton Drawn: v Northumberland at Northampton, v Staffordshire at Walsall, v Surrey 2 nd XI at The Oval, v Yorkshire 2 nd XI at Northampton, v Durham at Darlington, v Yorkshire 2 nd XI at Sheffield, and v Surrey 2 nd XI at Northampton. Captain: T Horton (12 matches) Wicket-keeper: B C Smith (12 matches) Debutants: 8 (L C Crockett, H St A Hall, R W R Hawtin, G Panter, G K Papillon, G M Soames, H Thompson and A S Wetherall) Final season for team: 8 (G H Colson, L C Crockett, H St A Hall, R W R Hawtin, G Panter, G M Soames, H Thompson and F Warren) Hon Secretary: A J Darnell Professionals: 6 (G H Colson, M Cox, W East, G Panter, G J Thompson and H Thompson) Home ground 1: The County Ground, Abington Lane, Northampton (6 matches). Notes: Having shared the title with Durham and Glamorgan in 1900, Northamptonshire slipped to fourth place in the Championship. If the county had won their final match with Durham, they would have won the competition outright. The defeat was the first suffered since July 1898. The County played 12 matches, compared with 14 in 1900, with Berkshire and Glamorgan not being met and Yorkshire 2 nd XI being added to the fixture list. The highlight of the Northamptonshire season was the taking of 103 wickets by G J Thompson, the first time a player had taken one hundred wickets in a season since the competition started in 1895. Career milestones passed during the season were two thousand runs by W H Kingston, one thousand runs by W East and B C Smith and three hundred wickets by G J Thompson. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1901 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 8 players who made their Championship debut for Northamptonshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1901 was the last or only season that these 8 players appeared for Northamptonshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Colson, G H 9 15 0 40 261 17.40 - - 4 4 - 20 1 83 6 13.83 3-18 - - Cox, M 7 11 3 45 162 20.25 - - 1 1 - 39 1 158 4 39.50 2-8 - - L C Crockett + 4 4 0 4 4 1.00 - - 3 2 - 7 0 44 2 22.00 2-31 - - A Dickens 1 1 0 12 12 12.00 - - - - - 19 5 49 5 9.80 4-26 - - L T Driffield 7 10 4 21* 65 10.83 - - 2 2 - 122 36 323 12 26.91 5-48 - 1 East, W 12 17 0 91 328 19.29 - 1 1 9 - 381.5 90 954 51 18.70 5-24 1 3 H St A Hall + 6 8 0 90 226 28.25 - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - R W R Hawtin + 1 1 1 1* 1 - - - - - - 8 2 22 1 22.00 1-10 - - T Horton 12 18 3 95 346 23.06 - 2 4 11 - 18.3 5 73 4 18.25 1-2 - - H E Kingston 2 4 0 43 118 29.50 - - - - - 10 0 57 1 57.00 1-10 - - W H Kingston 12 21 2 107 658 34.63 1 3 1 11 - - - - - - - - - R F Knight 7 11 1 44 111 11.10 - - - 5 - - - - - - - - - Panter, G + 2 2 1 6 6 6.00 - - - 1 - 16.1 2 79 4 19.75 4-14 - - G K Papillon + 8 13 0 97 297 22.84 - 2 2 4 - - - - - - - - - B C Smith 12 20 6 73* 275 19.64 - 1 1 14 6 - - - - - - - - G M Soames + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 10 2 22 0 - - - - Thompson, G J 12 18 3 164* 558 37.20 1 2 3 13 - 487.5 110 1350 103 13.10 9-79 5 14 Thompson, H + 2 2 0 22 22 11.00 - - 1 - - 31 3 121 5 24.20 4-85 - - F Warren 1 2 1 18* 30 30.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - A S Wetherall + 3 4 0 2 4 1.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - C R Wetherall 11 16 3 77* 317 24.38 - 2 1 6 - 2 0 17 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 326 - - - - - - - - 218 6 - - - - Total 132 199 28 164* 4127 24.13 2 15 26 84 6 1172.2 257 3570 204 17.50 9-79 6 18 (21 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES Thsee 8 players made their last or only appearance for Northamptonshire 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 Colson, G H 1895 59 91 9 119 1993 24.30 2 5 7 30 - 789 494 28 17.64 6-27 - 1 L C Crockett 1901 4 4 0 4 4 1.00 - - 3 2 - 42 44 2 22.00 2-31 - - H St A Hall 1901 6 8 0 90 226 28.25 - 2 - - - - - - - - - - R W R Hawtin 1901 1 1 1 1* 1 - - - - - - 48 22 1 22.00 1-10 - - Panter, G 1901 2 2 1 6 6 6.00 - - - 1 - 97 79 4 19.75 4-14 - - G M Soames 1901 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 60 22 0 - - - - Thompson, H 1901 2 2 0 22 22 11.00 - - 1 - - 186 121 5 24.20 4-85 - - F Warren 1899 22 23 3 67 396 19.80 - 1 1 7 - - - - - - - - (8 players)