The Minor Counties Championship 1901

142 NORTHUMBERLAND 1901 Championship matches: Played 8, won 1, lost 4, drawn 3. Position: Twelfth equal with Monmouthshire out of seventeen Won: v Yorkshire 2 nd XI at Jesmond Lost: v Durham at Jesmond, v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent, v Yorkshire 2 nd XI at Hull; and v Northamptonshire at Jesmond Drawn: v Northamptonshire at Northampton; v Staffordshire at Jesmond, and v Durham at Burnmoor. Captain: F G H Clayton (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: L W Greenwood (2 matches) and C Page (6 matches) Debutants: 6 (R H Gillespie, M C Hill, C A Hutton, A Lowings, G T Milne and C Page) Final season for team: 2 (S Brutton and Rev E W R Walters,) Hon Secretary: F G H Clayton Professionals: 6 (M Chambers, G Elsey, L W Greenwood, A Lowings, J Marshall and E Tomlin) Home ground: 1 The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne (4 matches) Notes: Northumberland had a disappointing season, winning only one match and falling from fourth to twelfth place. Fixtures were reduced to 8 matches, with Yorkshire 2 nd XI being new opponents and Cambridgeshire and Norfolk no longer being met. Career milestones passed during the season were two thousand runs by Clayton and Hansell, one thousand runs by Thompson, and one hundred wickets by Tomlin. NORTHUMBERLAND MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1901 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 6 players who made their Championship debut for Northumberland during the season. Names in bold denote that 1901 was the last season that these 2 players appeared for Northumberland in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I S Brutton 4 6 1 106* 146 29.20 1 - 2 3 - 2 0 5 0 - - - - Chambers, M 1 2 0 11 18 9.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - F G H Clayton 8 14 0 116 497 35.50 2 3 2 - - 109 24 322 13 24.76 4-77 - - Elsey, G 8 12 6 38* 129 21.50 - - 2 3 - 185.3 42 515 10 51.50 2-40 - - F W Gillespie 6 9 0 49 153 17.00 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - R H Gillespie + 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Maj C E Greenway 6 10 0 57 117 11.70 - 1 2 3 - - - - - - - - - Greenwood, L W 2 4 2 24 34 17.00 - - - 4 1 - - - - - - - - J Hansell 8 14 1 83 338 26.00 - 2 3 4 - 28 2 116 1 116.00 1-51 - - M C Hill + 1 2 0 12 17 8.50 - - - - - 3 0 9 0 - - - - C A Hutton + 1 2 0 5 5 2.50 - - 1 1 - 10 3 21 1 21.00 1-16 - - Lowings, A + 6 9 2 19* 68 9.71 - - 3 - - 140.5 28 438 17 25.76 6-108 - 1 Marshall, J 8 12 0 67 217 18.08 - 2 2 7 - 228.5 62 641 33 19.42 9-47 1 3 G T Milne + 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - - 2 - 15 3 64 1 64.00 1-36 - - R G E Mortimer 8 13 0 55 244 18.76 - 1 - 3 - 33 3 107 3 35.66 2-56 - - C Page + 6 8 1 84 175 25.00 - 2 1 6 7 - - - - - - - - V Thompson 4 6 1 118 263 52.60 1 1 - 6 - - - - - - - - - Tomlin, E 8 12 1 19* 36 3.27 - - 7 1 - 174.3 32 556 25 22.24 7-63 - 1 Rev E W R Walters 1 2 1 11 19 19.00 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 130 - - - - - - - - 162 2 - - - - Total 88 140 16 118 2614 21.08 4 12 27 49 8 929.4 199 2956 106 27.88 9-47 1 5 (19 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 2 players made their last appearance for Northumberland 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 S Brutton 1896 6 10 1 106* 177 19.66 1 - 2 3 - 358 201 15 13.40 8-51 - 2 Rev E W R Walters 1896 23 40 3 102* 624 16.86 1 1 5 15 - 1954 986 58 17.00 7-49 - 5 (2 players)