The Minor Counties Championship 1901

144 STAFFORDSHIRE 1901 Championship matches: Played 8, won 2, lost 2, drawn 4. Position: Tenth out of seventeen. Won: v Bedfordshire at Stoke-on-Trent, and v Northumberland at Stoke-on-Trent Lost: v Northamptonshire at Northampton, and v Durham at South Shields Drawn: v Northamptonshire at Walsall, v Bedfordshire at Bedford; v Northumberland at Jesmond, and v Durham at Stoke-on-Trent. Captains: Rev P E Mainwaring (4 matches), and H D Stratton (3 matches) – It is not known who was captain in Match 58 v Durham at Stoke- on-Trent. Wicket-keepers: G McHarg (5 matches) and J Poole (3 matches) Debutants: 9 (W B Burns, J R Clapham, G W Crane, F J Dupuis, J F Fernie, W Preston, W H Steele, W S White and F H Wynne) Final season for team: 10 (D A N Barnsby, G Booth, B H Cattell, C F Chavasse, H C B Cummins, F J Dupuis, J F Fernie, G McHarg, Rev P E Mainwaring and W H Steele) Hon Secretary: Rev P E Mainwaring Professionals: 6 (G Booth, W Brown, J R Clapham, T Grimshaw, F H Hassall and A Hollowood) Home grounds 2: The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent (3 matches), and The Walsall Cricket Club Ground, The Chuckery, Walsall (1 match). Notes: Staffordshire had an improved record, winning two matches and ending up tenth in the Championship, compared with no wins and bottom of the table in 1900. Playing the same number of matches as in the year before, Durham became new opponents and Yorkshire 2 nd XI were not met. During the season the career milestone of one thousand runs was passed by both W Brown and A Hollowood, the first Staffordshire batsmen to achieve the feat. Of those players making their final appearance for the County, H C B Cummins was to play for Dorset from 1908 to 1913. STAFFORDSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1901 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 9 players who made their Championship debut for Staffordshire during the season. Names in bold denotes that 1901 was the last season that these 10 players appeared for Staffordshire in a championship match. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I D A N Barnsby 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 - - - - - 15.1 1 43 4 10.75 2-15 - - Booth, G 1 2 0 2 2 1.00 - - 1 - - 6 1 22 1 22.00 1-22 - - J A Bourne 1 2 1 33 45 45.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - P Briggs 2 3 0 41 42 14.00 - - 1 - - 12 1 36 1 36.00 1-8 - - Brown, W 8 12 1 93 408 37.09 - 4 1 5 - 143 35 416 13 32.00 5-52 - 1 W B Burns + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - B H Cattell 2 3 0 13 19 6.33 - - 1 1 - 35 6 131 8 16.37 5-32 - 1 C F Chavasse 1 1 0 15 15 15.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Clapham, J R + 6 8 1 9 23 3.28 - - 3 1 - 125.4 29 325 11 29.54 5-50 - 1 G W Crane + 2 3 0 38 39 13.00 - - 1 - - 13 0 55 1 55.00 1-21 - - H C B Cummins 4 7 1 43* 80 13.33 - - 1 - - 88.4 10 361 7 51.57 3-56 - - F J Dupuis + 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 - - - - - 8 2 24 2 12.00 2-24 - - F Ellams 1 2 0 2 2 1.00 - - 1 - - 2 0 17 0 - - - - J F Fernie + 3 5 0 9 18 3.60 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Grimshaw, T 8 12 3 24 120 13.33 - - - 3 - 305.5 63 809 50 16.18 6-29 1 6 Hassall, F H 8 13 3 61* 154 15.40 - 1 3 1 - 5 0 28 0 - - - - T Hedges 5 6 1 39 120 24.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Hollowood, A 8 12 0 66 302 25.16 - 1 - - - 18 7 46 0 - - - - G McHarg 5 7 1 10 30 5.00 - - 2 2 - - - - - - - - - Rev P E Mainwaring 4 7 1 30 83 13.83 - - - 3 - 3 0 18 0 - - - - J Poole 3 3 0 9 11 3.66 - - 1 6 2 - - - - - - - - W Preston + 1 2 1 0* 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - W H Steele + 1 1 0 8 8 8.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - H D Stratton 6 10 3 96* 345 49.28 - 3 - - - 10 0 59 1 59.00 1-39 - - W S White + 2 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - - 30 4 106 9 11.77 5-44 - 1 F H Wynne + 3 4 0 21 58 14.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 130 - - - - - - - - 126 2 - - - - Total 88 130 17 96* 2058 18.21 0 9 22 26 2 820.2 159 2622 110 23.83 6-29 1 10 (26 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 10 players made their last appearance for Staffordshire 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 D A N Barnsby 1900 2 3 0 5 7 2.33 - - 1 2 - 169 116 7 16.57 3-73 - - Booth, G 1900 2 3 0 4 6 2.00 - - 1 - - 126 60 2 30.00 1-22 - - B H Cattell 1900 3 5 0 22 41 8.20 - - 2 2 - 285 182 12 15.16 5-32 - 1 C F Chevasse 1900 2 2 0 15 17 8.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - H C B Cummins 1898 9 17 3 48 203 14.50 - - 2 4 - 1195 713 23 31.00 5-64 - 1 F J Dupuis 1901 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 - - - - - 48 24 2 12.00 2-24 - - J F Fernie 1901 3 5 0 9 18 3.60 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - G McHarg 1895 15 22 2 11 69 3.45 - - 7 8 2 - - - - - - - Rev P E Mainwaring 1895 16 23 3 42 293 14.65 - - 2 6 - 94 84 1 84.00 1-20 - - W H Steele 1901 1 1 0 8 8 8.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - (10 players)