The Minor Counties Championship 1901

13 Northumberland – A History of County Cricket by Harry Jude (Published by Harry Jude): 1989 Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998 compiled by Tony Percival (ACS): 1999 Staffordshire Cricketers 1872-2002 compiled by Tony Percival (ACS): 2003 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS As with the six previous issues, this publication is the outcome of a considerable team effort. The County Statisticians for the 17 teams involved have been: Bedfordshire Tony Webb, assisted by Hugh Garrod Berkshire Roy New Buckinghamshire Douglas Miller Cambridgeshire Colin Munford Devon Harold Shaw Durham Brian Hunt, assisted by the late David Stewart Glamorgan Andrew Hignell, assisted by Cyril Waite Hertfordshire Bob Simons Monmouthshire Cyril Waite Norfolk Stephen Musk Northamptonshire Martin Wilson, assisted by Nick Haycox and Andrew Radd Northumberland The late Harry Jude Oxfordshire Julian Lawton Smith Staffordshire Tony Percival Surrey 2nd XI Michael Pearce Wiltshire Michael Pearce Yorkshire 2nd XI Paul E Dyson In addition, thanks are due to Don Ambrose , Philip Bailey , Douglas Miller , Tony Percival , Mick Pope , Kevin Preston and Peter Wynne-Thomas who have all performed similar roles for this publication as they have for earlier ones. I wish also to acknowledge the help received from the staff at the British Newspaper Library at Colindale and the National Archives at Kew, as well as those at various county libraries and record offices. Many institutions and individuals have also assisted by responding to my questions and those of colleagues. Thanks are also due to the staff at the MCC for allowing us to access the MCC Minutes to provide a better understanding of the background to the MCC giving their recognition to the Championship from 1901. As with our six previous books, there are three people deserving particular mention, who have devoted more of their time to the preparation of this book than the Editor or anyone else has a right to expect. They are Colin Munford, Michael Pearce and Andrew Lowe . I have run out of words to give justice to the importance of their contribution. This publication is much enhanced by their contribution. As before, we owe them a particular debt of gratitude for their substantial input to this publication. Next, I thank my wife Anne , who has continued to encourage and support the preparation of this seventh book in the series in her own very generous and kindly way. Finally, but not least, I wish to express my appreciation to Peter Griffiths of CricketArchive. This is the first year that more of the preparation of the book has been computerised and it has the potential both to enable us to achieve greater accuracy in our work and to free up time to