The Minor Counties Championship 1902

120 BERKSHIRE 1902 Championship matches: Played 8, won 1, lost 4, drawn 3 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings 2, no decision on first innings none.) Position: Fourteenth out of sixteen Won: v Glamorgan at Reading Lost: v Glamorgan at Cardiff, v Buckinghamshire at Reading, v Oxfordshire at Oxford, and v Buckinghamshire at Aylesbury Drawn – won on first innings: v Oxfordshire at Reading Drawn – lost on first innings: v Monmouthshire at Newport, and v Monmouthshire at Reading Drawn – no decision on first innings: none. Captain: J A Gibb (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: A Henderson (7 matches) and E Watts (1 match) Debutants: 9 (G G M Bennett, Lt C J Collins, E B B Henderson, J C Hunter, W F Lay, H St A Lowe, K I Nicholl, E J Wickens and L G W Wilkinson) Final season: 6 (J A Gibb, E B B Henderson, W F Lay, H St A Lowe, E J Wickens and L G W Wilkinson) Hon Secretary: Captain J J St L Wheble Professionals: 7 (W Barker, H Barrett, C E Brown, W Cave, A B Croom, R R Relf and E Watts) Home ground 1: The County Ground, Elm Park, Kensington Road, Reading (4 matches). Notes: Berkshire were placed well done the table again in 1902 in fourteenth place, having shared bottom place with three other teams in 1901. The same opponents were met as in 1901. J A Gibb was to give up the captaincy after an unsuccessful two-years in charge, during which the county won only one match. However, in his final season for the team, he was to have the distinction of being the first batsman to score a century in both innings of a championship match. Career milestones passed during the season were one thousand runs by J A Gibb, E Watts and R A Williams. BERKSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1902 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 9 players who made their Championship debut for Berkshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1902 was the last or only season that these 6 players appeared for Berkshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Barker, W 8 12 7 26* 74 14.80 - - - 7 - 277.5 54 843 35 24.08 6-118 - 2 Barrett, H 8 15 1 47 348 24.85 - - 1 7 - 16 1 69 1 69.00 1-14 - - G G M Bennett + 4 7 0 39 52 7.42 - - 2 1 - 1 0 3 0 - - - - Brown, C E 4 7 0 33 116 16.57 - - - 2 - 46 13 109 5 21.80 3-56 - - Cave, W 3 5 0 67 98 19.60 - 1 1 1 - 87 14 295 14 21.07 5-40 - 1 Lt C J Collins + 3 4 0 33 50 12.50 - - 1 1 - 12 2 41 2 20.50 2-0 - - Croom, A B 4 7 3 7 13 3.25 - - 1 2 - 11 2 32 2 16.00 1-11 - - J A Gibb 8 16 3 122* 669 51.46 2 4 - 7 - 3 0 21 0 - - - - A Henderson 6 9 0 26 74 8.22 - - 3 8 3 - - - - - - - - E B B Henderson + 2 4 0 22 39 9.75 - - 1 - - 2 0 17 0 - - - - J C Hunter + 4 6 0 7 14 2.33 - - 3 - - 63 6 252 6 42.00 3-61 - - W F Lay + 1 2 0 6 6 3.00 - - 1 - - 10 1 40 1 40.00 1-40 - - H St A Lowe + 3 6 0 24 65 10.83 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - H F M Morres 4 8 2 34 118 19.66 - - 1 6 - 31.1 3 89 5 17.80 4-24 - - C E M Y Nepean 2 4 0 18 42 10.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - K I Nicholl + 2 4 0 26 32 8.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Relf, R R 8 14 2 41* 166 13.83 - - 2 3 - 184.4 28 520 19 27.36 6-20 - 1 F E Rowe 4 8 0 94 256 32.00 - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - - Watts, E 5 8 1 72* 158 22.57 - 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - - E J Wickens + 2 3 0 8 8 2.66 - - 2 3 - - - - - - - - - L G WWilkinson + 1 2 0 9 16 8.00 - - - - - 9 1 21 0 - - - - R A Williams 2 3 0 100 224 74.66 1 1 - 2 - 101 17 309 17 18.17 8-110 1 2 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 153 - - - - 2 - - - 207 2 - - - - Total 88 154 19 122* 2791 20.67 3 9 22 58 3 854.4 142 2868 109 26.31 8-110 1 6 (22 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 6 players made their last appearance for Berkshire in the Championship in 1902. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I J A Gibb 1899 19 34 3 122*1087 35.06 2 6 - 11 - 54 49 0 - - - - E B B Henderson 1902 2 4 0 22 39 9.75 - - 1 - - 12 17 0 - - - - W F Lay 1902 1 2 0 6 6 3.00 - - 1 - - 60 40 1 40.00 1-40 - - H St A Lowe 1902 3 6 0 24 65 10.83 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - E J Wickens 1902 2 3 0 8 8 2.66 - - 2 3 - - - - - - - - L G W Wilkinson 1902 1 2 0 9 16 8.00 - - - - - 54 21 0 - - - - (6 players)