The Minor Counties Championship 1902

126 DURHAM 1902 Championship matches: Played 8, won 2, lost 2, drawn 4 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings 2, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Eighth out of sixteen Won: v Northumberland at Jesmond, and v Staffordshire at Philadelphia Lost: v Northamptonshire at Sunderland, and v Staffordshire at Walsall Drawn – won on first innings: v Northumberland at Burnmoor Drawn - lost on first innings: v Yorkshire 2 nd XI at Darlington, and v Yorkshire 2 nd XI at Middlesbrough Drawn - no decision on first innings: v Northamptonshire at Northampton. Captain: J F Whitwell (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: G Blunt (2 matches) and J Kirtley (6 matches) Debutants: 7 (J Bewick, G Blunt, R C Cumberlege, N S A Harrison, L V Lodge, J Robinson and A P Stainton) Final season: 11 (G Blunt, R F Cumberlege, J W Gibbon, L V Lodge, J Robinson, J A Robinson, J H Shaw, A P Stainton, J F Whitwell, W F Whitwell and Rev G Wreford-Brown) Hon Secretary: W R Wilson Professionals: 2 (J Butler and G Turnbull) Home grounds: 4 Burnmoor Cricket Club Ground, St Barnabas Way, Burnmoor (1 match); Darlington Cricket Club Ground, Feetham’s, Darlington (1 match); Philadelphia Cricket Club Ground, Bunker Hill, Philadelphia (1 match); and Sunderland Cricket Club Ground, Ashbrooke, Sunderland (1 match). Notes: Having won the Championship in 1901, playing the same opponents Durham ended up halfway down the table. J H Shaw played as an amateur, having played as a professional in 1900. The correct initials of the A J Robinson who played in 1901, were J A. During the season J Butler passed the career milestone of one hundred wickets in the Championship. DURHAM MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1902 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 7 players who made their Championship debut for Durham during the season. Names in bold indicate that 1902 was the last or only season that these 11 players appeared for Durham in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I C Y Adamson 6 8 0 42 120 15.00 - - 1 - - 7.2 3 5 1 5.00 1-0 - - J Bewick + 2 3 0 24 39 13.00 - - - 1 - 6 2 18 0 - - - - G Blunt + 2 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - R Bousfield 5 7 1 40 137 22.83 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - A Burn 6 8 0 70 187 23.37 - 2 1 3 - 43 9 124 9 13.77 4-10 - - Butler, J 8 9 0 28 78 8.66 - - 1 5 - 249.5 89 511 46 11.10 8-23 1 6 T Coulson 7 9 3 30* 74 12.33 - - 2 3 - - - - - - - - - R C Cumberlege + 4 5 0 13 18 3.60 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - R F Cumberlege 1 1 0 7 7 7.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J W Gibbon 1 1 1 20* 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - N S A Harrison + 1 1 0 16 16 16.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J Kirtley 6 7 2 11 20 4.00 - - 2 5 5 - - - - - - - - L V Lodge + 3 4 0 10 27 6.75 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - T E Parrington 2 3 0 14 20 6.66 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - T Prince 3 5 0 30 75 15.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J Robinson + 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - 1 - 1 0 5 0 - - - - J A Robinson 2 3 0 31 40 13.33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - E Shaw 5 6 3 19 36 12.00 - - - 2 - 90 32 188 14 13.42 7-29 1 1 J H Shaw 4 5 1 6* 12 3.00 - - 2 - - 32 10 88 6 14.66 3-32 - - A P Stainton + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Turnbull, G 5 6 0 57 98 16.33 - 1 1 5 - 120.2 38 215 23 9.34 6-33 - 3 J F Whitwell 8 11 0 55 187 17.00 - 1 2 2 - - - - - - - - - W F Whitwell 4 5 1 10* 20 5.00 - - 2 1 - 69.1 30 128 7 18.28 4-22 - - Rev G Wreford-Brown 1 2 0 12 15 7.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 75 - - - - - - - - 95 1 - - - - Total 88 113 12 70 1332 13.08 0 4 20 33 5 618.4 213 1377 107 12.86 8-23 2 10 (24 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 11 players made their last appearance for Durham 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 G Blunt 1902 2 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - R F Cumberlege 1899 3 5 0 21 36 7.20 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - J W Gibbon 1897 3 3 2 20* 51 51.00 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - L V Lodge 1902 3 4 0 10 27 6.75 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - J Robinson 1902 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - 1 - 6 5 0 - - - - J A Robinson 1901 3 5 0 31 50 10.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - J H Shaw 1900 5 5 1 6* 12 3.00 - - 2 - - 228 101 7 14.42 3-32 - - A P Stainton 1902 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - J F Whitwell 1895 45 69 5 99 1570 24.53 - 10 6 17 - 403 198 2 99.00 1-22 - - W F Whitwell 1895 37 53 6 69 697 14.82 - 2 11 15 - 6884 2892 197 14.68 8-18 8 18 Rev G Wreford-Brown 1901 2 3 0 12 16 5.33 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - (11 players)