The Minor Counties Championship 1902

132 NORTHUMBERLAND 1902 Championship matches: Played 8, won none, lost 4, drawn 4 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 3, tied on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: Fifteenth out of sixteen Won: None Lost: v Durham at Jesmond, v Yorkshire 2 nd XI at Jesmond, v Staffordshire at Wolverhampton, and v Northamptonshire at Northampton Drawn – won on first innings: none Drawn – lost on first innings: v Northamptonshire at Jesmond, v Yorkshire 2 nd XI at Halifax, and v Durham at Burnmoor Drawn – tied on first innings: v Staffordshire at Jesmond Drawn – no decision on first innings: none. Captain: F G H Clayton (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: L W Greenwood (5 matches) and C Page (3 matches) Debutants: 1 (E Lowes) Final season: 3 (Maj C E Greenway, E Lowes and A Lowings) Hon Secretary: F G H Clayton Professionals: 7 (M Chambers, G Elsey, L W Greenwood, R H Hartley, A Lowings, J Marshall and E Tomlin) Home ground 1: The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne (4 matches). Notes: Playing the same opponents as in the previous year, Northumberland fell from twelfth equal to fifteenth place in the competition, avoiding sharing the bottom place with Dorset through gaining ½ point in a tie on first innings with Staffordshire at Jesmond. R H Hartley reappeared playing as a professional. In 1899 he had played as an amateur. During the season, Marshall passed the career milestone of one hundred wickets. NORTHUMBERLAND MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1902 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 1 player who made his Championship debut for Northumberland during the season. Names in bold denote that 1902 was the last or only season that these 3 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 P Bell 7 12 0 30 144 12.00 - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - Chambers, M 2 4 1 17* 37 12.33 - - - 2 - 27.4 4 52 6 8.66 3-22 - - F G H Clayton 8 14 0 33 201 14.35 - - 3 2 - 86 8 299 6 49.83 3-31 - - Elsey, G 6 10 3 20* 52 7.42 - - 2 5 - 171 38 466 26 17.92 8-58 - 2 F W Gillespie 6 10 0 57 344 34.40 - 4 - 1 - - - - - - - - - R H Gillespie 2 3 0 22 23 7.66 - - 1 2 - 18 1 56 4 14.00 4-56 - - Maj C E Greenway 1 2 0 12 21 10.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Greenwood, L W 5 6 2 15* 33 8.25 - - 2 3 4 - - - - - - - - J Hansell 8 14 1 69* 262 20.15 - 2 2 1 - 14 2 39 1 39.00 1-14 - - Hartley, R H 2 2 1 31 43 43.00 - - - - - 57.2 10 168 6 28.00 4-99 - - M C Hill 1 2 1 8* 8 8.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - C A Hutton 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 7 2 20 0 - - - - E Lowes + 2 4 0 8 14 3.50 - - 1 - - 16 2 63 2 31.50 2-44 - - Lowings, A 4 8 4 8 27 6.75 - - 2 2 - 93.4 16 249 13 19.15 3-21 - - Marshall, J 8 13 2 83* 204 18.54 - 1 2 5 - 162.5 28 436 15 29.06 6-66 - 1 W Milne 2 4 0 19 36 9.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - E Mortimer 2 4 0 1 1 0.25 - - 3 3 - - - - - - - - - R G E Mortimer 6 11 1 26 110 11.00 - - - 4 - 25 2 119 2 59.50 1-32 - - C Page 6 11 2 56* 174 19.33 - 1 2 6 1 6 0 31 2 15.50 2-12 - - V Thompson 4 7 0 138 276 39.42 1 - - 3 - - - - - - - - - Tomlin, E 5 8 1 18* 72 10.28 - - - - - 114.5 24 329 11 29.90 5-58 - 1 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 175 - - - - 1 - - - 111 2 - - - - Total 88 150 19 138 2257 17.22 1 8 23 45 5 799.2 137 2428 96 25.39 8-58 0 4 (21 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 3 players made their last appearance for Northumberland 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 Maj C E Greenway 1900 13 19 0 57 334 17.57 - 3 4 7 - - - - - - - - E Lowes 1902 2 4 0 8 14 3.50 - - 1 - - 96 63 2 31.50 2-44 - - Lowings, A 1901 10 17 6 19* 95 8.63 - - 5 2 - 1407 687 30 22.90 6-108 - 1 (3 players)