The Minor Counties Championship 1902

135 STAFFORDSHIRE 1902 Championship matches: Played 8, won 3, lost 1, drawn 4 (won on first innings 2, lost on first innings none, tied on first innings 1, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Fifth out of sixteen Won: v Northumberland at Wolverhampton, v Oxfordshire at Stoke-on-Trent, and v Durham at Walsall Lost: v Durham at Philadelphia Drawn – won on first innings: v Bedfordshire at Dunstable, and v Bedfordshire at Stoke-on-Trent Drawn – lost on first innings: none Drawn – tied on first innings: v Northumberland at Jesmond Drawn – no decision on first innings: v Oxfordshire at Oxford. Captains: H D Stratton (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: H Dearing (1 match) and J Poole (7 matches) Debutants: 6 (J Barton, J N Burns, H Dearing, A Fereday, J B Fereday and W H Twigg) Final season: 3 (J Barton, W B Burns and F H Hassall) Hon Secretary: W C Hancock Professionals: 8 (J Barton, W Brown, J R Clapham, A Fereday, J B Fereday, T Grimshaw, F H Hassall and A Hollowood) Home grounds 3: The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent (2 matches); Walsall Cricket Club, The Chuckery, Walsall (1 match); and Wolverhampton Cricket Club, The Wergs, Danescourt Road, Tattenhall, Wolverhampton (1 match). Notes: Staffordshire rose from tenth position in 1901 to fifth. The same teams were met as in the previous season, with the exception of Oxfordshire replacing Northamptonshire. W C Hancock succeeded Rev P E Mainwaring as Hon Secretary and H D Stratton was appointed captain. STAFFORDSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1902 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 6 players who made their Championship debut for Staffordshire during the season. Names in bold denotes that 1902 was the last or only season that these 3 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 Barton, J + 6 6 0 9 19 3.16 - - 2 1 - 112.5 27 285 17 16.76 6-76 - 1 J A Bourne 6 6 0 46 139 23.16 - - - 3 - 151 32 407 41 9.92 7-17 2 5 O Briggs 2 3 1 35* 40 20.00 - - - - - 14 1 51 2 25.50 1-7 - - Brown, W 8 9 0 81 221 24.55 - 1 1 8 - 131.1 31 294 20 14.70 5-67 - 1 J N Burns + 1 1 0 31 31 31.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - W B Burns 5 6 1 123 286 57.20 1 1 - - - 4 0 20 1 20.00 1-20 - - Clapham, J R 2 2 1 20* 23 23.00 - - - 3 - 29 6 96 1 96.00 1-22 - - G W Crane 1 1 0 10 10 10.00 - - - 1 - 5 0 35 0 - - - - H Dearing + 1 - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - H Eagland 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - 12 3 38 1 38.00 1-29 - - F Ellams 5 5 0 23 33 6.60 - - 2 - - 76.2 14 209 11 19.00 6-21 1 1 Fereday, A + 3 4 0 45 53 13.25 - - 2 4 - - - - - - - - - Fereday, J B + 4 5 2 19 48 16.00 - - - - - 6 1 20 1 20.00 1-10 - - Grimshaw, T 7 8 3 31 72 14.40 - - - 4 - 81.5 14 230 8 28.75 3-69 - - Hassall, F H 3 4 0 41 81 20.25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hollowood, A 8 9 1 59* 247 30.87 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - R C Page 6 8 2 34* 122 20.33 - - 2 1 - 15 2 52 2 26.00 1-8 - - J Poole 7 9 2 11 26 3.71 - - 3 6 8 - - - - - - - - H D Stratton 8 9 0 162 284 31.55 1 - 2 3 - 23 2 94 3 31.33 2-45 - - W H Twigg + 2 3 1 24* 32 16.00 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - F H Wynne 2 2 0 14 14 7.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 116 - - - - - - - - 106 2 - - - - Total 88 101 14 162 1897 21.80 2 3 17 39 9 661.1 133 1937 110 17.60 7-17 3 8 (21 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 3 players made their last appearance for Staffordshire 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 Barton, J 1902 6 6 0 9 19 3.16 - - 2 1 - 677 285 17 16.76 6-76 - 1 W B Burns 1901 6 7 1 123 286 47.66 1 1 1 - - 24 20 1 20.00 1-20 - - Hassall, F H 1898 21 33 6 77 626 23.18 - 4 7 4 - 279 180 3 60.00 2-23 - - (3 players)