The Minor Counties Championship 1903

108 ANALYSIS INNINGS BOWLER FOR VERSUS VENUE MATCH MOST RUNS CONCEDED IN THE SEASON – 800 AND OVER (2) 964 in 11 matches Thompson, G J Northamptonshire 805 in 12 matches Wharmby, G E Bedfordshire CURRENT RECORD 1350 in 12 matches Thompson, G J Northamptonshire - 1901 BOWLERS UNCHANGED THROUGH BOTH INNINGS (4) Creber, H (8-74) and Nash, A (12-77) Glamorgan Berkshire Swansea 19 Thompson, G J (12-55) and East, W (8-46) Northamptonshire Durham Sunderland 32 Turnbull, G (11-40) and Butler, J (8-55) Durham Cambridgeshire Cambridge 44 Wright, M W (11-40) and Page, H (8-90) Buckinghamshire Bedfordshire Aylesbury 63 5 ALL-ROUND PERFORMANCES PLAYER RUNS AND WICKETS FOR VERSUS VENUE MATCH BEST ALL-ROUND PERFORMANCE IN A MATCH – 100 RUNS BATTING AND 10 WICKETS (0) No instances - best on the basis that they scored 100 runs and took most wickets or took 10 wickets and scored most runs Smith, W R R 115 & 9-82 Wiltshire Dorset Swindon GWR 15 Wharmby, G E 82 & 10-110 Bedfordshire Hertfordshire Bedford GS 38 BEST ALL-ROUND PERFORMANCE IN SEASON’S AVERAGES – 150 RUNS AND 25 WICKETS (13) (Players ranked on basis of awarding 1 point for a run batting and 6 for a wicket taken) PLAYER TEAM MATCHES BATTING BOWLING POINTS Thompson, G J Northamptonshire 11 429 runs @ 33.00 92 wickets @ 10.47 981 Wharmby, G E Bedfordshire 12 606 runs @ 33.66 54 wickets @ 14.90 930 Brown, T A Bedfordshire 12 353 runs @ 22.06 67 wickets @ 11.70 755 Overton, W Wiltshire 12 203 runs @ 14.50 70 wickets @ 7.98 623 East, W Northamptonshire 11 190 runs @ 17.27 70 wickets @ 10.51 610 White, H E Hertfordshire 8 304 runs @ 27.63 47 wickets @ 13.70 586 Silverlock, A J Monmouthshire 8 352 runs @ 32.00 30 wickets @ 16.63 532 Smith, W R R Wiltshire 12 268 runs @ 22.33 42 wickets @ 12.26 520 Hayward, D M Cambridgeshire 7 218 runs @ 18.16 47 wickets @ 10.23 500 Wright, M W Buckinghamshire 8 170 runs @ 14.16 46 wickets @ 12.60 446 Smart, T Wiltshire 12 172 runs @ 14.33 34 wickets @ 14.32 376 Aston, W H Devon 6 205 runs @ 22.77 27 wickets @ 12.48 367 G Simpson Northumberland 6 169 runs @ 18.77 31 wickets @ 13.67 355 CURRENT RECORD Thompson, G J Northamptonshire 12 558 runs @ 37.20 103 wickets @ 13.10 - 1901 1176 6 FIELDING PERFORMANCES DISMISSALS INNINGS FIELDER FOR VERSUS VENUE MATCH MOST CATCHES IN AN INNINGS – 3 AND OVER (16) 4 2 ND G K Papillon Northamptonshire Surrey 2 nd XI Northampton 5 4 1 ST Wharmby, G E Bedfordshire Staffordshire Wolverhampton 16 4 2 ND Elsey, G Northumberland Yorkshire 2 nd XI Middlesbrough 69 3 1 ST Smith, W C Surrey 2 nd XI Glamorgan Cardiff 8 3 1 ST G Simpson Northumberland Northamptonshire Northampton 14 3 2 ND Smith, W C Surrey 2 nd XI Northamptonshire The Oval 17 3 1 ST Silverlock, A J Monmouthshire Glamorgan Newport 26 3 1 ST G Simpson Northumberland Cambridgeshire Jesmond 27 3 1 ST W J Beddows Staffordshire Cambridgeshire Cambridge 49 3 1 ST Sir C E M Y Nepean Berkshire Buckinghamshire Reading 56 3 1 ST E C Hobbs Buckinghamshire Berkshire Reading 56 3 1 ST Russell, W Glamorgan Berkshire Reading 60 3 1 ST Dr E Weaver-Adams Buckinghamshire Wiltshire Bletchley 61 3 2 ND Wharmby, G E Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire Aylesbury 63 3 1 ST Relf, R R Berkshire Monmouthshire Reading 74 3 2 ND T C G Sandford Devon Glamorgan Exeter 75