The Minor Counties Championship 1903

111 DISMISSALS INNINGS WICKET-KEEPER FOR VERSUS VENUE MATCH MOST DISMISSALS IN A MATCH – 5 AND OVER (5) 6 (4 ct / 2 st) Higgins, J Yorkshire 2 nd XI Surrey 2 nd XI Barnsley 1 6 (1 ct / 5 st) Stedman, F Surrey 2 nd XI Glamorgan Cardiff 8 6 (3 ct / 3 st) B C Smith Northamptonshire Hertfordshire Northampton 21 5 (1 ct / 4 st) W H Brain Glamorgan Wiltshire Chippenham 4 5 (4 ct / 1 st) P C F de Paravicini Buckinghamshire Hertfordshire St Albans 22 CURRENT RECORD 9 (5 ct/ 4 st) C E Cobb Buckinghamshire Berkshire Aylesbury - 1896 19 MOST DISMISSALS IN THE SEASON – 10 AND OVER (10) 23 (16 ct / 7 st) in 10 matches B C Smith Northamptonshire 23 ( 9 ct / 14 st) in 10 matches W H Brain Glamorgan 18 (11 ct / 7 st) in 8 matches Stedman, F Surrey 2 nd XI 18 (13 ct / 5 st) in 8 matches Higgins, J Yorkshire 2 nd XI 17 (14 ct / 3 st) in 8 matches Watts, E Berkshire 14 ( 8 ct / 6 st) in 8 matches Davies, T Devon 12 ( 7 ct / 5 st) in 11 matches Capt E F Rowe Bedfordshire 11 ( 8 ct / 3 st) in 7 matches Ford, E S Wiltshire 10 ( 7 ct / 3 st) in 8 matches J Kirtley Durham 10 ( 9 ct/ 1 st) in 8 matches J W Marsh Oxfordshire CURRENT RECORD 38 (18 ct / 20 st) in 10 matches W H Brain Glamorgan - 1901 8 MISCELLANEOUS ANALYSIS INNS WICKET-KEEPER FOR VERSUS VENUE MATCH MOST EXTRAS IN AN INNINGS – 30 AND OVER (7) 44 (unknown) 1 ST W H Manfield Dorset Wiltshire Swindon GWR 15 43 (b 23, lb 20) 1 ST J Kirtley Durham Northumberland Chester-le-Street 40 38 (unknown) 1 ST J Richardson Cambridgeshire Bedfordshire Dunstable 25 36 (b 33, lb 1, w 1, nb 1) 2 ND J Kirtley Durham Yorkshire 2 nd XI South Shields 12 35 (b 19, lb 6, w 4, nb 6) 1 ST Davies, T Devon Wiltshire Chippenham 52 35 (b 26, lb 5, w 2, nb 2) 1 ST Rev P T P Knott Dorset Devon Poole 64 32 (b 29, lb 2, nb 1) 2 ND Mayes, T Monmouthshire Devon Newport 33 CURRENT RECORD 52 (unknown) 1 ST G Ll Lloyd Monmouthshire Glamorgan Cardiff - 1901 26 MOST EXTRAS IN A MATCH – 40 AND OVER (5) 48 (b 27, lb 20, nb 1) J Kirtley Durham Northumberland Chester-le-Street 40 47 (w 3, nb 6) A Henderson Berkshire Buckinghamshire Reading 56 44 (unknown) W H Manfield Dorset Wiltshire Swindon GWR 15 43 (b 40, lb 1, w 1, nb 1) J Kirtley Durham Yorkshire 2 nd XI South Shields 12 40 (b 19, lb 11, w 4, nb 6) Davies, T Devon Wiltshire Chippenham 52 CURRENT RECORD 58 (unknown) Straw, T Worcestershire Glamorgan Cardiff – 1897 12 VARIOUS OTHER MOSTS IN THE SEASON Most players: - Cambridgeshire 32, Dorset 31 Most grounds - Durham 4, Hertfordshire 4, Wiltshire 4, Yorkshire 2 nd XI 4 Most captains - Cambridgeshire 3, Surrey 2 nd XI 3 Most wicket-keepers - Buckinghamshire 4, Hertfordshire 4, Wiltshire 4 Most debut players - Dorset 18, Cambridgeshire 13, Yorkshire 2 nd XI 11, Devon 10 Most final season players - Cambridgeshire 11, Dorset 11, Devon 10, Yorkshire 2 nd XI 10 MODES OF DISMISSAL 2,197 wickets were taken of which 998 were bowled, 106 were lbw, 935 were caught, 78 were stumped, 74 were run out and 6 hit wicket.