The Minor Counties Championship 1903

125 BERKSHIRE 1903 Championship matches: Played 8, won 1, lost 4, tied 1, drawn 2 (lost on first innings) Position: Thirteenth out of seventeen Won: v Buckinghamshire at High Wycombe Lost: v Glamorgan at Swansea, v Monmouthshire at Newport, v Buckinghamshire at Reading, and v Glamorgan at Reading Tied: v Oxfordshire at Oxford Drawn – lost on first innings: v Oxfordshire at Reading, and v Monmouthshire at Reading. Captain: Sir C E M Y Nepean (6 matches) – Capt H W Hutson captained the side in the two matches in which Sir C E M Y Nepean did not play Wicket-keepers: A Henderson (1 match) and E Watts (7 matches) Debutants: 6 (T Bradfield, H S Crook, J Simonds, F G Strange, A S B Tull and G J Wheble) Final season for team: 7 (T Bradfield, H S Crook, A Henderson, J C Hunter, F M Ingram, J Simonds and G J Wheble) Hon Secretary: Capt J W St L Wheble Professionals: 7 (H Barratt, W Barker, T Bradfield, C E Brown, W Cave, A B Croom and E Watts) Home ground 1: The County Ground, Elm Park, Kennington Road, Reading (4 matches) Notes: Sir Charles Nepean took over the captaincy from John Gibb. Berkshire had a disappointing season winning only one match out of eight. The batsmen let the side down, averaging less than 13 runs an innings. In the 8 matches, 33 batsmen were dismissed without scoring. The county were involved in a tied match with Oxfordshire at Oxford, the first since the inauguration of the Championship in 1895. Career milestones passed for the county during the season were one thousand runs by F M Ingram (in his final season), Sir C E M Y Nepean and R A Williams. BERKSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1903 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 6 players who made their Championship debut for Berkshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1903 was the last or only season that these 7 players appeared for Berkshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Barker, W 2 4 1 15* 22 7.33 - - 1 2 - 56 9 208 6 34.66 3-59 - - Barrett, H 6 11 1 14 39 3.90 - - 3 3 - 16 1 65 3 21.66 2-31 - - G G M Bennett 6 12 0 47 208 17.33 - - - 3 - 28 6 93 4 23.25 2-29 - - Bradfield, T + 1 2 0 3 3 1.50 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Brown, C E 3 5 0 23 34 6.80 - - 3 1 - 18 3 57 0 - - - - Cave, W 8 15 2 36 146 11.23 - - - 7 - 302 107 546 49 11.14 7-26 2 5 H S Crook + 3 6 0 21 42 7.00 - - 2 3 - - - - - - - - - Croom, A B 7 12 4 16 50 6.25 - - 2 5 - 16.4 1 77 3 25.66 3-61 - - J H Dowell 1 2 0 4 7 3.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - G V Goodliffe 1 2 0 3 5 2.50 - - - 1 - 16 4 29 1 29.00 1-21 - - A Henderson 2 4 0 47 59 14.75 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - J C Hunter 2 2 0 11 11 5.50 - - 1 3 - 55 20 147 12 12.25 6-25 - 1 Capt H W Hutson 6 12 0 34 114 9.50 - - 4 2 - 88 23 235 13 18.07 3-33 - - F M Ingram 3 6 1 14 34 6.80 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - Sir C E M Y Nepean 6 10 0 33 108 10.80 - - 1 11 - 5 0 22 1 22.00 1-22 - - Relf, R R 7 12 3 40 74 8.22 - - 2 11 - 171.4 51 373 17 21.94 5-47 - 1 F E Rowe 4 8 0 45 127 15.87 - - 1 3 - 6 3 10 0 - - - - J Simonds + 1 1 0 6 6 6.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - A P Strange 2 4 0 22 26 6.50 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - F G Strange + 4 8 5 16* 47 15.66 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - A S B Tull + 1 1 0 17 17 17.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Watts, E 8 16 2 74 448 32.00 - 2 2 16 3 - - - - - - - - G J Wheble + 2 4 0 11 11 2.75 - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - R A Williams 2 4 0 50 95 23.75 - 1 - 2 - 60.5 18 140 11 12.72 5-60 - 1 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 121 - - - - 2 - - - 179 6 - - - - Total 88 163 19 74 1854 12.87 0 3 33 76 3 839.1 246 [2181] 126 [17.31] 7-26 2 8 2169 17.21 (24 players) (6 ball overs) Note: The runs conceded by the bowlers in the match scores add to 12 in excess. They are 3 in excess in the first innings of Match 53 v Oxfordshire at Oxford, 3 in excess in the second innings of Match 56 v Oxfordshire at Reading, and 4 in excess in the first innings and 2 in excess in the second innings in Match 74 v Monmouthshire at Reading. FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 7 players made their last appearance for Berkshire in the Championship in 1903. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Bradfield, T 1903 1 2 0 3 3 1.50 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - H S Crook 1903 3 6 0 21 42 7.00 - - 2 3 - - - - - - - - A Henderson 1899 22 34 1 73* 510 15.45 - 2 9 25 6 - - - - - - - J C Hunter 1902 6 8 0 11 25 3.12 - - 4 3 - 708 399 18 22.16 6-25 - 1 F M Ingram 1896 33 51 6 105*1021 22.68 1 5 7 18 - 22 21 0 - - - - J Simonds 1903 1 1 0 6 6 6.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - G J Wheble 1903 2 4 0 11 11 2.75 - - 3 - - - - - - - - - (7 players)