The Minor Counties Championship 1903

133 DURHAM 1903 Championship matches: Played 8, won 5, lost 3 , drawn none Position: Second out of seventeen Won: v Northumberland at Jesmond, v Yorkshire 2 nd XI at South Shields, v Cambridgeshire at West Hartlepool, v Northumberland at Chester- le-Street, and v Cambridgeshire at Cambridge Lost: v Northamptonshire at Sunderland, v Northamptonshire at Northampton, and v Yorkshire 2 nd XI at Ripon Captain: E W Elliot (8 matches) Wicket-keeper: J Kirtley (8 matches) Debutants: 7 (R Y Brydon, J Combey, Rev R P Moorsom, H Salmon, T Smith, E P Thomson and J H Weatherall.) Final season: 7 (D G Crichton, H R Elliot, A Newsome, S Pike, H Salmon, E P Thomson and J H Weatherall.) Professionals: 5 (J Butler, S Pike, T Smith, G Turnbull and J H Weatherall.) Hon Secretary: W R Wilson Home grounds 4: The Chester-le-Street Cricket Club Ground, Ropery Lane, Chester-le-Street – new ground (1 match); South Shields Cricket Club Ground, Wood Terrace, Westoe, South Shields (1 match); The Sunderland Cricket Club Ground, Ashbrooke, Sunderland (1 match); The West Hartlepool Cricket Club Ground, Clarence Road, West Hartlepool (1 match). Notes: Winning five of their first six matches, Durham had high hopes of winning the Championship, but losing both matches to Northamptonshire – the eventual Champions – and their final match to Yorkshire 2 nd XI meant the county had to be satisfied with second place. Cambridgeshire replaced Staffordshire on the fixture list. For the first time, a championship match was played at Chester-le-Street. H R Elliot scored a century in his final innings for the county, before emigrating to start fruit picking in California. Career milestones passed during the season were two thousand runs by E W Elliot, one thousand runs by C Y Adamson, two hundred wickets by G Turnbull and fifty dismissals by J Kirtley. DURHAM MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1903 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 7 players who made their Championship debut for Durham during the season. Names in bold indicate that 1903 was the last or only season that these 7 players appeared for Durham in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I C Y Adamson 2 4 0 16 34 8.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - J Bewick 1 2 0 9 17 8.50 - - - - - 4 1 6 0 - - - - R Bousfield 5 8 0 53 130 16.25 - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - R Y Brydon + 1 2 0 5 9 4.50 - - - - - 2 1 2 0 - - - - A Burn 7 12 0 29 139 11.58 - - 2 4 - 87.2 27 202 10 20.20 4-41 - - Butler, J 8 13 1 43* 140 11.66 - - 3 6 - 235.1 84 440 37 11.89 8-59 - 2 J Combey + 6 9 3 45 78 13.00 - - 3 3 - 85 17 238 4 59.50 3-76 - - T Coulson 7 12 2 57 270 27.00 - 3 2 1 - - - - - - - - - D G Crichton 1 2 0 22 22 11.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - R C Cumberlege 8 13 2 81 253 23.00 - 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - - W S Dobson 1 2 0 4 6 3.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - E W Elliot 8 14 2 201 484 40.33 1 1 1 2 - 12.2 6 16 3 5.33 3-11 - - H R Elliot 1 1 0 104 104 104.00 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - A B Horsley 1 2 0 11 20 10.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - J Kirtley 8 12 3 57 170 18.88 - 1 3 7 3 - - - - - - - - R H Mallett 2 3 0 1 1 0.33 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - Rev R P Moorsom + 3 5 0 14 32 6.40 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - A Newsome 1 2 1 1 1 1.00 - - - - - 10 3 22 2 11.00 2-22 - - T E Parrington 3 5 1 12 29 7.25 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Pike, S 1 2 0 6 7 3.50 - - - - - 9.4 4 13 2 6.50 2-13 - - H Salmon + 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Smith, T + 4 4 1 8 14 4.66 - - 1 3 - 142.3 31 396 24 16.50 5-74 - 1 E P Thomson + 1 2 0 9 10 5.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Turnbull, G 6 9 1 31 93 11.62 - - 1 6 - 261.4 116 424 53 8.00 7-49 3 6 Weatherall, J H + 1 2 1 9 11 11.00 - - - - - 17 3 38 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 126 - - - - - - - - 187 4 - - - - Total 88 143 18 201 2205 17.64 2 7 23 42 3 866.4 293 1984 139 14.27 8-59 3 9 (25 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 7 players made their last appearance for Durham 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 D G Crichton 1897 3 4 1 22 27 9.00 - - 2 1 - 90 55 4 13.75 3-12 - - H R Elliot 1899 9 14 1 165 445 34.23 2 1 2 6 - - - - - - - - A Newsome 1899 2 3 2 5* 6 6.00 - - - 1 - 155 74 2 37.00 2-22 - - Pike, S 1900 8 8 2 24* 55 9.16 - - 3 2 - 614 255 13 19.61 4-17 - - H Salmon 1903 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - E P Thomson 1903 1 2 0 9 10 5.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - Weatherall, J H 1903 1 2 1 9 11 11.00 - - - - - 102 38 0 - - - - (7 players)