The Minor Counties Championship 1903

139 NORTHUMBERLAND 1903 Championship matches: Played 8, won 4, lost 4, drawn none Position: Fourth equal with Bedfordshire and Glamorgan out of seventeen Won: v Yorkshire 2 nd XI at Jesmond, v Cambridgeshire at Cambridge, v Cambridgeshire at Jesmond, and v Yorkshire 2 nd XI at Middlesbrough Lost: v Durham at Jesmond, v Northamptonshire at Northampton, v Northamptonshire at Jesmond, and v Durham at Chester-le-Street. Captain: F G H Clayton (7 matches) – R G E Mortimer captained the team in the one match in which F G H Clayton did not play Wicket-keepers: L Greenwood (8 matches) Debutants: 4 (F Haswell, C M Skinner, J Smith and C F Stanger-Leathes) Final season: 4 (R H Hartley, F Haswell, C A Hutton and J Smith) Hon Secretary: F G H Clayton Professionals: 6 (M Chambers, G Elsey, L Greenwood, R H Hartley, J Marshall and E Tomlin) Home ground 1: The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne (4 matches) Notes: By finishing fourth equal, the county had their most successful season since joining the Championship in 1896. Cambridgeshire replaced Staffordshire on the fixture list. During the season, J Marshall passed the career milestone of one thousand runs in championship matches. Two of the debutants – C M Skinner and C F Stanger-Leathes – were to captain the team in later years. Further research has revealed that Greenwood’s initial is just L, not L W as previously believed. NORTHUMBERLAND MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1903 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 4 players who made his Championship debut for Northumberland during the season. Names in bold denote that 1903 was the last or only season that these 4 players appeared for Northumberland in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I S P Bell 3 5 1 30 37 9.25 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Chambers, M 6 11 0 67 176 16.00 - 1 2 1 - 41 6 148 6 24.66 2-18 - - F G H Clayton 7 11 0 86 276 25.09 - 2 - 5 - 44 9 107 8 13.37 3-44 - - Elsey, G 8 12 5 40* 103 14.71 - - 4 9 - 247.4 53 621 48 12.93 8-28 2 4 F W Gillespie 7 12 1 50 128 11.63 - 1 2 4 - - - - - - - - - R H Gillespie 3 5 0 33 74 14.80 - - 1 2 - 49.2 3 182 11 16.54 4-41 - - Greenwood, L 8 13 5 17* 34 4.25 - - 5 5 4 - - - - - - - - J Hansell 6 10 1 84 233 25.88 - 2 - 2 - - - - - - - - - Hartley, R H 3 6 2 25* 56 14.00 - - 1 1 - 26 3 91 0 - - - - F Haswell + 1 1 0 11 11 11.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - C A Hutton 1 2 0 12 21 10.50 - - - 1 - 10 1 40 1 40.00 1-40 - - Marshall, J 8 13 1 100* 318 26.50 1 1 1 6 - 106.3 18 268 14 19.14 5-59 - 1 W Milne 3 5 0 31 89 17.80 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - E Mortimer 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - R G E Mortimer 5 9 0 51 120 13.33 - 1 - 2 - 1 0 2 0 - - - - G Simpson 6 9 0 81 169 18.77 - 1 - 9 - 171 57 424 31 13.67 5-29 - 2 C M Skinner + 2 3 0 11 17 5.66 - - - 2 - 35 2 149 4 37.25 2-79 - - J Smith + 1 1 0 3 3 3.00 - - - - - 4 0 25 0 - - - - C F Stanger-Leathes + 6 11 1 77 219 21.90 - 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - - V Thompson 1 2 0 9 9 4.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Tomlin, E 2 4 1 17* 37 12.33 - - 1 1 - 48 6 176 7 25.14 3-48 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 166 - - - - 3 - - - 124 5 - - - - Total 88 146 18 100* 2296 17.93 1 10 20 59 4 783.3 158 2357 135 17.45 8-28 2 7 (21 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 4 players made their last appearance for Northumberland 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 Hartley, R H 1899 7 10 3 31 117 16.71 - - 2 1 - 782 371 15 24.73 4-24 - - F Haswell 1903 1 1 0 11 11 11.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - C A Hutton 1901 3 5 0 12 26 5.20 - - 2 2 - 162 81 2 40.50 1-16 - - J Smith 1903 1 1 0 3 3 3.00 - - - - - 24 25 0 - - - - (4 players)