The Minor Counties Championship 1903

22 LEADING CAREER AVERAGES BOWLING – QUALIFICATION 50 WICKETS - CONTINUED Player Team Years M Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I G Simpson N’land 1896-1903 22 2831 1,252 75 16.69 7-71 - 4 Aston, W H Devon 1901-1903 17 2145 972 58 16.75 6-22 - 5 Rogers, P Oxfordshire 1895-1903 64 12712 5,138 306 16.79 9-20 4 20 Rev E W R Walters N’land 1896-1901 23 1954 986 58 17.00 7-49 - 5 A M Miller Wiltshire 1895-1903 84 7316 4,000 233+4 17.16 8-65 2 11 Page, H Bucks 1896-1903 27 4050 1,540 89 17.30 7-46 1 5 L C V Bathurst Norfolk 1896-1899 19 2029 868 50 17.36 6-43 - 1 Grimshaw, T Staffordshire 1897-1903 33 4924 2,212 125 17.69 6-29 1 13 H Bassett Oxfordshire 1895-1903 43 4348 1,854 104 17.82 6-33 - 3 Kersley, T Surrey 2 nd XI 1899-1903 33 2837 1,256 70 17.94 8-38 1 3 White, H E Hertfordshire 1895-1903 76 15081 6,570 366 17.95 8-42 6 31 A C M Croome Berkshire 1895-1901 48 5000 2,244 123 18.24 7-28 2 8 Barker, W Berkshire 1895-1903 59 10200 4,577 250 18.30 7-35 3 21 Barrett, H Berkshire 1897-1903 43 4506 2,114 113 18.70 9-42 1 8 Light, W F Devon 1902-1903 16 2600 1,238 66 18.75 6-21 1 4 Elsey, G N’land 1896-1903 51 8533 3,708 194 19.11 8-28 3 14 Brown, C E Berkshire 1900-1903 25 2688 1,004 52 19.30 9-50 1 3 H E Kingston Northants 1895-1903 55 2772 1,874 96 19.52 7-57 1 7 Relf, A E Norfolk 1898-1899 14 2664 1,040 53 19.62 6-78 - 4 Bryan, W Cambs 1897-1903 42 6797 2,673 136 19.65 7-115 1 7 Silverlock, A J Mon 1897-1903 36 5165 2,945 148 19.89 7-41 3 10 Marshall, J N’land 1896-1903 42 5379 2,389 120 19.90 9-47 1 10 Coleman, W E Hertfordshire 1896-1903 62 8557 4,030 202 19.95 7-29 2 14 Tomlin, E N’land 1897-1903 40 5772 2,739 137 19.99 10-31 1 9 L T Driffield Northants 1898-1903 27 2337 1,004 50 20.08 5-48 - 1 R A Williams Berkshire 1897-1903 20 3525 1,905 94 20.26 10-129 5 7 Rudd, W J Hertfordshire 1901-1903 27 3526 1,205 58 20.77 6-20 - 1 Titchmarsh, V A Hertfordshire 1895-1897 20 3307 1,393 65 21.43 7-59 - 4 L F Stedman Mon 1897-1903 33 2229 1,291 60 21.51 4-34 - - Golding, A J Hertfordshire 1897-1903 53 3197 1,481 66 22.43 8-43 - 3 L Parbury Bedfordshire 1901-1903 28 2497 1,503 66 22.77 8-89 1 5 O'Connor, J Cambs 1895-1899 24 3921 1,973 85 23.21 7-45 - 5 Brown, W Staffordshire 1895-1903 47 3407 1,614 61 26.45 5-46 - 3 F G H Clayton N’land 1896-1903 57 4168 2,003 74 27.06 5-62 - 2 The following five bowlers have taken over fifty wickets and played for more than one county: Smith, W C Oxfordshire 1897 2 75 56 0 - - - - Surrey 2 nd XI 1900-1903 29 4382 1,731 151 11.46 8-43 4 15 Total 1897-1903 31 4457 1,787 151 11.83 8-43 4 15 Nichol, D Durham 1895-1896 12 1674 704 46 15.30 6-56 - 4 North’land 1899 4 515 214 12 17.83 5-61 - 1 Total 1895-1899 16 2189 918 58 15.82 6-56 - 5 Brown, T A Bedfordshire 1895-1903 48 9003 3,714 224 16.58 8-27 7 20 Northants 1897-1899 24 2121 1,068 46 23.21 6-34 - 2 Total 1895-1903 72 11124 4,782 270 17.71 8-27 7 22 Relf, A E Berkshire 1895-1897 2 291 164 11 14.90 4-36 - - Norfolk 1898-1899 14 2664 1,040 53 19.62 6-78 - 4 Total 1895-1899 26 2955 1,204 64 18.81 6-78 - 4 R A Williams Bucks 1895 1 - - - - - - - Oxfordshire 1896 3 220 128 5 25.60 4-59 - - Berkshire 1897-1903 20 3525 1,905 94 20.26 10-129 5 7 Total 1895-1903 24 3745 2,033 99 20.53 10-129 5 7 WICKET-KEEPING – QUALIFICATION 30 DISMISSALS Wicket-keeper Team Years M Ct St Total W H Brain Glamorgan 1897-1903 59 78 76 154 C E Cobb Buckinghamshire 1895-1903 44 78 49 127 B C Smith Northamptonshire 1895-1903 83 94 29 123 Smart, T Wiltshire 1895-1903 81 69 12 81 Strudwick, H Surrey 2 nd XI 1899-1902 33 55 11 66 Higgins, J Yorkshire 2 nd XI 1900-1903 26 39 20 59 Straw, T Worcestershire 1895-1898 34 45 14 59 G F Blake Norfolk 1895-1901 38 36 22 58 J Kirtley Durham 1899-1903 37 34 23 57 Watts, G H Cambridgeshire 1896-1903 46 47 6 53 Greenwood, L W Northumberland 1898-1903 35 31 18 49 C D Fastnedge Hertfordshire 1896-1903 36 29 13 42 M J Dauglish Berkshire 1896-1899 26 31 8 39 Mayes, T Monmouthshire 1897-1903 23 25 13 38 Lambert, T Durham 1895-1898 23 20 18 38 J Poole Staffordshire 1895-1903 23 22 13 35