The Minor Counties Championship 1905

149 DURHAM 1905 Championship matches: Played 8, won 5, lost 2, drawn 1 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: Fifth equal with Yorkshire 2nd XI out of nineteen Won: v Northumberland v Jesmond, v Glamorgan at West Hartlepool, v Bedfordshire at Bedford CS, v Northumberland at Chester-le-Street, and v Yorkshire 2nd XI at Redcar Lost: v Yorkshire 2nd XI at South Shields, and v Bedfordshire at Wearmouth Drawn – won on first innings: None Drawn – lost on first innings: v Glamorgan at Cardiff Drawn – no decision on first innings: None. Captain: E W Elliot (8 matches) Wicket-keeper: J Kirtley (8 matches) Debutants: 7 (J P Allix, H E Galloway, B B Mewburn, A Morris, H M Parrington, W B Snowdon and J Thackeray) Final season: 10 (J P Allix, J Butler, W S Dobson, H E Galloway, N S A Harrison, B B Mewburn, H M Parrington, T E Parrrington, W B Snowdon and C R Toomer ) Hon Secretary: W R Wilson Professionals: 5 (J Butler, A Morris, T Smith, A Stoner and G Turnbull) Home grounds 4: The Chester-le-Street Cricket Club Ground, Ropery Lane, Chester-le-Street (1 match); The South Shields Cricket Club Ground, Wood Terrace, Westoe, South Shields (1 match); The Wearmouth Cricket Club Ground, Carley Hill, Wearmouth, Sunderland (1 match); and The West Hartlepool Cricket Club Ground, Clarence Road, West Hartlepool (1 match). Notes: Durham slipped one place ending up fifth equal in 1905 compared with fourth in 1904. The same number of matches were played as in the previous year, with Glamorgan replacing the ‘promoted’ Northamptonshire in the fixtur e list. Edgar Elliot, captaining the side for his third successive season, had an outstanding season with the bat scoring 720 runs at 60.00. His main support came from George Turnbull with 362 runs at 40.22. Turnbull was the most successful bowler taking 55 at wickets at 11.49. Of those players making their last and only appearance for the team during the season, John Allix had played three championship matches for Cambridgeshire between 1901 and 1903. Career milestones reached during the season were three thousand runs by Edgar Elliot, two thousand runs by Robert Bousfield, and both one thousand runs and three hundred wickets by George Turnbull. DURHAM MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1905 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 1905 was the last or only season that these 10 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 1 65 134 44.66 - 1 - - - 13 1 65 1 65.00 1-44 - - J P Allix + 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - R Bousfield 6 12 0 38 225 18.75 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - R Y Brydon 6 9 2 11 31 4.42 - - 3 5 - 164.3 41 415 27 15.37 5-42 - 2 Butler, J 2 4 0 102 106 26.50 1 - 2 1 - 6 2 22 1 22.00 1-18 - - J Combey 1 1 0 15 15 15.00 - - - - - 13 3 33 3 11.00 3-29 - - T Coulson 8 15 0 78 231 15.40 - 1 2 2 - - - - - - - - - W S Dobson 2 4 0 44 87 21.75 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - E W Elliot 8 16 4 99* 720 60.00 - 8 - - - 25 9 34 1 34.00 1-29 - - H E Galloway + 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - N S A Harrison 1 2 0 27 29 14.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - A B Horsley 6 11 0 98 285 25.90 - 2 1 3 - - - - - - - - - J Kirtley 8 14 1 26 153 11.76 - - - 12 9 - - - - - - - - R H Mallett 1 2 1 14* 19 19.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - B B Mewburn + 1 2 0 40 51 25.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rev R P Moorsom 5 10 2 50 172 21.50 - 1 - 5 - 5 0 21 0 - - - - Morris, A + 3 5 0 13 18 3.60 - - 2 - - 68.1 10 208 16 13.00 5-58 - 1 H M Parrington + 2 4 0 22 39 9.75 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - T E Parrington 1 2 0 15 19 9.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - T Prince 1 2 0 55 64 32.00 - 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - - Smith, T 4 6 2 28* 53 13.25 - - 1 4 - 96.2 12 338 16 21.12 6-55 - 1 W B Snowdon + 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Stoner, A 2 3 0 21 21 7.00 - - 2 4 - 20 4 55 4 13.75 4-33 - - J Thackeray + 8 14 4 22 89 8.90 - - 2 8 - 194 37 552 25 22.08 6-49 1 3 C R Toomer 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Turnbull, G 6 12 3 80 362 40.22 - 3 1 9 - 279 71 632 55 11.49 8-46 3 5 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 163 - - - - - - - - 220 3 - - - - Total 88 160 20 102 3089 22.06 1 17 21 63 9 884 190 2595 152 17.07 8-46 4 12 (26 players) (6 ball overs)