The Minor Counties Championship 1905

152 HERTFORDSHIRE 1905 Championship matches: Played 10, won 2, lost 3, drawn 5 (won on first innings 2, lost on first innings 3, no decision on first innings none) Position: Twelfth out of nineteen Won: v Buckinghamshire at St Albans, and v Oxfordshire at Watford Lost: v Wiltshire at Salisbury, v Buckinghamshire at Ascott Park, Wing, and v Norfolk at Norwich Drawn – won on first innings: v Bedfordshire at St Albans, and v Oxfordshire at Oxford Drawn – lost on first innings: v Norfolk at Watford, v Bedfordshire at Bedford GS, v Wiltshire at Watford Drawn – no decision on first innings: None. Captain: H M Harford (9 matches) – A Butcher captained the side in the match in which H M Harford did not play Wicket-keepers: E G Blow (1 match) and J Goodall (9 matches) Debutants: 7 (J A Betts, R C Byass, T F Dwight, J Goodall, L G Hosier, G K Kelly and C T Tasker Evans) Final season: 7 (E G Blow, Capt C P Deedes, T F Dwight, G K Kelly, F Pawle, H B A Sparks and E H Wales) Hon Secretary: Dr J Earl Norman Professionals: 5 (W E Coleman, A J Golding, J Goodall, E R Harding and H E White) Home grounds 2: The County Ground, Clarence Park, St Albans (2 matches); and The West Herts Cricket Club Ground, Cassio Road, Watford (3 matches). Notes: Hertfordshire fell from sixth place in 1904 to twelfth in 1905. Ten matches were played compared to twelve the previous season, with Dorset no longer being met. The leading batsmen scoring over four hundred runs were the professionals Harry White 581 at 38.73, Jack Golding 594 at 34.94 and Bill Coleman 417 at 27.80. The leading bowlers were Harry White taking 44 wickets at 19.47 and Bill Coleman 49 at 21.48. Career milestones reached during the season were four thousand runs by Harry White, three thousand runs by Jack Golding, two thousand runs by Arthur Butcher, and both two thousand runs and three hundred wickets by Bill Coleman. HERTFORDSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1905 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 7 players who made their Championship debut for Hertfordshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1905 was the last or only season that these 7 players appeared for Hertfordshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I J A Betts + 3 5 2 55* 77 25.66 - 1 1 - - 3 0 28 0 - - - - E G Blow 6 9 1 33 111 13.87 - - 2 4 1 - - - - - - - - A Butcher 10 17 1 52 314 19.62 - 1 1 3 - - - - - - - - - R C Byass + 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - - - - 24 1 126 4 31.50 3-52 - - Coleman, W E 10 15 0 73 417 27.80 - 4 2 5 - 380.5 76 1053 49 21.48 7-29 1 3 T H K Dashwood 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 - - - 2 - 1 0 14 0 - - - - Capt C P Deedes 2 3 0 47 65 21.66 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - G G Dumbelton 8 14 0 69 378 27.00 - 2 2 6 - 13 4 52 0 - - - - T F Dwight + 3 3 1 34 38 19.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Golding, A J 10 17 0 134 594 34.94 2 1 - 4 - 20 6 67 2 33.50 1-28 - - Goodall, J + 9 14 5 31 100 11.11 - - 1 8 2 - - - - - - - - Harding, E R 10 13 6 26* 70 10.00 - - 3 6 - 216.4 39 621 35 17.74 5-78 - 1 H M Harford 9 12 0 24 87 7.25 - - 1 5 - - - - - - - - - J S Harford 1 1 0 20 20 20.00 - - - 1 - 27 4 80 1 80.00 1-68 - - L G Hosier + 4 6 0 26 80 13.33 - - 1 4 - - - - - - - - - G K Kelly + 1 2 0 10 11 5.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - W H Marsh 1 2 0 18 18 9.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - F Pawle 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - C T Rudd 6 10 0 49 188 18.80 - - 1 1 - 38 1 178 2 89.00 1-36 - - H B A Sparks 2 3 0 24 43 14.33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - C T Tasker-Evans + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 17 6 18 1 18.00 1-10 - - E H Wales 1 2 1 7 12 12.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - White, H E 10 17 2 135 581 38.73 1 4 2 6 - 363.3 101 857 44 19.47 5-45 - 3 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 232 - - - - 2 - - - 245 3 - - - - Total 110 170 19 135 3443 22.80 3 13 20 58 3 1104 238 3339 141 23.68 7-29 1 7 (23 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 7 players made their last appearance for Hertfordshire in the Championship in 1905. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I E G Blow 1902 10 16 2 33 161 11.50 - - 3 4 1 - - - - - - - Capt C P Deedes 1903 4 5 0 47 125 25.00 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - T F Dwight 1905 3 3 1 34 38 19.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - G K Kelly 1905 1 2 0 10 11 5.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - F Pawle 1904 2 3 0 4 5 1.66 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - H B A Sparks 1904 4 4 0 24 51 12.75 - - - - - - - - - - - - E H Wales 1896 15 22 1 75 459 21.85 - 3 - 11 - - - - - - - - (7 players)