The Minor Counties Championship 1905

154 NORFOLK 1905 Championship matches: Played 8, won 6, lost 1, drawn 1 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings none) Position: First out of nineteen Won: v Suffolk at Norwich, v Oxfordshire at Norwich, v Hertfordshire at Norwich, v Cambridgeshire at Cambridge, v Oxfordshire at Oxford, and v Cambridgeshire at Norwich Lost: v Suffolk at Ipswich Drawn – won on first innings: v Hertfordshire at Watford Drawn – lost on first innings: None Drawn – no decision on first innings: None. Captain: Rev G B Raikes (5 matches) – L Barratt (3 matches) captained the side in the matches in which Rev G B Raikes did not play Wicket-keepers: G Allen (8 matches) Debutants: 6 (H E Brown, O H C Dunell, C E Dunning, H C Master, G Starling and N W Stevens) Final season: 6 (G Allen, H E Brown, P A Fryer, V R Hoare, A L Kennaway and E J Mann) Joint Hon Secretaries: E G Buxton and A M Jee Assistant Secretary: C F Taylor Professionals: 2 (E Gibson and E W Smith) Home ground 1: The County Ground, Lakenham, Norwich (4 matches). Notes: To the surprise of many, Norfolk won the Championship after finishing sixteenth in 1904, having returned in that year to the competition after a two-year absence. The first match played was drawn and the second lost, but this opening was followed by six consecutive victories. Norfolk had needed to win the final match against Cambridgeshire at Norwich to take the title. Just one match had been won the previous season. Oxfordshire replaced Buckinghamshire on the fixture list. George Raikes succeeded Legh Barratt as captain and was widely praised for his efforts. The leading batsmen were Arthur Watson with 319 runs at 53.16, George Raikes 253 runs at 36.14 and Legh Barratt 315 runs at 35.00. James Worman with 42 wickets at 11.11 and Billy Smith with 31 at 15.41 were the leading bowlers. Off the field, A M Jee became Joint Hon Secretary with E G Buxton. The career milestone reached during the season was one thousand runs by Philip Fryer. It was mistakenly stated in the 1904 book that A L Kennaway played his last season for Norfolk in that year, whereas he was to play one further match for the county in 1905 as a second-day replacement for Billy Smith in the match versus Suffolk at Norwich in July. NORFOLK MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1905 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 6 players who made their Championship debut for Norfolk during the season. Names in bold denote that 1905 was the last or only season that these 6 players appeared for Norfolk in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I G Allen 8 10 1 34* 109 12.11 - - 1 13 3 - - - - - - - - L Barratt 7 11 2 92 315 35.00 - 1 - 12 - 15.3 4 33 3 11.00 3-33 - - H E Brown + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 4 2 11 0 - - - - B Cozens-Hardy 1 1 0 16 16 16.00 - - - 1 - 2 0 12 0 - - - - O H C Dunell + 1 1 0 9 9 9.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - C E Dunning + 3 5 1 51 86 21.50 - 1 - 3 - - - - - - - - - P A Fryer 3 4 0 19 63 15.75 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gibson, E 7 9 1 28 55 6.87 - - 3 2 - 122 45 260 17 15.29 4-14 - - Rev A R Hoare 5 6 0 69 197 32.83 - 2 - 6 - 34.5 6 119 8 14.87 3-22 - - V R Hoare 1 2 0 17 28 14.00 - - - 2 - 9 3 21 1 21.00 1-15 - - M W Ireland 3 5 0 35 75 15.00 - - - 8 - 23 6 56 5 11.20 4-20 - - A L Kennaway 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - L H Leman 3 6 2 72* 131 32.75 - 1 - 2 - 7 1 18 0 - - - - Rev J G McCormick 5 7 0 141 180 25.71 1 - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - E J Mann 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - H C Master + 1 2 1 16* 16 16.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - S D Page 1 2 0 6 6 3.00 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - E F Penn 3 5 0 133 154 30.80 1 - 1 4 - 55 11 175 9 19.44 4-48 - - R G Pilch 3 6 0 88 125 20.83 - 1 2 2 - 13 5 43 1 43.00 1-23 - - Rev G B Raikes 5 8 1 112 253 36.14 1 1 1 5 - 102.3 16 345 25 13.80 6-76 1 1 A Shingler 2 4 0 11 27 6.75 - - - 2 - 12 1 49 1 49.00 1-20 - - Smith, E W 8 9 7 22* 30 15.00 - - 1 1 - 197.4 52 478 31 15.41 6-28 - 3 G Starling + 5 9 1 64 157 19.62 - 1 2 5 - 39.2 6 126 8 15.75 5-39 - 1 N W Stevens + 1 2 0 13 13 6.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - A K Watson 5 6 0 89 319 53.16 - 4 - 3 - - - - - - - - - J N Worman 5 5 0 72 104 20.80 - 1 - 3 - 223 72 467 42 11.11 7-35 2 4 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 191 - - - - - - - - 171 3 - - - - Total 89 127 17 141 2659 24.17 3 13 17 79 3 859.5 230 2384 154 15.48 7-35 3 9 (26 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 6 players made their last appearance for Norfolk 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 G Allen 1904 10 12 2 34* 134 13.40 - - 1 17 4 12 13 0 - - - - H E Brown 1905 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 24 11 0 - - - - P A Fryer 1895 26 42 3 130 1006 25.79 2 4 2 11 5 - - - - - - - V R Hoare 1897 3 6 0 17 48 8.00 - - 1 6 - 175 79 3 26.33 1-15 - - A L Kennaway 1904 5 6 0 7 15 2.50 - - 2 2 - - - - - - - - E J Mann 1901 3 4 0 18 27 6.75 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - (6 players)