The Minor Counties Championship 1905

162 MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP 1905 – COUNTY MILESTONES During the season two counties became the first to reach the milestone of one hundred matches in the Championship. It is appropriate therefore to provide for both teams a brief summary of their record from their first championship match to the end of the 1905 season. 1 HERTFORDSHIRE Matches played 102, won 18, lost 32, drawn 52 Grounds used: Bishop’s Sto rtford – Cricket Field Lane 9 Broxbourne – Mill Lane Close 1 Hertford – Ball’s Park, Mangrove Road 4 St Albans – County Ground, Clarence Park 15 Watford – West Herts, Cassio Road 22 Total 51 Batting Highest innings - For 518 v Dorset Watford 1904 total - Against 493-9 dec for Berkshire St Albans 1897 Highest individual - For 202 Golding, A J v Dorset Watford 1904 innings - Against 195 Hobbs, J B for Cambs Cambridge 1904 Centuries scored - For 22 Most 8 by Golding, A J; 6 by White, H E - Against 25 Highest Wicket Partnerships For 1 st 179 C Pigg and Wells, F Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent 1898 2 nd 129 J H Hickin and Golding, A J Bedfordshire Dunstable 1901 3 rd 275 J H Hickin and Golding, A J Norfolk Bishop’s Stortford 1900 4 th 95* W H Marsh and Coleman, W E Cambridgeshire Hertford 1901 5 th 98* W H Marsh and Coleman, W E Norfolk Norwich 1899 6 th 137 Golding, A J and H J Hill Bedfordshire St Albans 1900 7 th 105 H J Hill and A Butcher Northamptonshire Watford 1901 8 TH 106 Golding, A J and Field, F Buckinghamshire Watford 1898 9 th 106 Capt C P Deedes and F Escombe Buckinghamshire St Albans 1903 10 th 70 C Pigg and Coleman, W E Buckinghamshire Watford 1897 Against 1 st over 150 T T N Perkins and T S Luce Wiltshire Watford 1905 2 nd 129 Dr E Weaver-Adams and F N Bird Buckinghamshire St Albans 1904 3 rd 164 Rev J F McCormick and P W Partridge Norfolk Bishop’s Stortford 1900 4 th 150 T Horton and Thompson, G J Northamptonshire Watford 1902 5 th 143* L G A Collins and F M Ingram Berkshire Watford 1896 6 th 200 E F Penn and L H Leman Norfolk Watford 1905 7 th 212 Brown, T A and Wharmby, G E Bedfordshire Bedford GS 1905 8 th 113 E T Garnier and S D Page Norfolk Norwich 1899 9 th 97 Pollitt, G and Wharmby, G E Bedfordshire Hertford 1902 10 th 68 G Starling and Smith, E W Norfolk Watford 1905 Bowling Best bowling - For 8-9 H W Pank v Berkshire Watford 1895 in innings - Against 8-23 Rev H Gray for Cambridgeshire Cambridge 1901 Five wickets - For 78 Most 37 by White, H E; 23 by Coleman, W E in innings - Against 95 Best bowling - For 15-91 White, H E v Oxfordshire Bishop’s Stortford 1902 in match - Against 14-85 Shore, C for Norfolk Bishop’s Stortford 1895 Ten wickets - For 13 Most 7 by White, H E; 5 by Coleman, W E in match - Against 21 Hat-tricks - For Coleman, W E v Dorset Poole 1904 - Against Rev E S P Mack for Norfolk Bishop’s Stortford 1896 Appearances Most appearances - 98 by White, H E; 83 by Coleman, W E; 78 by A Butcher; 75 by Golding, A J