Minor Counties Championship 1907

160 CAMBRIDGESHIRE 1907 Championship matches: Played 8, won 2, lost 5, drawn 1 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Fifth out of five in the East Division Won: v Suffolk at Cambridge and v Norfolk at Norwich Lost: v Hertfordshire at Cambridge, v Bedfordshire at Luton, v Hertfordshire at Watford, v Bedfordshire at Cambridge and v Norfolk at Cambridge Drawn – won on first innings: None Drawn – lost on first innings: None Drawn – no decision on first innings: v Suffolk at Felixstowe Captain: C Pigg (6 matches) – T S W Thomas (2 matches) captained the side in the two matches in which C Pigg did not play Wicket-keeper: G H Watts (8 matches) Debutants: 2 (T W Brown and H W Thomas) Final season: 4 (E D Gilbert, P W Gray, H W Thomas and C D F Waters) Hon Secretary: Maj O Papworth Professionals: 2 (H Coulson and G H Watts) Home ground 1: Fenner’s University Cricket Ground, Mortimer Road, Cambridge (4 matches) Notes: The loss of five matches, three of them by an innings, resulted in Cambridgeshire finishing last in the East Division. Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire replaced Dorset and Staffordshire in the fixture list. The leading batsman was Herbert Tebbutt with 315 runs at 39.37, he was followed by Bernard Pigg with 284 at 25.81, including the only century scored for the county. The bowling relied heavily again on Harry Coulson who took 34 wickets at 18.67, no other bowler contributed more than 12 wickets. As Coulson also scored 268 runs at 22.33, he played a major role for the county. The career milestones reached during the season were one thousand runs by Charles Pigg and one hundred dismissals by George Watts. CAMBRIDGESHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AVERAGES 1907 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 2 players who made their Championship debut for Cambridgeshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1907 was the last or only season that these 4 players appeared for Cambridgeshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I H R Barker 1 2 0 8 11 5.50 - - - - - 6 0 22 1 22.00 1-22 - - A E Bellars 8 12 5 45* 169 24.14 - - 1 4 - 127 23 420 10 42.00 4-77 - - T W Brown + 5 8 1 40 90 12.85 - - 1 3 - 46.5 4 232 9 25.77 5-53 - 1 Coulson, H 8 13 1 57 268 22.33 - 2 1 3 - 271.3 88 635 34 18.67 6-79 - 5 E B Darby 3 4 0 29 59 14.75 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - P A French 1 2 0 29 35 17.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - E D Gilbert 4 6 0 30 90 15.00 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - P W Gray 3 5 1 23 38 9.50 - - 2 - - 32 1 138 3 46.00 1-5 - - W A Gray 5 9 1 16 65 8.12 - - 1 4 - 37.3 4 142 4 35.50 3-13 - - B W Pigg 6 11 0 103 284 25.81 1 1 4 2 - 30.4 2 151 3 50.33 2-44 - - C Pigg 6 11 3 34* 116 14.50 - - 1 3 - 6 0 30 1 30.00 1-30 - - C H Pigg 2 3 0 21 31 10.33 - - - - - 11 1 31 2 15.50 2-14 - - K G Reid 6 12 1 60 188 17.09 - 2 1 4 - - - - - - - - - L J Reid 7 13 1 56 186 15.50 - 1 3 6 - 59 5 268 10 26.80 2-7 - - H C Tebbutt 5 9 1 87 315 39.37 - 3 1 2 - 81.3 0 344 12 28.66 6-63 - 1 H W Thomas + 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 - - 3 0 13 0 - - - - T S W Thomas 7 12 0 57 211 17.58 - 2 2 7 - 6.1 0 57 1 57.00 1-14 - - C D F Waters 2 2 0 7 7 3.50 - - 1 - - 13 2 50 1 50.00 1-50 - - Watts, G H 8 14 3 61* 197 17.90 - 2 2 10 5 - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 188 - - - - - - - - 142 3 - - - - Total 88 150 18 103 2552 19.33 1 13 23 51 5 731.1 130 2675 94 28.45 6-63 0 7 (19 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 4 players made their last appearance for Cambridgeshire in the Championship in 1907. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I E D Gilbert 1903 10 17 0 30 195 11.47 - - 2 3 - 42 51 0 - - - - P W Gray 1897 4 7 2 25 68 13.60 - - 2 - - 192 138 3 46.00 1-5 - - H W Thomas 1907 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 - - 18 13 0 - - - - C D F Waters 1905 11 17 5 34* 133 11.08 - - 3 2 - 720 384 13 29.53 6-39 1 1 (4 players)