Minor Counties Championship 1907

167 HERTFORDSHIRE 1907 Championship matches: Played 9, won 6, lost 2, drawn 1 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: First out of five in East Division, losing semi-finalist in the play-offs Won: v Suffolk at Hertford, v Bedfordshire at St Albans, v Norfolk at Watford, v Cambridgeshire at Cambridge, v Suffolk at Ipswich and v Cambridgeshire at Watford Lost: v Norfolk at Norwich and v Lancashire 2nd XI at Manchester Drawn – won on first innings: None Drawn – lost on first innings: v Bedfordshire at Luton Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: H M Harford (8 matches) – It is not known who led the side in the match in which H M Harford did not play Wicket-keepers: C D Fastnedge (6 matches), J Goodall (1 match) and V R Scully (1 match). It is not known who kept wicket in the match v Suffolk at Ipswich. Debutants: 6 (R B Cowley, M H C Doll, A F Leighton, C A Orr, V R Scully and W E Warren) Final season: 5 (T H K Dashwood, C A Orr, V R Scully, H J Sharpe and W E Warren) Hon Secretary: Dr J Earl Norman Professionals: 5 (W E Coleman, A J Golding, J Goodall, W Shelford and H E White) Home grounds 3 : The Hertford Cricket Club Ground, Balls Park, Mangrove Road, Hertford (1 match); The County Ground, Clarence Park, St Albans (1 match); and The West Herts Cricket Club Ground, Cassio Road, Watford (2 matches) Notes: Hertfordshire continued their good form of 1906 and won the East Division with six victories. In the semi-final against Lancashire 2nd XI they were well beaten. In their reduced fixture list Cambridgeshire replaced Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. The batting of Arthur Butcher was much improved and he was the leading run scorer with 541 at 38.64. Harry White was the pick of the bowlers with 62 wickets at 13.45 but his batting average dropped from 37.13 in 1906 to 22.00. Bill Coleman took less than half the number he obtained in 1906 and finished with 31 wickets at 15.09. During the season career milestones reached were three thousand runs by Arthur Butcher, one thousand runs by G Dumbelton, Charles Titchmarsh and C Rudd, four hundred wickets by Bill Coleman and fifty catches by Jack Golding. HERTFORDSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1907 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 6 players who made their Championship debut for Hertfordshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1907 was the last or only season that these 5 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 A Butcher 9 17 3 200* 541 38.64 1 1 2 3 - - - - - - - - - Dr A E Clarke 3 5 2 75* 151 50.33 - 2 1 - - 12.3 2 30 4 7.50 3-27 - - Coleman, W E 6 9 1 27* 89 11.12 - - 1 7 - 201 53 468 31 15.09 6-42 - 2 R B Cowley + 3 4 0 15 21 5.25 - - 1 4 - - - - - - - - - E H Cuthbertson 1 2 0 2 2 1.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - T H K Dashwood 4 8 0 45 176 22.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - M H C Doll + 4 6 0 18 38 6.33 - - 2 2 - 24 4 100 3 33.33 2-25 - - G G Dumbelton 7 13 0 67 260 20.00 - 2 1 - - 26 3 112 1 112.00 1-17 - - C D Fastnedge 6 9 4 29* 47 9.40 - - 4 11 - - - - - - - - - Golding, A J 7 13 1 32 174 14.50 - - 2 2 - 17 2 76 3 25.33 2-16 - - Goodall, J 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - H M Harford 8 11 3 63 136 17.00 - 1 2 3 - - - - - - - - - L G Hosier 3 4 1 23 44 14.66 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - A F Leighton + 2 3 0 2 4 1.33 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - W H Marsh 3 5 4 6* 16 16.00 - - - 1 - 54.2 14 145 10 14.50 4-9 - - C A Orr + 2 3 0 14 17 5.66 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - C T Rudd 4 7 1 56 153 25.50 - 1 - 4 - 83.2 10 270 12 22.50 6-76 - 1 V R Scully + 1 1 0 14 14 14.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - H J Sharpe 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Shelford, W 5 5 0 8 23 4.60 - - 1 5 - 102 24 317 19 16.68 4-29 - - C Tasker-Evans 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 - - - 1 - 12 1 36 1 36.00 1-36 - - C H Titchmarsh 8 14 1 54* 235 18.07 - 2 3 5 - - - - - - - - - W E Warren + 1 1 0 16 16 16.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - White, H E 9 15 2 61 286 22.00 - 2 1 5 - 395.5 130 834 62 13.45 7-51 2 6 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 199 - - - - 2 - - - 187 2 - - - - Total 99 158 23 200* 2651 19.63 1 11 27 59 0 928 243 2575 148 17.39 7-51 2 9 (24 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 5 players made their last appearance for Hertfordshire 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 T H K Dashwood 1898 16 28 0 151 774 27.64 1 3 3 11 - 79 73 1 73.00 1-24 - - C A Orr 1907 2 3 0 14 17 5.66 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - V R Scully 1907 1 1 0 14 14 14.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - H J Sharpe 1896 6 9 0 20 52 5.77 - - 3 1 - - - - - - - - W E Warren 1907 1 1 0 16 16 16.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - (5 players)