Minor Counties Championship 1907

174 NORTHUMBERLAND 1907 Championship matches: Played 10, won 1, lost 5, drawn 4 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings 2) Position: Sixth out of six in North Division Won: v Lincolnshire at Grantham Lost: v Staffordshire at Jesmond, v Lancashire 2nd XI at Jesmond, v Lancashire 2nd XI at Manchester, v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent and v Lincolnshire at Jesmond Drawn – won on first innings: v Durham at Chester-le-Street Drawn – lost on first innings: v Yorkshire 2nd XI at Jesmond Drawn – no decision on first innings: v Durham at Jesmond and v Yorkshire 2nd XI at Redcar Captain: F W Gillespie (9 matches) – C M Skinner (1 match) led the side in the match in which F W Gillespie did not play Wicket-keepers: T Ullathorne (9 matchss) and G E Wilkinson (1 match) Debutants: 2 (R B Stephenson and Capt H Strong) Final season: 4 (C G Hill, W Seymour, A Simpson and Capt H Strong) Hon Secretary: F G H Clayton Professionals: 4 (M Chambers, G Elsey, J Marshall and E Nicholls) Home ground 1: The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne (5 matches) Notes: Northumberland had another disappointing season winning one match and finishing last in their Division. The number of matches played increased to ten as Lancashire 2nd XI, Lincolnshire and Staffordshire replaced Bedfordshire and Glamorgan as their opponents. The captain, Fred Gillespie, scored 457 runs at 28.56. Half of the wickets taken were obtained by Clifton Skinner with 32 at 21.09 and George Milne with 29 and 24.03. Fred Gillespie reached the career milestone of two thousand runs during the season. NORTHUMBERLAND MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1907 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 2 players who made his Championship debut for Northumberland during the season. Names in bold denote that 1907 was the last or only season that these 4 players appeared for Northumberland 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 Arkle 1 2 0 19 28 14.00 - - - - - 3 0 28 1 28.00 1-28 - - W G Brown 4 7 0 13 38 5.42 - - 1 - - 22.5 6 72 3 24.00 3-72 - - Chambers, M 6 11 1 41 130 13.00 - - 3 1 - 31 5 104 1 104.00 1-6 - - Elsey, G 10 17 5 23* 100 8.33 - - 5 6 - 207.5 35 644 21 30.66 4-66 - - F W Gillespie 9 16 0 95 457 28.56 - 2 - 5 - - - - - - - - - J Gilman 7 12 0 68 177 14.75 - 2 - 4 - 17 1 88 3 29.33 1-0 - - C G Hill 1 2 1 82* 96 96.00 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - Marshall, J 10 18 0 68 375 20.83 - 2 2 9 - 63.2 10 189 8 23.62 3-39 - - G T Milne 9 15 2 61 330 25.38 - 3 2 4 - 239.3 40 697 29 24.03 6-43 1 2 W Milne 4 7 1 68 205 34.16 - 1 - 3 - 4.3 2 20 2 10.00 2-20 - - J S Nesbit 4 8 1 61 127 18.14 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - Nicholls, E 1 2 2 5* 5 - - - - - - 7 1 18 0 - - - - W Seymour 1 2 0 15 18 9.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - A Simpson 3 5 0 18 27 5.40 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - C M Skinner 8 13 1 58 125 10.41 - 1 3 2 - 198.5 30 675 32 21.09 6-55 - 3 C F Stanger-Leathes 2 3 0 115 206 68.66 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - R B Stephenson + 3 6 0 16 33 5.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Capt H Strong + 3 6 0 23 56 9.33 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - T Ullathorne 9 16 2 31* 196 14.00 - - 4 11 6 - - - - - - - - W Veitch 10 17 2 20 41 2.73 - - 5 3 - 155 39 403 19 21.21 4-19 - - G E Wilkinson 1 1 1 5* 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - S P Wood 4 7 0 34 111 15.85 - - 1 1 - 4 0 10 1 10.00 1-10 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 225 - - - - - - - - 199 2 - - - - Total 110 193 19 115 3111 17.87 1 14 27 54 6 953.5 169 3147 122 25.79 6-43 1 5 (22 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 4 players made their last appearance for Northumberland 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 C G Hill 1906 5 9 2 82* 195 27.85 - 2 1 4 - - - - - - - - W Seymour 1905 3 5 1 29 59 14.75 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - A Simpson 1905 8 15 1 59 220 15.71 - 1 1 4 - - - - - - - - Capt H Strong 1907 3 6 0 23 56 9.33 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - (4 players)