Minor Counties Championship 1907

181 WORCESTERSHIRE 2 ND XI 1907 Championship matches: Played 8, won none, lost 7, drawn 1 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings none) Position: Fifth out of five in Midlands Division Won: None Lost: v Berkshire at Worcester, v Surrey 2nd XI at Stourbridge, v Surrey 2nd XI at The Oval, v Wiltshire at Stourbridge, v Berkshire at Reading, v Buckinghamshire at Chesham and v Wiltshire at Chippenham Drawn – won on first innings: v Buckinghamshire at Kidderminster Drawn – lost on first innings: None Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: P H Foley (6 matches) – it is not known who led the side in the two matches in which P H Foley did not play Wicket-keepers: T Straw (6 matches) and – Collins (2 matches) Debutants: 31 – the whole team (P H Foley, F Hunt, T Straw and G F Wheldon played for Worcestershire when they competed in the Championship 1895-1898) Final season: 31 – the whole team Hon Secretary: P H Foley Professionals: 11 (- Bidmead, - Collins, J E Days, F Hunt, W Millward, - Parslow, W C Smith, E W Solly, T Straw, G F Wheldon and - Williams) Home grounds 3 : The Kidderminster Cricket Club Ground, Chester Road, Kidderminster (1 match); The Stourbridge Cricket Club Ground, Amblecote, Stourbridge (2 matches); and The County Ground, New Road, Worcester (1 match) Notes: Worcestershire 2nd XI entered the competition for the first time but had an extremely poor season losing seven of their eight matches, four of them by an innings. After this they withdrew from the competition and did not re-enter until 1948. The batting was weak, only two batsmen passed two hundred runs. The best of the bowlers was Edward Solly who took 44 wickets at 15.93. WORCESTERSHIRE 2 ND XI MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1907 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 31 players who made their Championship debut for Worcestershire 2 nd XI during the season. Names in bold denote that 1907 was the last or only season that these 31 players appeared for Worcestershire 2 nd XI 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 G Bache + 4 8 0 89 249 31.12 - 2 - 1 - - - - - - - - - Bidmead, - + 1 2 1 6 8 8.00 - - - - - 15 3 48 2 24.00 1-16 - - A K Chaytor + 2 4 0 14 22 5.50 - - 2 2 - - - - - - - - - Collins, - + 2 4 1 7 16 5.33 - - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - G L Crowe + 2 4 0 48 74 18.50 - - 1 2 - 3 1 10 1 10.00 1-10 - - Days, J E + 7 14 0 42 207 14.78 - - 1 2 - 160 38 480 19 25.26 3-23 - - P H Foley + 6 11 5 15 32 5.33 - - 3 5 - - - - - - - - - M K Foster + 3 6 1 51* 79 15.80 - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - S J Gethin + 1 2 0 69 90 45.00 - 1 - - - 10 2 35 2 17.50 2-13 - - W E Hatfield + 2 4 0 12 37 9.25 - - - 2 - 18 2 87 4 21.75 4-69 - - T H Hayes + 1 2 0 3 3 1.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - T C Hiatt + 6 12 1 45 171 15.54 - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - J O Hingley + 1 2 0 4 5 2.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hunt, F + 7 14 0 23 99 7.07 - - 3 3 - 168.3 33 483 24 20.12 5-77 - 1 J F C Jackson + 1 2 0 37 42 21.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - W A T Jarrett + 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - E Jenkins + 1 2 1 3* 6 6.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Millward, W C + 1 2 0 29 43 21.50 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Parslow, - + 1 2 0 8 8 4.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - H J Powys-Keck + 1 2 1 1* 1 1.00 - - 1 2 - 23.2 6 61 3 20.33 3-46 - - W L Price + 3 4 0 31 37 9.25 - - 2 - - 31 3 78 1 78.00 1-50 - - R Randall + 1 2 0 17 26 13.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - E G Righton + 2 4 0 11 22 5.50 - - 1 - - 25 5 104 4 26.00 4-104 - - Smith, W C + 4 8 0 54 107 13.37 - 1 2 2 - 8 0 36 1 36.00 1-22 - - Solly, E W + 8 16 3 20* 59 4.53 - - 7 4 - 207.3 43 701 44 15.93 7-93 1 4 H Southall + 1 2 0 22 35 17.50 - - - - - 1 0 8 0 - - - - T Stinton + 2 4 0 8 19 4.75 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Straw, T + 6 12 2 19 61 6.10 - - 4 7 8 - - - - - - - - Wheldon, G F + 6 12 0 36 99 8.25 - - 1 1 - 7 0 39 0 - - - - WWhittaker + 1 2 0 4 5 2.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Williams, - + 3 6 0 39 73 12.16 - - 1 1 - 11 1 57 3 19.00 3-38 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 121 - - - - - - - - 118 1 - - - - Total 88 173 16 89 1860 11.84 0 5 33 44 9 688.2 137 2345 109 21.51 7-93 1 5 (31 players) (6 ball overs)