Minor Counties Championship 1908

170 DURHAM 1908 Championship matches: Played 10, won 6, lost 1, drawn 3 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 3, no decision on first innings none) Position: Second out of six in North Division Won: v Lancashire 2nd XI at Wearmouth, v Yorkshire 2nd XI at South Shields, v Staffordshire at Sunderland, v Northumberland at Chester-le- Street, v Lancashire 2nd XI at Blackpool and v Yorkshire 2nd XI at Redcar Lost: v Lincolnshire at Skegness Drawn – won on first innings: None Drawn – lost on first innings: v Northumberland at Jesmond, v Lincolnshire at West Hartlepool and v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: T Coulson (7 matches) – E B Proud (3 matches) captained the side in the matches in which T Coulson did not play Wicket-keepers: J Kirtley (4 matches), R Newby (3 matches), J W Mole (2 matches) and G P Gore (1 match) Debutants: 10 (A P Ashley, J F Best, J W Huggins, J W Mole, R Newby, L C Ord, A R Robinson, J Robinson, J M Russell and A E Walker) Final season: 10 (J F Best, R C Harrison, J W Huggins, J Kirtley, R Newby, W Nisbet, L C Ord, A R Robinson, J Robison and A H Stoner) Hon Secretary: A B Horsley Secretary: T A Bulmer Professionals: 4 (A Morris, A H Stoner, J Thackeray and G Turnbull) Home grounds 5 : Chester-le-Street Cricket Club Ground, Ropery Lane, Chester-le-Street (1 match); South Shields Cricket Club Ground, Wood Terrace, Westoe, South Shields (1 match); Sunderland Cricket Club Ground, Ashbrooke, Sunderland (1 match); Wearmouth Colliery Ground, Carley Hill, Wearmouth, Sunderland (1 match); and The Victoria Ground, Clarence Road, West Hartlepool (1 match) Notes: Durham, whose opponents were the same as those in 1907, won six matches and finished runners up in their division. The batting of the all rounder George Turnbull, who was the leading run scorer, improved as he made 441 runs at 24.50 compared with 191 at 12.73 in 1907. He also took 30 wickets at 18.63 which was 5 runs per wicket higher than in 1907. E B Proud scored 316 runs at 35.11. The most effective bowler was Alf Morris who increased his total of wickets from 63 at 11.49 in 1907 to 84 at 12.19. Career milestones reached during the season were two thousand runs by C Y Adamson and George Turnbull and two hundred wickets by Alf Morris. DURHAM MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1908 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 10 players who made their Championship debut for Durham during the season. Names in bold indicate that 1908 was the last or only season that these 10 players appeared for Durham in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I C Y Adamson 6 11 1 59 250 25.00 - 2 1 1 - 75 12 215 9 23.88 3-29 - - A P Ashley + 2 3 0 9 14 4.66 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - J F Best + 6 12 2 56 236 23.60 - 1 2 1 - - - - - - - - - J Bewick 10 17 1 58 314 19.62 - 1 1 7 - 95.5 19 275 13 21.15 2-5 - - H Brooks 7 11 0 46 142 12.90 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - T Coulson 7 12 1 64 166 15.09 - 1 2 3 - - - - - - - - - G P Gore 1 2 0 25 25 12.50 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - R C Harrison 3 5 0 22 40 8.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - J W Huggins + 1 2 1 37* 37 37.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - T Kinch 2 4 0 27 56 14.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - J Kirtley 4 6 1 30* 87 17.40 - - 1 4 1 - - - - - - - - J W Mole + 2 3 0 15 40 13.33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Morris, A 10 17 4 53* 246 18.92 - 1 2 8 - 408.5 90 1024 84 12.19 7-33 3 10 R Newby + 3 6 3 4 6 2.00 - - 2 6 2 - - - - - - - - W Nisbet 1 2 0 5 5 2.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - L C Ord + 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - E B Proud 5 10 1 103 316 35.11 1 1 - 3 - - - - - - - - - A R Robinson + 1 2 0 27 28 14.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J Robinson + 3 5 0 31 36 7.20 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - J M Russell + 3 6 0 21 52 8.66 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - T Smith 1 2 0 10 10 5.00 - - 1 - - 17 4 38 7 5.42 5-19 - 1 Stoner, A H 9 15 2 56 190 14.61 - 1 3 3 - 60 10 164 4 41.00 3-9 - - Thackeray, J 9 15 7 23* 124 15.50 - - 1 3 - 181.2 40 503 26 19.34 5-32 1 2 Turnbull, G 10 18 0 97 441 24.50 - 3 3 14 - 228 39 559 30 18.63 4-9 - - A E Walker + 3 5 0 36 134 26.80 - - - 2 - 4 0 10 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 206 - - - - 1 - - - 327 3 - - - - Total 110 193 24 103 3201 18.94 1 11 31 61 3 1070 214 3115 176 17.69 7-33 4 13 (25 players) (6 ball overs)