Minor Counties Championship 1908

179 NORFOLK 1908 Championship matches: Played 8, won 2, lost 3, drawn 3 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings 2, no decision on first innings none) Position: Fourth out of five in East Division Won: v Suffolk at Norwich and v Cambridgeshire at Norwich Lost: v Suffolk at Ipswich, v Hertfordshire at St Albans and v Bedfordshire at Norwich Drawn – won on first innings: v Cambridgeshire at Cambridge Drawn – lost on first innings: v Bedfordshire at Bedford GS and v Hertfordshire at Norwich Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: L Barratt (6 matches) – M W Ireland (1 match) and B Cozens-Hardy (1 match) captained the side in the matches in which L Barratt did not play Wicket-keepers: G A Stevens (3 matches), S D Page (3 matches), V Stephens (1 match) and R H Fowler (1 match) Debutants: 5 (R H Fowler, Capt C C O Gascoigne, A R Mayes, V Stephens and T H Wharton) Final season: 8 (L Barratt, Capt C C O Gascoigne, M W Ireland, L H Leman, A R Mayes, A Shingler, V Stephens and J N Worman) Joint Hon Secretaries: E G Buxton and A M Jee Assistant Secretary: C F Taylor Professionals: 3 (E Gibson, E W Smith and G Stevens) Home Ground 1: The County Ground, Lakenham, Norwich (4 matches) Notes: Norfolk had a poor season, winning only two matches. This was largely due to the lack of support for the professional bowlers, Ted Gibson and Billy Smith – no other bowler took more than nine wickets. Gibson took 46 wickets at 17.15 but Smith, who took 33 wickets at 19.09, was less successful than in 1907 when he took 60 wickets at 14.36. The batting was led by Geoffrey Stevens, who scored 696 runs at 63.27 and by Legh Barratt, who made a career-best 166 whilst amassing 427 runs at 47.44 in his final season. Norfolk’s opponents were unchanged from those they met in 1907. Career milestones reached during the season were one thousand runs by Geoffrey Stevens and one hundred wickets by Ted Gibson. NORFOLK MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1908 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 5 players who made their Championship debut for Norfolk during the season. Names in bold denote that 1908 was the last or only season that these 8 players appeared for Norfolk in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I L Barratt 6 10 1 166 427 47.44 1 3 2 2 - 8 0 53 0 - - - - G W Birkbeck 1 2 0 18 21 10.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J J Compton 1 2 0 14 18 9.00 - - - - - 6 0 36 0 - - - - B Cozens-Hardy 6 9 1 102 292 36.50 1 1 - 5 - 5 1 25 0 - - - - O H C Dunell 6 11 0 75 354 32.18 - 3 - 4 - 3 0 14 0 - - - - C E Dunning 8 14 3 99 280 25.45 - 2 1 4 - 3 0 13 1 13.00 1-13 - - M Falcon 5 8 0 54 105 13.12 - 1 2 1 - 31.5 4 137 2 68.50 1-6 - - R H Fowler + 1 2 0 4 5 2.50 - - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - Capt C C O Gascoigne +1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Gibson, E 8 10 4 33* 105 17.50 - - 1 4 - 314.4 86 789 46 17.15 8-46 1 3 M W Ireland 2 4 0 3 5 1.25 - - 2 1 - 13 2 71 2 35.50 1-14 - - L H Leman 2 4 1 5* 12 4.00 - - 1 1 - 30 4 104 3 34.66 3-86 - - Rev J G McCormick 1 2 0 35 42 21.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - A R Mayes + 1 2 0 21 34 17.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - S D Page 3 4 0 24 53 13.25 - - 1 2 1 - - - - - - - - R G Pilch 5 6 1 32 59 11.80 - - - 3 - 52 4 216 2 108.00 1-53 - - A Shingler 2 3 0 11 18 6.00 - - 1 - - 38 12 126 4 31.50 3-17 - - Smith, E W 7 9 3 47 64 10.66 - - 1 7 - 204.3 57 630 33 19.09 6-46 1 3 V Stephens + 1 2 0 25 26 13.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Stevens, G 1 1 0 11 11 11.00 - - - - - 28.3 5 115 3 38.33 3-64 - - G A Stevens 8 15 4 170* 696 63.27 3 2 3 7 1 - - - - - - - - A K Watson 3 3 1 60* 112 56.00 - 1 - 1 - 4 0 20 0 - - - - T H Wharton + 4 7 1 46 100 16.66 - - 1 1 - 17 1 72 3 24.00 2-38 - - B K Wilson 1 1 0 7 7 7.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J N Worman 4 4 0 6 14 3.50 - - 1 3 - 118.5 29 365 9 40.55 3-85 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 156 - - - - 2 - - - 217 4 - - - - Total 88 136 20 170* 3016 26.00 5 13 18 50 4 877.2 205 3003 112 26.81 8-46 2 6 (25 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 8 players made their last appearance for Norfolk in the Championship in 1908. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I L Barratt 1895 58 92 10 166 1920 23.41 2 8 11 30 - 1557 695 31 22.41 5-53 - 1 Capt C C O Gascoigne 1908 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - M W Ireland 1900 15 26 2 38* 275 11.45 - - 5 15 - 767 412 22 18.72 7-68 - 1 L H Leman 1900 17 27 7 72* 480 24.00 - 2 2 14 - 606 330 9 36.66 3-86 - - A R Mayes 1908 1 2 0 21 34 17.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - A Shingler 1904 7 12 0 59 190 15.83 - 1 1 5 - 371 212 7 30.28 3-17 - - V Stephens 1908 1 2 0 25 26 13.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - J N Worman 1897 29 40 3 72 504 13.62 - 2 7 22 - 5244 1991 127 15.67 8-53 3 10 (8 players)