Minor Counties Championship 1908

180 NORTHUMBERLAND 1908 Championship matches: Played 10, won 3, lost 6, drawn 1 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings none) Position: Joint fourth out of six in North Division Won: v Lincolnshire at Grimsby, v Lincolnshire at Jesmond and v Yorkshire 2nd XI at Middlesbrough Lost: v Yorkshire 2nd XI at Jesmond, v Lancashire 2nd XI at Jesmond, v Staffordshire at Jesmond, v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent, v Durham at Chester-le-Street and v Lancashire 2nd XI at Bury Drawn – won on first innings: v Durham at Jesmond Drawn – lost on first innings: None Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: F W Gillespie (7 matches) – J Gilman (2 matches) and C M Skinner (1 match) led the side in the matches in which F W Gillespie did not play Wicket-keepers: T Ullathorne (10 matches) Debutants: 5 (J H Armstrong, J T Carr, J H Charlton, R Foster and T Patton) Final season: 6 (J H Armstrong, J H Charlton, W Milne, T Patton, W Veitch and S P Wood) Hon Secretary: F G H Clayton Professionals: 5 (M Chambers, G Elsey, J Marshall, G T Milne and O Richardson) Home ground 1: The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne (5 matches) Notes: Northumberland moved from bottom place to equal fourth with Lincolnshire in the North Division having won three matches. There was no change in the fixture list. The batting of James Gilman produced 575 runs at 44.23, a great improvement upon the 177 at 14.75 he scored in 1907. The captain, Fred Gillespie, also exceeded the 500 run mark with 529 at 40.69. The leading wicket taker was George Milne with 47 at 18.27. He was supported by George Elsey with 39 at 15.10. Career milestones reached during the season were three hundred wickets by George Elsey and one hundred wickets by Clifton Skinner and George Milne. NORTHUMBERLAND MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1908 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 5 players who made his Championship debut for Northumberland during the season. Names in bold denote that 1908 was the last or only season that these 6 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 2 3 0 25 26 8.66 - - 1 1 - 23.1 3 73 2 36.50 1-3 - - J H Armstrong + 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - J T Carr + 6 11 1 63 172 17.20 - 1 3 1 - 3 0 17 0 - - - - Chambers, M 5 10 0 19 75 7.50 - - 1 1 - 6 0 22 0 - - - - J H Charlton + 4 7 2 18 52 10.40 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Elsey, G 9 16 7 35* 161 17.88 - - 2 7 - 232.3 50 589 39 15.10 6-38 1 3 R Foster + 3 5 1 40* 71 17.75 - - 1 2 - 62.4 11 185 12 15.41 5-49 - 1 F W Gillespie 7 13 0 103 529 40.69 1 3 1 2 - 3 1 11 1 11.00 1-11 - - J Gilman 7 13 0 113 575 44.23 2 3 1 5 - 59.5 2 251 11 22.81 4-65 - - M C Hill 2 4 0 23 36 9.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Marshall, J 8 15 0 57 212 14.13 - 1 - 15 - 87.4 20 219 11 19.90 5-82 - 1 Milne, G T 10 19 0 32 262 13.78 - - - 15 - 318.2 56 859 47 18.27 5-49 - 1 WMilne 4 8 0 30 108 13.50 - - 1 1 - 2 2 - 0 - - - - J S Nesbit 3 5 0 54 103 20.60 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - T Patton + 2 4 1 35 85 28.33 - - - - - 38 5 113 5 22.60 3-35 - - Richardson, O 10 19 1 76 331 18.38 - 1 2 5 - 12 0 63 1 63.00 1-28 - - C M Skinner 6 12 2 58* 148 14.80 - 1 1 1 - 162.5 17 703 24 29.29 7-72 1 1 C F Stanger-Leathes 2 4 0 31 60 15.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - R B Stephenson 1 1 0 9 9 9.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - T Ullathorne 10 19 1 48 185 10.27 - - 3 14 6 - - - - - - - - W Veitch 4 8 4 21 66 16.50 - - - 1 - 57 9 195 6 32.50 3-47 - - N R E Wilkinson 3 6 0 17 39 6.50 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - S P Wood 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 298 - - - - 1 - - - 262 2 - - - - Total 110 206 20 113 3605 19.38 3 11 22 76 6 1068 176 3562 161 22.12 7-72 2 7 (23 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 6 players made their last appearance for Northumberland 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 J H Armstrong 1908 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - J H Charlton 1908 4 7 2 18 52 10.40 - - - - - - - - - - - - W Milne 1896 19 34 1 68 555 16.81 - 1 4 10 - 45 29 2 14.50 2-20 - - T Patton 1908 2 4 1 35 85 28.33 - - - - - 228 113 5 22.60 3-35 - - W Veitch 1906 17 30 7 23* 143 6.21 - - 7 4 - 1710 778 38 20.47 4-19 - - S P Wood 1905 7 12 0 143 259 21.58 1 - 2 2 - 36 23 1 23.00 1-10 - - (6 players)