Minor Counties Championship 1909

166 BERKSHIRE 1909 Championship matches: Played 8, won none, lost 7, drawn 1 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: Fifth out of five in South Division Won: None Lost: v Buckinghamshire at Aylesbury; v Dorset at Dorchester, v Surrey 2nd XI at Reading, v Dorset at Reading, v Wiltshire at Trowbridge, v Wiltshire at Reading and v Buckinghamshire at Reading Drawn – won on first innings: None Drawn – lost on first innings: v Surrey 2nd XI at Reigate Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: Sir C E M Y Nepean (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: E F Rowe (7 matches) and P Howard (1 match) Debutants: 10 (A G P Baines, H M Ferryman, G M Hawksworth, P Howard, W F Kynaston, - Leonard, F W Page-Roberts, - Simpson, S H Stevens and H J Tutty) Final season: 12 (A G P Baines, F J Barmby, H Barrett, R J Collins, W O Hubbard, W F Kynaston, - Leonard, F W Page-Roberts, - Spencer, G V Tate, H J Tutty and G E Williams) Hon Secretary: Maj C Turner Professionals: 7 (H Barrett, G M Hawksworth, - Leonard, H W Shoosmith, - Simpson, - Spencer and H V Whichelow) Home ground 1: The County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading (4 matches) Notes: Berkshire had a very poor season, seven matches were lost and they finished bottom of the South Division as they had done in 1908. The fixture list was unchanged. The captain Charles Nepean scored the most runs with 386 at 25.73. Ernest Garnett did not reproduce the high scores he made in 1908. The bowling was weak, the debutant Simpson was the leading wicket-taker with 25 but at a cost of 24.96 each. Harry Shoesmith took 17 wickets but they were expensive at 38.58 each. BERKSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1909 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 10 players who made their Championship debut for Berkshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1909 was the last or only season that these 12 players appeared for Berkshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Rev A G P Baines + 2 4 0 19 42 10.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - F J Barmby 1 2 1 3 3 3.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Barrett, H 5 9 0 34 79 8.77 - - 3 - - 16 3 65 0 - - - - H Brougham 2 4 0 31 77 19.25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - R J Collins 1 2 0 13 13 6.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - H M Ferryman + 2 4 0 14 31 7.75 - - - 1 - 36.4 4 189 8 23.62 5-55 - 1 E Garnett 2 4 0 29 43 10.75 - - - 1 - 31.5 4 131 7 18.71 4-58 - - Hawksworth, G M + 2 3 1 16* 28 14.00 - - 1 3 - 58.4 25 109 13 8.38 7-45 1 2 P Howard + 3 6 1 42 94 18.80 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - W O Hubbard 2 3 0 30 36 12.00 - - - - - 22 0 102 2 51.00 1-22 - - T M C Hunt 2 4 2 31* 66 33.00 - - - - - 48 3 214 3 71.33 2-31 - - W F Kynaston + 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 2 - 9 0 48 1 48.00 1-48 - - Leonard, - + 1 2 0 7 8 4.00 - - - - - 3 0 15 0 - - - - F W Metcalfe 6 12 1 35* 137 12.45 - - 4 2 - 3 0 19 0 - - - - Sir C E M Y Nepean 8 16 1 52 386 25.73 - 2 1 13 - 12 0 25 1 25.00 1-25 - - F W Page-Roberts + 2 4 2 31* 42 21.00 - - 1 1 - 15 1 37 2 18.50 2-14 - - Capt E F Rowe 7 13 1 66 128 10.66 - 1 2 3 3 - - - - - - - - F E Rowe 3 6 0 91 163 27.16 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - Shoosmith, H W 8 16 2 50 207 14.78 - 1 1 6 - 210.2 44 656 17 38.58 5-86 - 1 Simpson, - + 8 15 4 20 46 4.18 - - 5 7 - 148 15 624 25 24.96 7-73 - 2 Spencer, - 1 2 0 16 19 9.50 - - - 1 - 14 0 99 1 99.00 1-99 - - S H Stevens + 2 4 0 53 105 26.25 - 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - - A P Strange 5 10 0 58 201 20.10 - 1 1 3 - - - - - - - - - G V Tate 1 2 0 13 13 6.50 - - 1 - - 3 0 12 0 - - - - H J Tutty + 1 1 0 7 7 7.00 - - - 1 - 5 1 17 1 17.00 1-17 - - H D Wells 1 2 0 16 21 10.50 - - - 1 - 12 1 49 0 - - - - Whichelow, H V 4 8 1 28 61 8.71 - - 2 - - 19.4 4 57 1 57.00 1-5 - - H F Willcocks 1 2 1 1 1 1.00 - - - - - 11 1 22 1 22.00 1-22 - - G E Williams 4 8 0 27 100 12.50 - - 2 1 - 25 2 116 4 29.00 3-96 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 183 - - - - 2 - - - 155 2 - - - - Total 88 170 18 91 2341 15.40 0 7 28 51 3 703.1 108 2761 89 31.02 7-45 1 6 (29 players) (6 ball overs)