Minor Counties Championship 1909

172 CHESHIRE 1909 Championship matches: Played 10, won 1, lost 8, drawn 1 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Sixth out of six in North Division Won: v Northumberland at Northwich Lost: v Northumberland at Jesmond, v Durham at Darlington, v Staffordshire at Crewe, v Durham at Oxton, v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent, v Nottinghamshire 2nd XI at Bollington, v Yorkshire 2nd XI at Bridlington and v Nottinghamshire 2nd XI at Nottingham Drawn – won on first innings: None Drawn – lost on first innings: v None Drawn – no decision on first innings: v Yorkshire 2nd XI at Sale Captain: Rev F C L Hamilton (7 matches) – H P Rigby captained the side in the three matches in which Rev F C L Hamilton did not play Wicket-keepers: J L Jones (6 matches), T T Brewer (3 matches) and R Wilson (1 match) Debutants: 37 (all the players except Rev F C L Hamilton) Final season: 16 (S Bent, W Bibbey, T T Brewer, G A Buckley, A R Cartwright, H Comberbach, L Court, H Ferrand, A Greenhalgh, H B Hancock, A W Heap, K D R Morrice, G B Price, J Sidebotham, J W Slate and A F Stockton) Hon Secretary: H P Rigby Professionals: 6 (S Bent, N Buxton, W T Chambers, A Greenhalgh, P Mason and H G Smoker) Home grounds 5: Bollington Cricket Club Ground, The Recreation Ground, Addington Road, Bollington (1 match); Crewe Alexandra Athletic Grounds, Gresty Road, Crewe (1 match); Winnington Park Recreational Club, Park Road, Northwich (1 match); Oxton Cricket Club Ground, Townfield Lane, Oxton (1 match) and Sale Cricket Club Ground, Rookwood, Clarendon Crescent, Sale (1 match) Notes: In their first season of full participation in the Championship Cheshire fared badly as they won one match and lost eight. Herbert Rigby, William Jones and Richard Voss each scored 200 runs but their averages were below 20. Noah Buxton took 20 wickets but at a cost of 28.40 each. CHESHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AVERAGES 1909 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 37 players who made their Championship debut for Cheshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1909 was the last or only season that these 16 players appeared for Cheshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I A Ashworth + 1 2 1 12* 20 20.00 - - - - - 14 3 39 1 39.00 1-22 - - Bent, S + 2 3 0 31 57 19.00 - - - - - 5 0 19 0 - - - - W Bibbey + 1 2 0 2 3 1.50 - - - - - 7 0 29 1 29.00 1-29 - - T T Brewer + 4 6 0 25 67 11.16 - - 1 6 - - - - - - - - - G A Buckley + 3 6 2 26 49 12.25 - - 1 - - 52.3 8 157 6 26.16 3-53 - - Buxton, N + 6 11 1 24 54 5.40 - - 6 4 - 119.5 14 568 20 28.40 5-50 - 1 A R Cartwright + 1 1 1 2* 2 - - - - - - 13 2 38 6 6.33 6-24 - 1 R M Chadwick + 2 4 0 17 39 9.75 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Chambers, W T + 4 7 2 10* 33 6.60 - - 2 5 - 74.3 20 193 10 19.30 5-35 - 1 F S Church + 1 1 0 47 47 47.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - W A V Churton + 1 2 0 5 5 2.50 - - 1 - - 35.5 3 120 8 15.00 5-55 - 1 H Comberbach + 3 6 0 14 16 2.66 - - 4 1 - 35 3 122 5 24.40 3-53 - - L Court + 2 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - - 16 0 67 0 - - - - A W Dixon + 2 4 1 11 12 4.00 - - 2 2 - 22 0 154 1 154.00 1-20 - - F L Eaton + 1 2 0 20 38 19.00 - - - - - 4 0 27 0 - - - - J C Fallows + 6 12 0 60 174 14.50 - 1 2 1 - - - - - - - - - H Ferrand + 1 2 0 2 2 1.00 - - 1 - - 7 0 30 0 - - - - Greenhalgh, A + 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rev F C L Hamilton 7 12 1 27* 137 12.45 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - H B Hancock + 1 2 0 46 75 37.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - A W Heap + 1 2 0 6 6 3.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - J L Jones + 6 11 4 21 48 6.85 - - 3 6 1 - - - - - - - - W E Jones + 8 15 2 63* 220 16.92 - 2 2 - - 3 0 25 0 - - - - F G MacLaren + 3 5 0 71 129 25.80 - 1 - 1 - 34.1 4 145 6 24.16 5-41 - 1 Mason, P + 2 3 0 24 43 14.33 - - - 1 - 69.1 20 159 10 15.90 4-55 - - K D R Morrice + 3 5 0 32 75 15.00 - - 1 1 - 18 2 62 2 31.00 1-13 - - E Osborn + 3 5 0 33 78 15.60 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - G B Price + 1 2 0 8 8 4.00 - - 1 - - 6 1 23 0 - - - - H P Rigby + 8 14 0 57 273 19.50 - 3 3 2 - - - - - - - - - J Sidebotham + 2 3 0 0 0 0.00 - - 3 1 - 21 7 33 1 33.00 1-7 - - J W Slate + 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - Smoker, H G + 2 3 1 11 15 7.50 - - - - - 33.3 9 74 4 18.50 3-64 - - A F Stockton + 3 5 1 37* 80 20.00 - - - - - 19 0 131 2 65.50 1-52 - - A S Turner + 7 13 1 25 77 6.41 - - 3 3 - 73 9 342 13 26.30 6-130 - 1 R Z H Voss + 7 13 0 78 208 16.00 - 1 4 3 - 9 0 58 0 - - - - F C Wild + 1 2 0 30 34 17.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J Williams + 1 2 0 6 7 3.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - R Wilson + 1 2 1 13 18 18.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 171 - - - - - - - - 129 9 - - - Total 110 195 19 78 2325 13.21 0 8 49 41 1 691.3 105 2744 105 26.13 6-24 0 6 (38 players) (6 ball overs)