Minor Counties Championship 1909

186 NORTHUMBERLAND 1909 Championship matches: Played 10, won 2, lost 6, drawn 2 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Fifth out of six in North Division Won: v Durham at Jesmond and v Cheshire at Jesmond Lost: v Yorkshire 2nd XI at Jesmond, v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent, v Yorkshire 2nd XI at Barnsley, v Staffordshire at Jesmond, v Cheshire at Northwich and v Durham at Chester-le-Street Drawn – won on first innings: None Drawn – lost on first innings: v Nottinghamshire 2nd XI at Nottingham Drawn – no decision on first innings: v Nottinghamshire 2nd XI at Jesmond Captain: F W Gillespie (6 matches) – S P Bell (2 matches) and C M Skinner (2 matches) led the side in the matches in which F W Gillespie did not play Wicket-keeper: T Ullathorne (10 matches) Debutants: 3 (H Cooper, G H Watson and H White) Final season: 3 (H Cooper, R Foster and M C Hill) Hon Secretary: F G H Clayton Professionals: 6 (J T Carr, 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 had a poor season finishing in fifth place in the North Division. The batting was poor with Fred Gillespie top-scoring with 268 runs at 29.77. The leading wicket-taker was George Milne with 36 at 15.33. During the season James Gilman reached the career milestone of one thousand runs and T Ullathorne of fifty dismissals. NORTHUMBERLAND MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1909 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 3 players who made their Championship debut for Northumberland during the season. Names in bold denote that 1909 was the last or only season that these 3 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 S W Anderson 7 11 0 75 237 21.54 - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - - S P Bell 2 4 0 30 55 13.75 - - - - - - - - - - - - - W G Brown 6 10 0 41 201 20.10 - - - 5 - 38.3 8 122 5 24.40 3-15 - - Carr, J T 6 12 0 36 167 13.91 - - 2 2 - 29 4 124 4 31.00 2-37 - - Chambers, M 1 2 0 33 53 26.50 - - - - - 9 0 34 0 - - - - Lt H Cooper + 3 6 0 21 43 7.16 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - Elsey, G 6 11 10 9* 32 32.00 - - 1 9 - 151.5 43 350 16 21.87 5-43 - 1 R Foster 9 15 3 36* 196 16.33 - - 4 5 - 90.4 18 328 15 21.86 5-44 - 1 F W Gillespie 6 9 0 123 268 29.77 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - J Gilman 4 5 0 105 216 43.20 1 1 - 8 - 31 2 91 4 22.75 2-29 - - M C Hill 1 2 1 2* 2 2.00 - - 1 1 - 2 0 19 1 19.00 1-19 - - Marshall, J 7 12 0 36 156 13.00 - - 1 5 - 68 4 224 6 37.33 4-19 - - Milne, G T 7 11 1 29 89 8.90 - - 4 7 - 247 54 552 36 15.33 6-56 1 1 J S Nesbit 3 3 0 34 59 19.66 - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - Richardson, O 8 12 1 50 106 9.63 - 1 1 4 - 36 5 113 7 16.14 4-48 - - C M Skinner 7 11 1 20 78 7.80 - - 2 5 - 181.2 35 646 25 25.84 5-71 - 1 C F Stanger-Leathes 3 5 0 15 42 8.40 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - T Ullathorne 10 16 1 20 121 8.06 - - 3 16 7 - - - - - - - - G H Watson + 3 6 0 6 9 1.50 - - 3 1 - 9 0 49 0 - - - - Rev H White + 4 5 2 21 31 10.33 - - 1 1 - 75.3 10 244 11 22.18 4-99 - - N R E Wilkinson 7 14 0 30 118 8.42 - - 1 4 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 148 - - - - - - - - 242 1 - - - - Total 110 182 20 123 2427 14.98 2 3 28 81 7 968.5 183 3138 131 23.95 6-56 1 4 (21 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 3 players made their last appearance for Northumberland in the Championship in 1909. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Lt H Cooper 1909 3 6 0 21 43 7.16 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - R Foster 1908 12 20 4 40* 267 16.68 - - 5 7 - 920 513 27 19.00 5-44 - 2 M C Hill 1901 5 10 2 23 63 7.87 - - 3 1 - 30 28 1 28.00 1-19 - - (3 players)