Minor Counties Championship 1909

187 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 2 ND X1 1909 Championship matches: Played 11, won 6, lost 1, drawn 4 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings 2, no decision on first innings 1) Position: First out of six in North Division, losing semi-finalist in the play-offs Won: v Yorkshire 2nd XI at Nottingham, v Yorkshire 2nd XI at Keighley, v Staffordshire at Nottingham, v Cheshire at Bollington, v Durham at Nottingham and v Cheshire at Nottingham Lost: v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent Drawn – won on first innings: v Northumberland at Nottingham Drawn – lost on first innings: v Durham at Wearmouth and v Glamorgan at Cardiff Drawn – no decision on first innings: v Northumberland at Jesmond Captain: Rev H Staunton (11 matches) Wicket-keepers: J Stapleton (10 matches) and WWWhysall (1 match) Debutants: 22 (all players) Final season: 8 (J F Bishop, A W Carr, C Cursham, E C Cutts, C R Morris, R L Shaw, C H Walker and A Wass) Secretary: H Turner Professionals: 11 (J Armstrong, J W Barnes, C C Clifton, A Iremonger, C C James, G M Lee, W Riley, J Stapleton, A Wass, WW Whysall and C H Woods) Home ground 1: The County Ground, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (5 matches) Notes: Nottinghamshire 2nd XI had a very successful first season in the Championship winning the North Division but losing the semi-final of the play-offs to Glamorgan at Cardiff. C C James was the leading run-scorer with 433 at 39.36. The bowling was strong, W Riley took 40 wickets at 8.45 whilst J W Barnes obtained 55 at 13.49. These two were supported by A Iremonger and C C Clifton with 32 at 14.46 and 31 at 14.70 respectively. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 2 ND XI MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1909 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 22 players who made their Championship debut for Nottinghamshire 2 nd XI during the season. Names in bold denote that 1909 was the last or only season that these 8 players appeared for Nottinghamshire 2 nd XI in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Armstrong, J + 9 13 1 69 179 14.91 - 1 1 23 - 96 29 211 17 12.41 5-41 - 1 Barnes, J W + 10 9 3 24* 28 4.66 - - 5 4 - 349.1 98 742 55 13.49 7-30 - 4 J F Bishop + 2 2 0 7 8 4.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - A W Carr + 3 4 1 102* 144 48.00 1 - - 4 - - - - - - - - - Clifton, C C + 10 9 4 15 59 11.80 - - 1 5 - 216.5 60 456 31 14.70 5-26 1 3 A B Crawford + 1 1 0 18 18 18.00 - - - - - 2 0 8 1 8.00 1-8 - - C Cursham + 2 4 1 30 53 17.66 - - 1 - - 1 0 8 0 - - - - E C Cutts + 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Iremonger, A + 9 13 2 43 190 17.27 - - - 10 - 168.1 30 463 32 14.46 6-34 1 4 James, C C + 9 14 3 172 433 39.36 1 3 3 2 - - - - - - - - - J K Lane + 3 4 0 32 52 13.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lee, G M + 11 13 0 93 260 20.00 - 1 1 8 - 26.2 4 74 3 24.66 1-3 - - C R Morris + 3 5 0 51 61 12.20 - 1 2 1 - - - - - - - - - Riley, W + 7 6 2 30 37 9.25 - - 2 8 - 210.2 87 338 40 8.45 9-11 2 4 R L Shaw + 3 4 0 31 57 14.25 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Stapleton, J + 10 12 3 64* 184 20.44 - 1 1 14 4 - - - - - - - - Rev H Staunton + 11 13 3 57* 196 19.60 - 1 2 7 - - - - - - - - - R H T Turner + 5 6 1 30 87 17.40 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - C H Walker + 1 2 0 2 2 1.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Wass, A + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 2 0 4 0 - - - - Whysall, W W + 9 11 2 26* 115 12.77 - - 1 12 - - - - - - - - - Woods, C H + 1 2 0 2 2 1.00 - - 1 - - 3 0 20 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 137 - - - - - - - - 151 10 - - - - Total 121 148 26 172 2302 18.86 2 8 23 104 4 1074.5 308 2475 189 13.09 9-11 4 16 (22 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 8 players made their last appearance for Nottinghamshire 2 nd XI 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 J F Bishop 1909 2 2 0 7 8 4.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - A W Carr 1909 3 4 1 102* 144 48.00 1 - - 4 - - - - - - - - C Cursham 1909 2 4 1 30 53 17.66 - - 1 - - 6 8 0 - - - - E C Cutts 1909 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C R Morris 1909 3 5 0 51 61 12.20 - 1 2 1 - - - - - - - - R L Shaw 1909 3 4 0 31 57 14.25 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - C H Walker 1909 1 2 0 2 2 1.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Wass, A 1909 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 12 4 0 - - - - (8 players)