Minor Counties Championship 1909

188 STAFFORDSHIRE 1909 Championship matches: Played 10, won 7, lost 2, drawn 1 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: Equal second out of six in North Division Won: v Nottinghamshire 2nd XI at Stoke-on-Trent, v Northumberland at Stoke-on-Trent, v Cheshire at Crewe, v Northumberland at Jesmond, v Durham at Sunderland, v Cheshire at Stoke-on-Trent and v Durham at Stoke-on-Trent Lost: v Yorkshire 2nd XI at Wakefield and v Nottinghamshire 2nd XI at Nottingham Drawn – won on first innings: None Drawn – lost on first innings: v Yorkshire 2nd XI at Stoke-on-Trent Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: H D Stratton (6 matches) – B Meakin (2 matches), P Briggs (1 match) and R C Page (1 match) led the side in the matches in which H D Stratton did not play Wicket-keepers: C L Winser (5 matches), H Dearing (4 matches) and J Poole (1 match) Debutants: 2 (J B Higgins and A F Lane) Final season: 4 (P S Bayliss, J B Higgins, R J Mee and C L Winser) Hon Secretary: W C Hancock Professionals: 10 (S F Barnes, A Bucknell, H Eardley, J B Fereday, J B Higgins, A Hollowood, A F Lane, R J Mee, J E Nichols and E Vost) Home ground 1 : The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent (5 matches) Notes: Although Staffordshire won the same number of matches as they did in 1908 they had to be content with equal second place in the North Division. Percival Briggs scored the most runs – 480 at 32.00. He was supported by Edmund Bourne with 327 runs at 29.72. Sydney Barnes’s bowling was both effective and economical as he took 76 wickets at a cost of 6.77 each whilst Arthur Bucknell was a shade more economical as he obtained 40 wickets at a cost of 6.00 each. During the season Edmund Bourne reached the career milestone of one thousand runs. STAFFORDSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1909 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 2 players who made their Championship debut for Staffordshire during the season. Names in bold denotes that 1909 was the last or only season that these 4 players appeared for Staffordshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Barnes, S F 7 10 2 22 100 12.50 - - 1 6 - 224 73 515 76 6.77 8-6 5 9 P S Bayliss 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 2 - 32.2 9 69 5 13.80 3-48 - - E H Bourne 7 11 0 81 327 29.72 - 3 2 - - 18 3 46 3 15.33 2-26 - - P Briggs 10 15 0 101 480 32.00 1 4 - 7 - - - - - - - - - Bucknell, A 7 10 1 20 76 8.44 - - 1 5 - 154.2 62 240 40 6.00 6-2 1 4 H Dearing 4 5 0 3 8 1.60 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Eardley, H 6 8 5 14 65 21.66 - - - 2 - 102.2 20 281 16 17.56 5-47 - 1 Fereday, J B 6 10 0 73 145 14.50 - 1 3 4 - - - - - - - - - Higgins, J B + 4 6 1 13 24 4.80 - - 1 - - 21 2 68 0 - - - - Hollowood, A 10 14 0 39 180 12.85 - - - 5 - - - - - - - - - J W Johnson 7 12 4 32 109 13.62 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - Lane, A F + 4 5 1 16 32 8.00 - - 1 6 - 17 3 57 2 28.50 1-2 - - B Meakin 4 5 1 122 195 48.75 1 - - 5 - - - - - - - - - Mee, R J 3 4 3 12* 12 12.00 - - 1 - - 31 14 49 2 24.50 1-8 - - Nichols, J E 10 15 3 70 231 19.25 - 1 - 5 - 144.2 32 368 16 23.00 4-34 - - R C Page 3 5 0 10 21 4.20 - - 1 3 - 11 3 27 1 27.00 1-23 - - J Poole 1 2 0 3 3 1.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - H D Stratton 6 8 0 29 74 9.25 - - 4 1 - 1 0 3 0 - - - - Vost, E 5 8 0 45 118 14.75 - - - 3 - 50.5 10 131 10 13.10 6-40 - 1 C L Winser 5 6 1 65 150 30.00 - 1 1 8 3 - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 138 - - - - 1 - - - 161 4 - - - - Total 110 160 22 122 2488 18.02 2 10 21 64 3 807.1 231 2015 175 11.51 8-6 6 15 (20 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 4 players made their last appearance for Staffordshire 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 P S Bayliss 1905 4 5 3 2* 4 2.00 - - 1 3 - 458 207 7 29.57 3-48 - - Higgins, J B 1909 4 6 1 13 24 4.80 - - 1 - - 126 68 0 - - - - Mee, R J 1905 41 54 17 62 400 10.81 - 1 8 13 - 6576 2426 168 14.44 8-26 2 6 C L Winser 1906 21 29 3 66 468 18.00 - 3 1 23 8 - - - - - - - (4 players)