Minor Counties Championship 1909

189 SUFFOLK 1909 Championship matches: Played 10, won 2, lost 3, tied 1, drawn 4 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings 3, no decision on first innings none) Position: Fifth out of six in East Division Won: v Hertfordshire at Watford and v Hertfordshire at Felixstowe Lost: v Norfolk at Norwich, v Cambridgeshire at Cambridge and v Lincolnshire at Ipswich Tied: v Bedfordshire at Bury St Edmunds Drawn – won on first innings: v Cambridgeshire at Felixstowe Drawn – lost on first innings: v Lincolnshire at Lincoln, v Norfolk at Woodbridge and v Bedfordshire at Bedford MS Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: F H Mustard (4 matches) – P W Cobbold (3 matches), H L Wilson (2 matches) and E Pritchett (1 match) led the side in the matches in which F H Mustard did not play Wicket-keepers: P P Cornell (3 matches), E Pritchett (2 matches), A B Barnes (1 match), A H Lang (1 match) V J Lewis (1 match) and C M Phillips (1 match) – it is not known who kept wicket in the match against Bedfordshire at Bedford MS Debutants: 8 (C L Alexander, C W Alexander, S G Bennett, H C Henley, H Hoyland, A J Leeming, J T C Murray and F E Smith) Final season: 11 (C L Alexander, C W Alexander, R L L Braddell, R Gorell-Barnes, A J Leeming, J T C Murray, F H Mustard, E Pritchett, W Quaife, F E Smith and O H A Walters) Hon Secretary: H A Groom Professionals: 5 (F Hollings, W Penfold, W Quaife, F G Trudgett and F Waters) Home grounds 4 : Bury and West Suffolk Cricket Club Ground, Cemetery Road, Bury St Edmunds (1 match); Town Ground, Dellwood Avenue, Felixstowe (2 matches); Ipswich and East Suffolk Cricket Club Ground, Portman Road, Ipswich (1 match); and Woodbridge School Ground, Burkitt Road, Woodbridge (1 match) Notes: The improvement of 1908 was not maintained as Suffolk, with only two matches won, fell to fifth place in the East Division. Lincolnshire were added to the fixture list. There was no settled team as thirty-seven players were used. No batsman scored 250 runs. Of the bowlers William Penfold took 45 wickets at 15.40, ‘Tots’ Trudgett 33 at 18.27 and Philip Cobbold, who played in only three matches, 25 at 13.08. SUFFOLK MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1909 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 8 players who made their Championship debut for Suffolk during the season. Names in bold denote that 1909 was the last or only season that these 11 players appeared for Suffolk in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I C L Alexander + 5 9 1 58 130 16.25 - 1 1 3 - 9 1 31 0 - - - - C W Alexander + 4 8 2 52 212 35.33 - 1 - 6 - 2 0 20 0 - - - - A B Barnes 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - H Bassett 2 3 0 49 69 23.00 - - 1 - - 54 6 165 4 41.25 2-66 - - S G Bennett + 2 3 0 10 14 4.66 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - R L L Braddell 1 2 0 31 54 27.00 - - - 1 - 7 3 23 2 11.50 2-23 - - C Catchpole 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - W Catchpole 2 3 0 27 33 11.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - P W Cobbold 3 5 0 53 83 16.60 - 1 1 5 - 145.4 53 327 25 13.08 6-32 - 2 P P Cornell 3 6 1 5 11 2.20 - - 1 1 3 - - - - - - - - J Francis 1 2 1 20 32 32.00 - - - - - 4 2 7 0 - - - - V F Gaby 2 3 0 13 29 9.66 - - - 1 - 2 0 19 0 - - - - Hon R Gorell-Barnes 1 2 0 6 6 3.00 - - 1 2 - 22 5 52 4 13.00 2-17 - - H C Henley + 5 8 1 14* 38 5.42 - - 2 2 - 38 5 131 7 18.71 3-44 - - Hon S H Hill-Wood 4 8 2 48* 144 24.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hollings, F 1 1 0 8 8 8.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - H Hoyland + 2 3 0 19 35 11.66 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - J F Ireland 4 8 0 48 169 21.12 - - - 6 - 33 5 103 6 17.16 2-17 - - A H Lang 1 2 0 21 33 16.50 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Dr A J Leeming + 3 5 0 13 31 6.20 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - V J Lewis 3 5 0 43 63 12.60 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - Capt J T C Murray + 5 10 2 59 160 20.00 - 2 1 1 - - - - - - - - - D Mustard 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - F H Mustard 4 8 1 30* 91 13.00 - - - - - 33.5 4 106 5 21.20 2-30 - - Penfold, W 8 12 1 63 123 11.18 - 1 3 6 - 247.2 50 693 45 15.40 6-42 - 3 C M Phillips 1 2 0 47 60 30.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - E Pritchett 2 3 0 126 160 53.33 1 - 1 4 1 - - - - - - - - Quaife, W 7 13 1 58* 167 13.91 - 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - - K Raynor 4 8 2 42 145 24.16 - - 1 5 - 7 1 19 1 19.00 1-19 - - F E Smith + 2 4 2 36* 76 38.00 - - - - - 25 0 97 3 32.33 2-67 - - Rev H F Steel 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 2 - 13 4 38 1 38.00 1-29 - - Trudgett, F G 7 10 5 11 23 4.60 - - 2 7 - 185.4 33 603 33 18.27 6-134 - 3 O H A Walters 4 8 0 41 173 21.62 - - 1 4 - - - - - - - - - Waters, F 1 1 0 3 3 3.00 - - - - - 13 4 19 0 - - - - C S Wilson 1 2 0 4 5 2.50 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Capt F T D Wilson 6 12 0 50 170 14.16 - 1 - 7 - 53.4 3 213 6 35.50 2-22 - - H L Wilson 5 8 0 35 89 11.12 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 213 - - - - 1 - - - 136 9 - - - - Total 110 192 22 126 2858 16.81 1 8 25 78 4 895.1 179 2802 151 18.55 6-32 0 8 (37 players) (6 ball overs)