Minor Counties Championship 1909

192 WILTSHIRE 1909 Championship matches: Played 10, won 9, lost none, drawn 1 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: First out of five in South Division, Champion County on winning play-offs Won: v Surrey 2nd XI at The Oval, v Dorset at Trowbridge, v Buckinghamshire at Swindon CG, v Berkshire at Trowbridge, v Berkshire at Reading, v Buckinghamshire at Bletchley, v Dorset at Wimborne, v Lincolnshire at Trowbridge and v Glamorgan at Cardiff Lost: None Drawn – won on first innings: None Drawn – lost on first innings: v Surrey 2nd XI at Chippenham Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: A M Miller (8 matches) – R W Awdry led the side in the two matches in which A M Miller did not play Wicket-keepers: G C Davenport (5 matches), T T N Perkins (4 matches) and T S Luce (1 match) Debutants: 3 (G D Brown, G C Davenport and H Mitchell) Final season: 3 (G D Brown, S R Nicholson and S Whittaker) Hon Secretary: R W Awdry Professionals: 4 (H Mitchell, A W Newman, T Smart and W R R Smith) Home grounds 3 : Chippenham Cricket Club Ground, Hardenhuish Park, Chippenham (1 match); The County Ground, County Road, Swindon (1 match); and The County Ground, Timbrill Street, Trowbridge (3 matches) Notes: Wiltshire had an excellent season defeating Glamorgan by 164 runs in the final at Cardiff to become Champion County. They won all but one of their matches. The leading batsmen were Charles Awdry with 438 runs at 36.50 and S B Nicholson with 426 at 53.25. The debutant H Mitchell had a very good season taking 85 wicket at 11.35, he was supported by A W Newman with 56 wickets at 8.89. During the season A W Newman reached the career milestones of one hundred wickets and fifty catches. WILTSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1909 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 3 players who made their Championship debut for Wiltshire during the season. The name in bold denotes that 1909 was the last or only season that these 3 players appeared for Wiltshire 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 S Awdry 8 14 2 118 438 36.50 1 3 1 3 - - - - - - - - - R W Awdry 10 13 0 57 328 25.23 - 3 - 6 - 5 1 22 3 7.33 3-22 - - G D Brown + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - G C Davenport + 5 8 1 30 107 15.28 - - 2 4 3 - - - - - - - - E Fawcett 2 3 0 34 41 13.66 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - E Grant 5 6 0 30 72 12.00 - - 1 9 - 90 19 258 12 21.50 3-42 - - T S Luce 1 2 0 25 38 19.00 - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - A M Miller 8 11 1 56 255 25.50 - 1 - 4 - 48.5 11 141 12 11.75 6-49 - 1 Mitchell, H + 10 13 3 31* 60 6.00 - - 5 10 - 357.3 105 965 85 11.35 8-30 4 11 Newman, A W 10 13 0 76 163 12.53 - 1 4 12 - 236.5 76 498 56 8.89 6-28 2 5 F E Newman 3 3 0 10 11 3.66 - - 1 - - 7 0 42 0 - - - - S R Nicholson 9 13 5 89 426 53.25 - 3 1 3 - - - - - - - - - T T N Perkins 7 9 1 91 185 23.12 - 1 2 10 6 4 1 10 0 - - - - T C G Sandford 2 3 1 79 109 54.50 - 1 - 1 - 3 0 17 0 - - - - Smart, T 1 1 1 11* 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Smith, W R R 10 13 3 19 90 9.00 - - 3 1 - 140.2 42 376 20 18.80 5-11 - 2 J E Stevens 5 7 0 50 159 22.71 - 1 1 4 - - - - - - - - - S J H Taunton 9 12 0 64 231 19.25 - 2 2 5 - 3 1 3 0 - - - - A Whitehead 3 4 1 5 11 3.66 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - S Whittaker 1 1 0 6 6 6.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 199 - - - - - - - - 149 4 - - - - Total 110 150 19 118 2940 22.44 1 16 25 80 9 895.3 256 2481 192 12.92 8-30 6 19 (20 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 3 players made their last or only appearance for Wiltshire 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 G D Brown 1909 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - S R Nicholson 1908 13 19 6 89 590 45.38 - 5 2 3 - - - - - - - - S Whittaker 1900 17 24 7 39* 277 16.29 - - 1 15 - - - - - - - - (3 players)