Minor Counties Championship 1909

27 MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP LEADING CAREER AVERAGES 1895-1909 BATTING – QUALIFICATION 2000 RUNS Player Team Years M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Silverlock, A J Monmouthshire 1897-1909 89 149 12 246* 5219 38.09 10 25 7 E W Elliot Durham 1897-1907 76 128 12 217* 4373 37.69 8 23 7 Baker, A Surrey 2nd XI 1899-1908 60 96 9 155 3086 35.47 4 18 6 Thompson, G J Northamptonshire 1895-1904 96 135 18 167* 4045 34.57 6 21 13 G G M Bennett Berkshire 1902-1907 43 79 0 154 2513 31.81 4 12 2 Golding, A J Hertfordshire 1897-1909 113 180 13 202 5289 31.67 10 24 11 N V H Riches Glamorgan 1901-1909 76 120 14 217* 3314 31.26 8 12 11 Brown, W Staffordshire 1895-1908 98 152 19 122 3966 29.81 4 17 10 R W Frank Yorkshire 2nd XI 1900-1909 55 84 6 147* 2300 29.48 4 13 8 W H Kingston Northamptonshire 1895-1904 89 129 11 163 3462 29.33 6 16 9 White, H E Hertfordshire 1895-1909 138 220 19 152* 5658 28.14 7 31 18 F W Gillespie Northumberland 1899-1909 64 103 3 171 2803 28.03 4 12 7 E S Phillips Monmouthshire 1901-1909 64 104 7 162 2711 27.94 5 14 8 Rudston, H Yorkshire 2nd XI 1900-1909 58 92 5 159 2415 27.75 1 15 8 C R H Gresson Buckinghamshire 1896-1907 69 116 8 122* 2978 27.57 4 16 9 F N Bird Buckinghamshire 1896-1907 49 80 5 133 2043 27.24 2 10 9 H Tresawna Cornwall 1897-1909 47 83 7 101 2051 26.98 1 16 7 H Bassett Oxfordshire 1895-1906 60 96 7 114 2383 26.77 2 11 4 J F Marsh Oxfordshire 1897-1906 67 113 10 200* 2718 26.38 3 17 11 P J de Paravicini Buckinghamshire 1895-1907 68 104 7 120 2549 26.27 3 8 12 J Hansell Northumberland 1896-1905 72 123 13 133 2879 26.17 2 16 8 Wharmby, G E Bedfordshire 1902-1909 78 121 13 163* 2826 26.16 4 14 12 J E Stevens Wiltshire 1895-1909 94 156 7 107 3818 25.62 3 23 10 A C M Croome Berkshire 1895-1905 53 87 6 158 2075 25.61 3 9 9 C S Awdry Wiltshire 1895-1909 74 124 9 160* 2923 25.41 2 14 8 R Bousfield Durham 1896-1906 53 82 2 160 2017 25.21 3 6 3 J H Brain Glamorgan 1897-1908 94 142 11 117 3291 25.12 3 15 11 Watts, G H Cambridgeshire 1896-1909 98 171 9 142 4018 24.80 6 20 18 C Y Adamson Durham 1895-1909 59 97 5 139 2280 24.78 1 12 5 Light, W F Devon 1902-1909 60 99 6 156 2253 24.22 3 11 8 Bancroft, W J Glamorgan 1897-1909 125 193 8 207 4409 23.83 6 23 22 Watts, E A Berkshire 1896-1908 85 157 12 130 3450 23.79 2 16 21 Turnbull, G Durham 1897-1909 76 115 15 172 2358 23.58 2 13 14 Hollowood, A Staffordshire 1896-1909 91 132 9 132 2892 23.51 4 8 9 H R Orr Bedfordshire 1900-1909 97 158 8 136 3488 23.25 2 17 12 Wright, M W Buckinghamshire 1895-1909 113 187 15 148 3986 23.17 4 16 18 Pollitt, G Bedfordshire 1900-1907 75 122 7 175 2630 22.86 3 12 23 F G H Clayton Northumberland 1896-1906 75 126 5 116 2700 22.31 4 13 18 T Horton Northamptonshire 1895-1904 97 131 20 105 2440 21.98 1 15 12 H D Stratton Staffordshire 1897-1909 84 124 8 162 2535 21.85 1 14 20 A Butcher Hertfordshire 1895-1909 111 177 13 200* 3482 21.23 3 14 18 Marshall, J Northumberland 1896-1909 91 145 11 107 2794 20.85 2 13 17 Sir C E M Y Nepean Berkshire 1895-1909 84 145 8 75 2742 20.01 - 11 18 Coleman, W E Hertfordshire 1896-1909 117 170 23 107 2876 19.56 1 15 23 Brown, T A Bedfordshire 1895-1907 81 130 10 126 2335 19.45 2 11 13 A M Miller Wiltshire 1895-1909 140 218 33 88 3571 19.30 - 16 29 East, W Northamptonshire 1896-1904 92 118 13 117* 2011 19.15 2 4 14 Russell, W Glamorgan 1898-1906 84 128 13 143 2131 18.53 1 7 20 Smart, T Wiltshire 1895-1909 130 180 42 120 2021 14.64 1 4 27 Smith, W R R Wiltshire 1899-1909 117 172 18 115 2216 14.38 2 3 27