MInor Counties Championship 1912

CHESHIRE 1912 Championship matches: Played 8, won none, lost 4, drawn 4 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 3, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Twentieth out of twenty Won: None Lost: v Northumberland at Bollington, v Durham at Chester, v Lincolnshire at Crewe and v Lincolnshire at Grimsby Drawn - won on first innings: None Drawn - lost on first innings: v Northumberland at Jesmond, v Durham at Sunderland and v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent Drawn - no decision on first innings: v Staffordshire at Stockport Captain: F Fairbank (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: J L Jones (6 matches), J G Hares (1 match) and J D Tipping, sen (1 match) Debutants: 16 (A G Baker, W Brearley, S Brown jun, E G Carr, J S Cragg, J H Ellerton, F Fairbank, J G Hares, T A Higson sen, V Hope, H Latham, J B Lister, O Pendlebury, F B Scholfield, C H Taylor and A Williams) Final Season: 19 (A G Baker, W Brearley, S Brown jun, N Buxton, E G Carr, F S Church, J H Ellerton, J G Hares, T A Higson sen, F C Hunter, J L Jones, E F J Kirby, H Latham, J B Lister, P Mason, O Pendlebury, F B Scholfield, C H Taylor and C P Woods) Hon Secretary: H P Rigby Professionals: 8 (F Baker, S Brown, N Buxton, J Holland, P Mason, H G Smoker, C H Taylor and A Williams) Home Grounds 4: Bollington Cricket Club Ground, The Recreation Ground, Adlington Road, Bollington (1 match); Boughton Hall Cricket Club, Filkins Lane, Chester (1 match); Crewe Alexandra Cricket Club Ground, Earle Street, Crewe (1 match) and Stockport Cricket Club Ground, Cale Green, Stockport (1 match) Notes: Cheshire had a very poor season finishing last in the Table. Their opponents were unchanged from those of 1911. As in 1911 there was no settled team, sixteen of the thirty one players used were making their debut. Their batting was not very strong, John Holland being the one batsman to exceed 200 runs scored nearly half of them in one innings. Walter Brearley, the former England and Lancashire player, took 30 wickets at 14.43 closely followed by Frank Fairbank with 28 at 19.46. CHESHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AVERAGES 1912 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 16 players who made their Championship debut for Cheshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1912 was the last or only season that these 19 players appeared for Cheshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I A G Baker + 1 2 0 2 2 1.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Barker, F 2 3 0 9 18 6.00 - - - 2 - 22 1 77 2 38.50 1-35 - - W Brearley + 5 7 1 21 54 9.00 - - 3 3 - 134 25 433 30 14.43 6-40 2 4 Brown, S, jun + 2 2 0 19 19 9.50 - - 1 3 - 7 1 27 2 13.50 2-27 - - Buxton, N 1 2 0 4 5 2.50 - - - 2 - 26 5 83 3 27.66 3-57 - - E G Carr + 1 2 0 5 8 4.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - F S Church 7 11 0 31 152 13.81 - - 3 2 - - - - - - - - - J S Cragg + 4 8 0 30 74 9.25 - - 2 2 - - - - - - - - - J H Ellerton + 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - F Fairbank + 8 14 2 8* 27 2.25 - - 5 5 - 134 18 545 28 19.46 5-37 - 1 J C Fallows 3 4 0 15 42 10.50 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - J G Hares + 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - T A Higson, sen + 1 1 0 3 3 3.00 - - - 1 - 2 0 16 0 - - - - Holland, J 8 13 0 120 251 19.30 1 - 2 4 - - - - - - - - - V Hope + 4 8 0 29 50 6.25 - - 2 5 - 28 7 79 2 39.50 2-16 - - F C Hunter 6 11 2 45 151 16.77 - - - 3 - 30 1 145 8 18.12 5-51 - 1 J L Jones 6 10 3 19 44 6.28 - - 3 7 - - - - - - - - - L N Jones 3 6 3 29 74 24.66 - - - 3 - 5 2 8 1 8.00 1-8 - - W E Jones 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - E F J Kirby 2 3 0 10 10 3.33 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - H Latham + 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - J B Lister + 1 2 1 18* 18 18.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Mason, P 2 4 1 23* 35 11.66 - - 1 2 - 31 2 136 3 45.33 2-84 - - O Pendlebury + 1 2 1 4 7 7.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - F B Scholfield + 3 4 0 10 22 5.50 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Smoker, H G 5 7 0 70 136 19.42 - 1 1 2 - 106.2 22 338 18 18.77 4-39 - - Taylor, C H + 2 4 1 8 13 4.33 - - 1 - - 14 2 51 3 17.00 3-30 - - J D Tipping, sen 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A S Turner 3 6 0 27 52 8.66 - - 3 3 - 18 4 76 0 - - - - Williams, A + 1 - - - - - - - - - - 10 0 56 0 - - - - C P Woods 1 2 0 29 35 17.50 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 158 - - - - - - - - 127 4 - - - - Total 88 143 15 120 1460 11.40 1 1 38 58 0 567.2 90 2197 104 21.12 6-40 2 6 (31 players) (6 ball overs) 145