MInor Counties Championship 1912

DURHAM 1912 Championship matches: Played 8, won 3, lost 1, drawn 4 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings 2, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Sixth equal with Northumberland out of twenty Won: v Lincolnshire at South Shields, v Cheshire at Chester and v Lincolnshire at Grantham Lost: v Northumberland at Chester-le-Street Drawn - won on first innings: v Cheshire at Sunderland Drawn - lost on first innings: v Northumberland at Jesmond and v Staffordshire at Walsall GR Drawn - no decision on first innings: v Staffordshire at Consett Captain: C Y Adamson (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: J J Common (7 matches) and I L Robinson (1 match) Debutants: 3 (G W Breed, T Hayton and E L Squance) Final Season: 4 (J Bewick, C Brooks, T Hayton and I L Robinson) Hon Secretary: A B Horsley Secretary: T A Bulmer Professionals: 5 (R Harrison, D Hendren, A Morris, C H Parkin and J Thackeray) Home Grounds 4: Chester-le-Street Cricket Club Ground, Ropery Lane, Chester-le-Street (1 match); The Blackfyne Ground, Blackhill, Consett (1 match); South Shields Cricket Club Ground, Wood Terrace, Westoe, South Shields (1 match) and Sunderland Cricket Club Ground, Ashbrooke, Sunderland (1 match) Notes: Durham’s season was not quite as successful as that of 1911. Norfolk were omitted from the fixture list. Although each played in only four matches, Thomas Bradford and Richard Harrison scored 249 runs at 49.80 and 242 at 48.40 respectively. The bowling relied heavily upon Alf Morris with 43 wickets at 13.74 and Cecil Parkin with 31 at 12.51. During the season Thomas Bradford reached the career milestone of 1000 runs. DURHAM MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1912 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 3 players who made their Championship debut for Durham during the season. Names in bold indicate that 1912 was the last or only season that these 4 players appeared for Durham 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 Y Adamson 8 11 0 54 240 21.81 - 1 - - - 65 15 197 21 9.38 8-25 1 2 A P Ashley 5 8 1 40 103 14.71 - - 2 2 - - - - - - - - - J Bewick 3 5 1 21 28 7.00 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - T A Bradford 4 5 0 105 249 49.80 1 2 - 2 - - - - - - - - - G W Breed + 7 9 1 22 75 9.37 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - C Brooks 4 6 0 16 39 6.50 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - H Brooks 8 11 2 39 232 25.77 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - F W Burgoyne-Johnson 3 4 0 21 38 9.50 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - J J Common 7 10 2 15 49 6.12 - - 3 3 3 - - - - - - - - H L Dales 3 3 0 16 24 8.00 - - 1 1 - 2 0 14 0 - - - - A J Graham 1 2 0 39 43 21.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Harrison, R 4 6 1 86* 242 48.40 - 1 - - - 15 1 54 0 - - - - T Hayton + 1 1 1 10* 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hendren, D 5 7 0 18 67 9.57 - - - - - 36 6 133 5 26.60 2-16 - - T Kinch 1 1 0 33 33 33.00 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Morris, A 8 10 2 35 63 7.87 - - 3 5 - 246.1 60 591 43 13.74 6-28 1 3 Parkin, C H 6 8 1 21 70 10.00 - - 1 1 - 148.3 36 388 31 12.51 6-37 1 2 I L Robinson 1 1 1 10* 10 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - E L Squance + 4 5 0 11 30 6.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Thackeray, J 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 - - - - - 37 7 95 3 31.66 3-95 - - J Turnbull 4 5 2 35* 74 24.66 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 130 - - - - - - - - 142 8 - - - - Total 88 119 15 105 1851 17.79 1 4 15 28 3 549.4 125 1614 111 14.54 8-25 3 7 (21 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 4 players made their last appearance for Durham in the Championship in 1912. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I J Bewick 1902 34 57 8 58 714 14.57 - 1 8 16 - 1550 705 36 19.58 6-16 - 1 C Brooks 1909 22 38 1 93 545 14.72 - 1 6 8 - 1016 577 25 23.08 5-38 - 2 T Hayton 1912 1 1 1 10* 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - I L Robinson 1909 11 17 9 21* 53 6.62 - - 6 10 4 - - - - - - - (4 players) 150