MInor Counties Championship 1912

HERTFORDSHIRE 1912 Championship matches: Played 9, won 3, lost 1, drawn 5 (won on first innings 4, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: Fifth out of twenty Won: v Bedfordshire at Bedford MS, v Bedfordshire at St Albans and v Cambridgeshire at Cambridge Lost: v Norfolk at Norwich Drawn - won on first innings: v Suffolk at Bushey, v Suffolk at Felixstowe, v Buckinghamshire at Aylesbury and v Cambridgeshire at Hitchin Drawn - lost on first innings: v Norfolk at St Albans Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Captain: W H Marsh (9 matches) Wicket-keepers: E H Cuthbertson (4 matches), H M Lemoine (4 matches) and A R Petrie (1 match) Debutants: 4 (N J Cox, C S Morice, A R Petrie and Rev C G Ward) Final Season: 6 (J O Anderson, G G Dumbleton, A K Gibson, C S Morice, B Pawle and A R Petrie) Hon Secretary: Dr J Earl Norman Professionals: 4 (F A Burton, W E Coleman, A J Golding and W Shelford) Home Grounds 3: Bushey Cricket Club Ground, Manor House, Bushey (1 match); Hitchin Cricket Club Ground, Hitchin Hill, London Road, Hitchin (1 match) and The County Ground, Clarence Park, St Albans (2 matches) Notes: A satisfactory season for Hertfordshire who finished in fifth place in the Table. Although only three matches were won, they had a first innings lead in four of the five drawn matches. Lincolnshire were no longer met and were replaced by Buckinghamshire. The match against Buckinghamshire at Bushey was abandoned without a ball bowled. The leading batsman was Charles Titchmarsh with 615 runs at 51.25. He was supported by Jack Golding and E S Household. Three bowlers took over 30 wickets each - Fred Burton 39 at 19.38, Bill Coleman 37 at 12.97, and Walter Shelford 32 at 18.00. During the season career milestones reached were 3000 runs by Charles Titchmarsh, 1000 runs by Charles Ward and 1000 runs and 100 wickets by Bill Marsh. HERTFORDSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1912 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 4 players who made their Championship debut for Hertfordshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1912 was the last or only season that these 6 players appeared for Hertfordshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I J O Anderson 7 10 1 33 142 15.77 - - 1 5 - - - - - - - - - Rev F R Bonsey 1 2 0 31 31 15.50 - - 1 3 - 1 0 5 0 - - - - Burton, F A 9 11 2 16* 65 7.22 - - 1 2 - 272.3 63 756 39 19.38 6-23 - 2 Coleman, W E 8 11 0 75 202 18.36 - 2 1 2 - 176.3 45 480 37 12.97 7-50 2 4 R B Cowley 5 7 1 56 220 36.66 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - N J Cox + 1 1 0 29 29 29.00 - - - - - 10 1 49 1 49.00 1-41 - - E H Cuthbertson 4 5 1 34 53 13.25 - - 3 9 1 - - - - - - - - G G Dumbelton 1 1 0 15 15 15.00 - - - - - 2 0 19 0 - - - - A K Gibson 6 8 1 39 63 9.00 - - 3 4 - 6 0 25 1 25.00 1-19 - - Golding, A J 9 15 1 104 400 28.57 1 2 2 2 - 3 0 20 0 - - - - R C Grellet 3 5 1 74 112 28.00 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - E S Household 9 14 2 80 358 29.83 - 2 - 5 - 3 0 22 0 - - - - H M Lemoine 4 4 4 9* 22 - - - - 1 4 - - - - - - - - W H Marsh 9 11 1 91 194 19.40 - 1 2 7 - 92.1 15 292 18 16.22 6-58 - 2 C S Morice + 1 1 0 14 14 14.00 - - - 1 - 7 1 29 1 29.00 1-29 - - B Pawle 1 2 0 16 16 8.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - A R Petrie + 1 1 0 24 24 24.00 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - Shelford, W 8 9 3 13 40 6.66 - - - 12 - 205.4 43 576 32 18.00 5-38 - 3 C H Titchmarsh 9 14 2 100 615 51.25 1 4 - 7 - - - - - - - - - Rev C G Ward + 3 6 0 33 101 16.83 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO/R - - - - 159 - - - - - - - - 129 7 - - - - Total 99 138 20 104 2875 24.36 2 13 16 62 6 778.5 168 2402 136 17.66 7-50 2 11 (20 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 6 players made their last appearance for Hertfordshire 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 O Anderson 1906 27 41 2 101 754 19.33 1 2 2 18 - - - - - - - - G G Dumbelton 1902 43 69 6 80 1455 23.09 - 7 6 18 - 904 575 15 38.33 4-10 - - A K Gibson 1911 9 14 2 49* 158 13.16 - - 4 8 - 36 25 1 25.00 1-19 - - C S Morice 1912 1 1 0 14 14 14.00 - - - 1 - 42 29 1 29.00 1-29 - - B Pawle 1911 3 5 0 16 36 7.20 - - 1 2 - 90 46 2 23.00 1-17 - - A R Petrie 1912 1 1 0 24 24 24.00 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - (6 players) 152