MInor Counties Championship 1912

NORTHUMBERLAND 1912 Championship matches: Played 8, won 2, lost 1, drawn 5 (won on first innings 3, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Sixth equal with Durham out of twenty Won: v Cheshire at Bollington and v Durham at Chester-le-Street Lost: v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent Drawn - won on first innings: v Durham at Jesmond, v Cheshire at Jesmond and v Lincolnshire at Lincoln Drawn - lost on first innings: v Lincolnshire at Jesmond Drawn - no decision on first innings: v Staffordshire at Jesmond Captain: S P Bell (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: H E Collins (2 matches), G E Wilkinson (2 matches), B S Cumberlege (1 match), J S F Morrison (1 match), W Robb (1 match) and A H Wilson (1 match) Debutants: 7 (H E Collins, W W Meldon, J S F Morrison, J E Raine, W Robb, A H Wilson and G C Wingham) Final Season: 6 (B S Cumberlege, G Elsey, E Nicholls, T N Sample, N R E Wilkinson and A H Wilson) Hon Secretaries: F G H Clayton and F Brackenbury Professionals: 5 (G Elsey, G T Milne, D V Norbury, O Richardson and G C Wingham) Home Grounds 1: The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (4 matches) Notes: A fair season for Northumberland with 2 matches won and first innings lead in three of the five drawn matches. Lincolnshire were opponents in place of Norfolk. Five batsmen scored over 200 runs with William Meldon leading the way with 296 at 37.00. George Milne took 43 wickets at 15.72 supported by Clifton Skinner with 28 at 15.82. During the season Clifton Skinner reached the career milestone of 200 wickets. NORTHUMBERLAND MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1912 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 7 players who made their Championship debut for Northumberland during the season. Names in bold denote that 1912 was the last or only season that these 6 players appeared for Northumberland in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I S W Anderson 1 1 0 58 58 58.00 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - H Arkle 2 4 0 17 33 8.25 - - - - - 11 2 42 0 - - - - C G Arkwright 1 1 1 18* 18 - - - - - - 11 4 23 4 5.75 3-17 - - S P Bell 8 11 2 75 263 29.22 - 1 - 3 - - - - - - - - - H E Collins + 2 4 0 11 15 3.75 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - B S Cumberlege 2 3 0 81 97 32.33 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - Elsey, G 2 4 1 19 22 7.33 - - 1 - - 30.4 2 101 8 12.62 5-47 - 1 F W Gillespie 2 2 0 78 90 45.00 - 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - - G L Hunting 4 7 0 52 124 17.71 - 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - - W W Meldon + 6 8 0 144 296 37.00 1 1 3 7 - 29 9 74 1 74.00 1-8 - - Milne, G T 8 10 1 60 184 20.44 - 1 - 11 - 288 81 676 43 15.72 6-26 1 4 J S F Morrison + 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - J S Nesbit 4 5 0 47 73 14.60 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - E Nicholls 1 1 1 0* 0 - - - - - - 18 4 55 3 18.33 3-28 - - Norbury, D V 6 9 1 71 226 28.25 - 2 - 5 - 73.1 8 256 16 16.00 6-44 - 2 J E Raine + 2 4 1 36* 78 26.00 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - Richardson, O 8 12 1 50 220 20.00 - 1 1 3 - 35.1 4 119 3 39.66 2-25 - - W Robb + 1 1 0 28 28 28.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - T N Sample 1 1 1 1* 1 - - - - - - 4 0 23 1 23.00 1-23 - - C M Skinner 8 10 3 71 123 17.57 - 1 2 2 - 122.4 22 443 28 15.82 6-50 - 3 C F Stanger-Leathes 5 7 0 65 191 27.28 - 2 - 3 - - - - - - - - - Rev H White 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 - - - - - 25 6 82 3 27.33 3-60 - - G E Wilkinson 2 1 0 10 10 10.00 - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - N R E Wilkinson 2 3 0 21 45 15.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - A H Wilson + 1 - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Wingham, G C + 7 11 2 78 218 24.22 - 2 2 5 - 114 21 309 18 17.16 4-19 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 140 - - - - 1 - - - 189 1 - - - - Total 88 122 15 144 2556 23.88 1 15 12 56 4 761.4 163 2392 129 18.54 6-26 1 10 (26 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 6 players made their last appearance for Northumberland 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 B S Cumberlege 1911 8 14 0 81 232 16.57 - 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - Elsey, G 1896 110 172 68 63 1443 13.87 - 1 31 98 - 17463 7655 419 18.26 8-25 8 31 E Nicholls 1904 8 14 7 20 66 9.42 - - 2 4 - 800 446 17 26.23 4-63 - - T N Sample 1899 2 2 1 1* 1 1.00 - - 1 - - 94 50 1 50.00 1-23 - - N R E Wilkinson 1905 21 39 1 35 313 8.23 - - 9 8 - - - - - - - - A H Wilson 1912 1 - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - (6 players) 157