Minor Counties Championship 1913

ANALYSIS INNS WICKET-KEEPER FOR VERSUS VENUE MATCH MOST EXTRAS IN A MATCH – CONTINUED 37 Diver, E J Monmouthshire Glamorgan Cardiff 35 37 (b 4, lb 11, w 4, nb 2) Diver, E J Monmouthshire Glamorgan Newport 42 37 C E C Kendle Wiltshire Dorset Melksham 68 36 W R Rose Lincolnshire Northumberland Jesmond 3 36 (b 32, lb 3, nb 1) A F Leach-Lewis Kent 2 nd XI Surrey 2 nd XI The Oval 6 36 (b 26, lb 2, w 1, nb 7) Sullivan, D Surrey 2 nd XI Staffordshire The Oval 27 CURRENT RECORD 80 (b 52, lb 15, w 1, nb 12) Collins, G C Kent 2 nd XI Buckinghamshire Folkestone - 1911 50 VARIOUS OTHER MOSTS IN THE SEASON Most players – Lincolnshire 29, Staffordshire 29, Buckinghamshire 28 Most grounds – Durham 5, Lincolnshire 5, Bedfordshire 4, Buckinghamshire 4, Cheshire 4, Hertfordshire 4, Kent 2 nd XI 4 Most captains – Suffolk 4, Durham 3, Cambridgeshire 2, Glamorgan 2, Lincolnshire 2 Most wicket-keepers – Staffordshire 6, Glamorgan 5, Northumberland 4 Most debut players – Suffolk 13, Buckinghamshire 12, Surrey 2nd XI 12 Most final season players – Cheshire 18, Suffolk 17, Buckinghamshire 15 MODES OF DISMISSAL 2,722 wickets were taken of which 1,087 were bowled, 171 were lbw, 1,327 were caught, 91 were stumped, 88 were run out and 8 hit wicket. 9 ANALYSIS OF MATCH SCORES MISSING DATA No instances of runs batting adding incorrectly Three cases of bowling analyses being partly or completely absent – Match 57 (Monmouthshire v Cornwall, or runs bowling adding incorrectly), Match 13 (Bedfordshire v Suffolk), and Match 82 (Dorset v Wiltshire) Toss not known for 13 matches Full extras breakdown not known for 48 matches Falls of wickets unknown or incomplete for 49 matches Second innings batting orders not known or incomplete in 10 matches Second innings bowling orders not known in eight matches Captains not known in one match – Match 44 (Devon captain v Cornwall) Wicket-keepers not known in two matches – Match 70 (Glamorgan v Wiltshire, both wicket-keepers), and Match 84 (Wiltshire wicket-keeper v Surrey 2nd XI) Umpires not known for 39 matches (including one match in which only one umpire is definitely identified) Precise time of match completion not known in 34 instances First day close-of-play details not known for five matches Players whose initials are unknown – Smith (Monmouthshire – Matches 19 v Cornwall, 21 and 72 v Devon, 31 v Cheshire), Cook (Surrey 2nd XI – Match 84 v Wiltshire) 10 ADDENDUM AND CORRIGENDUM TO PREVIOUS BOOKS 1895 Page 12 It has now been ascertained that T A Brown bowled 9 maidens not 10 in match 19, Oxfordshire v Bedfordshire, so the Bedfordshire maidens total needs to be reduced by 1 to 53. Page 13 It has now been ascertained that T A Brown bowled 9 maidens not 10 in match 19, Oxfordshire v Bedfordshire, so his season’s maidens total needs to be reduced by 1 to 94. Consequential amendments are also required to pages 60 and 66. Page 21 New information has been found. Fall of wickets in Bedfordshire first innings 1-14, 2-23, 9-233, in Wiltshire first innings 1-7, 3-23, 8-127, 9-129 and in Wiltshire second innings 1-0, 2-5, 4-29, 5-65, 6-66 7-80, 8-101. Also C G Pope hit 8 fours in his 66 and R V Ryder 7 fours in his 56 in the Bedfordshire first innings. Page 32 New information has been found. Fall of wickets in Oxfordshire first innings 1-20, 3-36, 5-50, 9-188. In the same innings T A Brown bowled 9 maidens not 10. Page 33 New information has been found. Fall of wickets in Bedfordshire first innings 1-7, 2-12, 3-17, 4-92, 5-93, 6-108, 7-173, 8-175, 9- 177, in Hertfordshire first innings 1-8, 2-60 3-64, 4-73, 5-82, 6-120, 7-127 8-133 9-136, and in Bedfordshire second innings 1-28, 2-38, 3-41, 4-47. 1896 Page 14 It has now been ascertained that T A Brown bowled 9 maidens not 10 in match 19, Oxfordshire v Bedfordshire,in 1895 so his career maidens total needs to be reduced by 1 to 94. 134