Minor Counties Championship 1913

BERKSHIRE 1913 Championship matches: Played 8, won 4, lost 4, drawn 0 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings none) Position: Tenth equal with Dorset out of twenty Won: v Buckinghamshire at Reading, v Cornwall at Reading, v Devon at Reading and v Dorset at Wimborne Lost: v Devon at Tavistock, v Cornwall at Penzance, v Dorset at Reading and v Buckinghamshire at Marlow Drawn - won on first innings: None Drawn - lost on first innings: None Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Captain: Sir C E M Y Nepean (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: A F Todd (7 matches) and Capt H H M Harris (1 match) Debutants: 6 (W G Bailey, H T Crichton, G R Greaves, H H M Harris, W H R Hindle and A G M Sharpe) Final Season: 11 (G Belcher, H Brougham, G H B Chance, L P Collins, H T Crichton, J E D Denning, G R Greaves, H H M Harris, A J Murdoch, A F Todd and H F Willcocks) Hon Secretary: Major C Turner Professionals: 3 (W G Bailey, G M Hawksworth, and H W Shoosmith) Home Ground 1: The County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading (4 matches) Notes: As a result of winning three more matches than in 1912 Berkshire rose to tenth place in the Table. There was no change to the fixture list. Lionel Collins was the top scorer with 495 runs at 41.25. Thomas Norris and George Bennett each scored over 300 runs. Over half the wickets were obtained by George Hawksworth and William Woodburn with 49 at 15.53 and 44 at 16.00 respectively. During the season career milestones reached were 2000 runs by Lionel Collins, 1000 runs and 300 wickets by George Hawksworth, 1000 runs by Arthur Strange, 1000 runs and 100 wickets by William Woodburn and 100 wickets by Gordon Belcher. BERKSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1913 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 6 players who made their Championship debut for Berkshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1913 was the last or only season that these 11 players appeared for Berkshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Bailey, W G + 7 12 3 66 226 25.11 - 1 1 2 - 120 29 333 8 41.62 2-12 - - G Belcher 5 7 0 72 115 16.42 - 1 1 6 - 129.1 15 407 15 27.13 4-63 - - G G M Bennett 6 11 1 93 327 32.70 - 2 1 1 - - - - - - - - - H Brougham 3 5 0 51 154 30.80 - 2 - 1 - - - - - - - - - G H B Chance 2 4 1 13* 29 9.66 - - 1 3 - 33 3 133 3 44.33 3-71 - - Capt L P Collins 7 13 1 108 495 41.25 2 2 - 2 - - - - - - - - - H T Crichton + 2 3 0 109 112 37.33 1 - - 1 - 11.5 2 50 2 25.00 1-4 - - J E D Denning 1 2 0 16 26 13.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - G R Greaves + 1 2 0 26 26 13.00 - - 1 - - 15 5 54 1 54.00 1-46 - - Capt H H M Harris + 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - Hawksworth, G M 6 9 1 52 155 19.37 - 1 - 3 - 303 102 761 49 15.53 8-78 2 5 Capt C G Hill 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - W H R Hinde + 3 6 0 21 38 6.33 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - H F M Morres 1 2 0 76 77 38.50 - 1 - 2 - 38 5 151 8 18.87 4-63 - - A J Murdoch 3 6 0 26 70 11.66 - - 1 1 - 10 4 25 1 25.00 1-1 - - Sir C E M Y Nepean 8 13 3 44* 255 25.50 - - - 10 - - - - - - - - - T P W Norris 5 10 2 67 302 37.75 - 3 - 1 - 20 2 95 1 95.00 1-70 - - Capt A G M Sharpe + 1 2 0 5 5 2.50 - - 1 - - 15 5 32 3 10.66 2-19 - - Shoosmith, H W 8 13 0 34 148 11.38 - - 1 20 - 26 8 82 1 82.00 1-7 - - A P Strange 1 2 1 77* 85 85.00 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - A F Todd 7 11 4 18 61 8.71 - - 2 10 7 - - - - - - - - H F Willcocks 1 2 0 10 14 7.00 - - - 1 - 32.3 12 88 6 14.66 3-37 - - Dr W Y Woodburn 8 13 0 49 278 21.38 - - 1 4 - 216 52 704 44 16.00 7-53 2 4 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 171 - - - - - - - - 205 6 - - - - Total 88 151 17 109 3177 23.70 3 14 13 72 8 969.3 244 3120 148 21.08 8-78 4 9 (23 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 11 players made their last appearance for Berkshire in the Championship in 1913. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I G Belcher 1910 27 42 4 112* 849 22.34 2 2 8 22 - 3854 1950 107 18.22 7-54 1 4 H Brougham 1905 33 57 0 150 1824 32.00 4 11 4 10 - 72 62 3 20.66 2-8 - - G H B Chance 1912 3 6 1 16 45 9.00 - - 2 4 - 306 191 5 38.20 3-71 - - Capt L P Collins 1897 42 73 6 122 2118 31.61 4 10 3 18 - 5 5 0 - - - - H T Crichton 1913 2 3 0 109 112 37.33 1 - - 1 - 71 50 2 25.00 1-4 - - J E D Denning 1912 5 9 0 74 232 25.77 - 2 1 1 - 24 18 0 - - - - G R Greaves 1913 1 2 0 26 26 13.00 - - 1 - - 90 54 1 54.00 1-46 - - Capt H H M Harris 1913 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - A J Murdoch 1911 7 14 1 26 157 12.07 - - 1 4 - 102 59 3 19.66 2-34 - - A F Todd 1910 23 35 13 18* 149 6.77 - - 8 25 22 - - - - - - - H F Willcocks 1908 13 20 6 40 186 13.28 - - 2 3 - 1090 619 25 24.76 4-52 - - (11 players) 150