Minor Counties Championship 1913

DURHAM 1913 Championship matches: Played 10, won 5, lost 2, drawn 3 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Fifth out of twenty Won: v Northumberland at Jesmond, v Cheshire at Stockport, v Cambridgeshire at Cambridge, v Cambridgeshire at Sunderland and v Northumberland at Chester-le-Street Lost: v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent and v Staffordshire at South Shields Drawn - won on first innings: v Lincolnshire at Lincoln Drawn - lost on first innings: v Lincolnshire at West Hartlepool Drawn - no decision on first innings: v Cheshire at Consett Captains: E B Proud (7 matches), T Kinch (2 matches) and T A Bradford (1 match) Wicket-keepers: J J Common (8 matches), F W Burgoyne-Johnson (1 match) and R Newby (1 match) Debutants: 4 (J Bennett, A L Ford, F Harry and A F Maynard) Final Season: 5 (A L Ford, A J Graham, R Harrison, C H Parkin and W Tolson) Hon Secretary: A B Horsley Secretary: T A Bulmer Professionals: 8 (R Harrison, F Harry, D Hendren, A Morris, C H Parkin, T Smith, J Thackeray and W Tolson) Home Grounds 5: 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), Sunderland Cricket Club Ground, Ashbrooke, Sunderland (1 match) and West Hartlepool Cricket Club Ground, Park Drive, West Hartlepool – new ground (1 match) Notes: Durham increased their fixture list by the addition of Cambridgeshire and then won five of their ten matches. They lost two matches at the hands of Staffordshire. With three centuries Denis Hendren scored 703 runs at 43.93 and took 19 wickets at a cost of 20.47 each. Alf Morris increased his total from 43 in 1912 to 81 at 13.27. Frank Harry supported him with 38 wickets at 17.63. The wicket-keeper John Common assisted in 20 dismissals. During the season career milestones reached were 1000 runs by Thompson Smith and 50 catches by James Thackeray. DURHAM MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1913 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 4 players who made their Championship debut for Durham during the season. Names in bold denote that 1913 was the last or only season that these 5 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 J Bennett + 1 2 1 26* 46 46.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - T A Bradford 3 5 1 68 162 40.50 - 1 - 3 - - - - - - - - - H Brooks 7 12 0 35 159 13.25 - - 1 3 - 6 1 22 2 11.00 1-1 - - F W Burgoyne-Johnson 1 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - J J Common 8 11 1 65* 183 18.30 - 1 - 19 1 - - - - - - - - H L Dales 5 6 1 118 258 51.60 1 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - - A L Ford + 3 4 0 30 37 9.25 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - A J Graham 2 4 0 44 82 20.50 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - Harrison, R 6 8 0 108 143 17.87 1 - 2 2 - 35 5 113 6 18.83 4-42 - - Harry, F + 10 15 2 29 146 11.23 - - 2 4 - 252.2 67 670 38 17.63 7-47 1 2 R Healey 2 3 0 21 47 15.66 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Hendren, D 10 16 0 140 703 43.93 3 2 1 4 - 107.3 10 389 19 20.47 7-82 - 1 T Kinch 7 11 2 56 307 34.11 - 2 - 3 - - - - - - - - - A F Maynard + 6 9 0 73 184 20.44 - 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - - Morris, A 10 12 4 30* 56 7.00 - - 5 5 - 410.4 91 1075 81 13.27 8-39 4 7 R Newby 1 2 1 0* 0 0.00 - - 1 4 1 - - - - - - - - Parkin, C H 2 3 0 29 38 12.66 - - - 1 - 51.1 6 186 16 11.62 6-39 1 2 E B Proud 7 9 0 56 132 14.66 - 1 2 2 - - - - - - - - - Smith, T 4 5 3 32* 56 28.00 - - - 3 - 42.3 7 133 3 44.33 2-53 - - E L Squance 4 7 0 26 74 10.57 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Thackeray, J 7 9 2 24 40 5.71 - - 3 8 - 106 23 275 14 19.64 4-58 - - Tolson, W 1 2 0 43 44 22.00 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - J Turnbull 3 4 2 28 44 22.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 202 - - - - 1 - - - 271 6 - - - - Total 110 159 20 140 3143 22.61 5 9 23 74 2 1011.1 210 3134 185 16.94 8-39 6 12 (23 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 5 players made their last appearance for Durham 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 A L Ford 1913 3 4 0 30 37 9.25 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - A J Graham 1911 6 11 1 72 324 32.40 - 2 - 6 - 12 15 0 - - - - Harrison, R 1910 23 36 2 145 1175 34.55 3 4 3 6 - 1328 811 40 20.27 6-31 - 2 Parkin, C H 1907 16 23 3 43* 231 11.55 - - 3 3 - 1434 731 56 13.05 6-37 2 4 Tolson, W 1906 7 12 2 43 178 17.80 - - 2 5 - 171 90 3 30.00 1-10 - - (5 players) 159