Minor Counties Championship 1913

HERTFORDSHIRE 1913 Championship matches: Played 8, won 4, lost 0, drawn 4 (won on first innings 2, lost on first innings 2, no decision on first innings none) Position: Third out of twenty Won: v Suffolk at St Albans, v Buckinghamshire at Broxbourne, v Suffolk at Felixstowe and v Bedfordshire at Hitchin Lost: None Drawn - won on first innings: v Bedfordshire at Luton WP and v Buckinghamshire at High Wycomb Drawn - lost on first innings: v Norfolk at Bushey and v Norfolk at Norwich Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Captain: Rev C G Ward (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: C H Titchmarsh (5 matches) and E H Cuthbertson (3 matches) Debutants: 5 (G Cox, E J Dodd, W Montgomery, C H Tait and A S Thorpe) Final Season: 5 (E H Cuthbertson, E J Dodd, R C Grellet, W Montgomery and A S Thorpe) Hon Secretary: Dr J Earl Norman Professionals: 3 (F A Burton, A J Golding and W Shelford) Home Grounds 4: Broxbourne Cricket Club Ground, Mill Lane, Broxbourne (1 match), 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 (1 match) Notes: Hertfordshire had a good season, finishing in third place in the Table. The fixture list was reduced by the omission of Cambridgeshire. Charles Titchmarsh was the leading run scorer with 539 at 49.00. Sydney Etheridge with 480 runs at 36.92 and Jack Golding with 431 at 35.91 gave good support. Fred Burton increased his total of wickets from 39 in 1912 to 66 at a cost of 18.24 each. During the season Fred Burton reached the career milestone of 200 wickets. HERTFORDSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1913 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 5 players who made their Championship debut for Hertfordshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1913 was the last or only season that these 5 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 Rev F R Bonsey 2 3 0 40 59 19.66 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Burton, F A 8 9 4 20 69 13.80 - - 1 5 - 360.5 74 1204 66 18.24 8-76 3 8 G Cox + 1 1 0 17 17 17.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - N J Cox 3 4 1 33 78 26.00 - - - 2 - 77 7 279 12 23.25 5-44 - 1 E H Cuthbertson 3 4 1 31 78 26.00 - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - E J Dodd + 3 3 1 3 4 2.00 - - - 5 - 34 5 123 2 61.50 1-34 - - S G Etheridge 8 14 1 109 480 36.92 1 3 1 9 - 17.1 0 68 1 68.00 1-18 - - Golding, A J 8 13 1 100 431 35.91 1 3 1 5 - - - - - - - - - R C Grellet 1 1 0 12 12 12.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - E S Household 7 9 1 153 332 41.50 1 3 2 5 - 16 1 87 2 43.50 1-13 - - W H Marsh 8 11 3 22 107 13.37 - - 2 4 - 85 17 316 18 17.55 5-25 - 1 W Montgomery + 4 5 0 12 40 8.00 - - 1 2 - 53.2 15 145 7 20.71 4-53 - - Shelford, W 8 8 4 15* 25 6.25 - - 3 7 - 199 43 578 28 20.64 5-44 - 2 C H Tait + 5 7 1 38 114 19.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - A S Thorpe + 3 4 0 17 24 6.00 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - C H Titchmarsh 8 14 3 137 539 49.00 1 3 - 8 3 - - - - - - - - Rev C G Ward 8 11 0 78 278 25.27 - 2 1 8 - 7 0 37 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO/R - - - - 168 - - - - - - - - 200 0 - - - - Total 88 121 21 153 2855 28.55 4 14 14 67 4 849.2 162 3037 136 22.33 8-76 3 12 (17 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 5 players made their last appearance for Hertfordshire 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 E H Cuthbertson 1906 25 40 4 34 360 10.00 - - 10 30 6 - - - - - - - E J Dodd 1913 3 3 1 3 4 2.00 - - - 5 - 204 123 2 61.50 1-34 - - R C Grellet 1900 27 40 5 75* 806 23.02 - 6 2 8 - 332 182 3 60.66 1-18 - - W Montgomery 1913 4 5 0 12 40 8.00 - - 1 2 - 320 145 7 20.71 4-53 - - A S Thorpe 1913 3 4 0 17 24 6.00 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - (5 players) 161