Minor Counties Championship 1913

NORTHUMBERLAND 1913 Championship matches: Played 10, won 5, lost 3, drawn 2 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Sixth out of twenty Won: v Lincolnshire at Jesmond, v Cheshire at Jesmond, v Cheshire at Bollington and v Cambridgeshire at Jesmond and v Lincolnshire at Grimsby Lost: v Durham at Jesmond, v Staffordshire at Walsall and v Durham at Chester le Street Drawn - won on first innings: v Cambridgeshire at Cambridge Drawn - lost on first innings: None Drawn - no decision on first innings: v Staffordshire at Jesmond Captain: S P Bell (10 matches) Wicket-keepers: J S F Morrison (6 matches), H E Collins (2 matches), W Robb (1 match) and G E Wilkinson (1 match) Debutants: 2 (L D Plummer and J L Towler) Final Season: 9 (S W Anderson, H E Collins, F W Gillespie, D V Norbury, L D Plummer, J E Raine, W Robb, G H Watson and H White) Professionals: 4 (G T Milne, D V Norbury, O Richardson and G C Wingham) Home Grounds 1: The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (5 matches) Notes: Northumberland had a good season winning three more matches than in 1912. Cambridgeshire were added to the fixture list. Lindsay Hunting was the leading run scorer with 698 at 46.53, followed by George Wingham with 510 at 36.42. George Milne took 50 wickets at a cost of 15.90 each and Clifton Skinner 39 at 16.15. During the season career milestones reached were 1000 runs and 100 wickets by Victor Norbury, 300 wickets by George Milne and 50 catches by Fred Gillespie. NORTHUMBERLAND MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1913 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 2 players who made their Championship debut for Northumberland during the season. Names in bold denote that 1913 was the last or only season that these 9 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 3 4 0 49 93 23.25 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - C G Arkwright 8 13 3 77 193 19.30 - 1 4 3 - 67 11 253 8 31.62 3-54 - - S P Bell 10 14 3 37 100 9.09 - - 5 10 - - - - - - - - - H E Collins 2 2 0 3 4 2.00 - - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - F W Gillespie 3 6 1 167 274 54.80 1 - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - G L Hunting 10 17 2 219* 698 46.53 2 3 3 3 - - - - - - - - - W W Meldon 5 7 0 40 120 17.14 - - - 4 - 12 1 49 0 - - - - Milne, G T 10 15 2 43 155 11.92 - - 2 5 - 333 81 795 50 15.90 7-55 2 2 J S F Morrison 6 9 1 109 255 31.87 1 1 - 7 2 - - - - - - - - J S Nesbit 5 7 0 44 131 18.71 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - Norbury, D V 6 10 1 65 276 30.66 - 1 - 7 - 159.4 22 505 28 18.03 6-27 - 2 L D Plummer + 2 4 1 1* 1 0.33 - - 3 2 - - - - - - - - - J E Raine 1 2 0 14 20 10.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Richardson, O 6 10 0 32 136 13.60 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - W Robb 1 2 1 32 44 44.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - C M Skinner 9 11 2 61* 144 16.00 - 1 2 7 - 199 51 630 39 16.15 6-18 1 1 C F Stanger-Leathes 2 3 0 21 34 11.33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J L Towler + 4 6 2 22 33 8.25 - - 1 1 - 32.4 4 118 6 19.66 3-55 - - G H Watson 5 6 2 23* 48 12.00 - - 1 5 - 29 0 181 4 45.25 3-77 - - Rev H White 1 2 1 27* 33 33.00 - - - - - 20 3 72 2 36.00 2-63 - - G E Wilkinson 1 2 0 2 2 1.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Wingham, G C 10 15 1 146 510 36.42 2 2 3 6 - 148 19 500 19 26.31 7-88 - 1 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 228 - - - - - - - - 278 10 - - - - Total 110 167 23 219* 3532 24.52 6 9 27 74 3 1000.2 192 3381 166 20.36 7-55 3 6 (22 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 9 players made their last appearance for Northumberland 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 S W Anderson 1904 25 40 0 75 819 20.47 - 3 2 12 - - - - - - - - H E Collins 1912 4 6 0 11 19 3.16 - - 1 5 1 - - - - - - - F W Gillespie 1899 81 132 4 177 3838 29.98 6 17 8 52 - 145 104 3 34.66 2-26 - - Norbury, D V 1910 24 41 2 92 1138 29.17 - 7 1 20 - 2867 1637 100 16.37 7-71 - 6 L D Plummer 1913 2 4 1 1* 1 0.33 - - 3 2 - - - - - - - - J E Raine 1912 3 6 1 36* 98 19.60 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - W Robb 1912 2 3 1 32 72 36.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - G H Watson 1909 9 14 2 23* 57 4.75 - - 6 6 - 228 230 4 57.50 3-77 - - Rev H White 1909 8 11 3 27* 80 10.00 - - 2 1 - 873 488 19 25.68 4-99 - - (9 players) 168