Minor Counties Championship 1913

STAFFORDSHIRE 1913 Championship matches: Played 10, won 6, lost 2, drawn 2 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Fourth out of twenty Won: v Durham at Stoke-on-Trent, v Durham at South Shields, v Northumberland at Walsall, v Norfolk at Stoke-on-Trent, v Kent 2nd XI at Stoke-on-Trent and v Surrey 2nd XI at Walsall Lost: v Surrey 2nd XI at The Oval and v Norfolk at Norwich Drawn - won on first innings: None Drawn - lost on first innings: v Kent 2nd XI at Canterbury Drawn - no decision on first innings: v Northumberland at Jesmond Captains: B Meakin (7 matches). P Briggs led the side in the three matches in which B Meakin did not play. Wicket-keepers: A T Lyons (3 matches), J Poole (2 matches), J S Scott (2 matches), A E Bratby (1 match), H Dearing (1 match) and J B Russell (1 match) Debutants: 9 (A E Bratby, C H Campbell, R E Hawkins, F R Heath, N P Hewson, A T Lyons, B F Morgan, H G Powell and C R Ridgeway) Final Season: 8 (P Briggs, R E Hawkins, F R Heath, A T Lyons, H G Powell, J S Scott, F W Twigg and F W Watson) Hon Secretary: W C Hancock Professionals: 5 (S F Barnes, A Bucknell, G Deyes, B F Morgan and J E Nichols) Home Grounds 2: The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent (3 matches) and Walsall Cricket Club Ground, Gorway Road, Walsall (2 matches) Notes: Staffordshire had a successful season winning six of their ten matches. The fixture list was reduced by replacing Glamorgan, Kent 2nd XI, and Monmouthshire with Norfolk and Surrey 2nd XI. Sydney Barnes had another excellent season scoring 290 runs at 36.25 and taking 60 wickets at just 6.10 runs each. The captain Bernard Meakin scored 318 runs at 31.80. Bertie Morgan and George Deyes each took over 30 wickets. During the season Bernard Meakin reached the career milestone of 1000 runs. STAFFORDSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1913 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 9 players who made their Championship debut for Staffordshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1913 was the last or only season that these 8 players appeared for Staffordshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Barnes, S F 7 10 2 83 290 36.25 - 3 1 5 - 172.3 56 366 60 6.10 9-31 3 7 E H Bourne 1 1 0 35 35 35.00 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - H E Bourne 2 3 1 13* 26 13.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - A E Bratby + 1 1 1 5* 5 - - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - P Briggs 9 13 0 72 260 20.00 - 2 - 5 - - - - - - - - - Bucknell, A 3 4 0 10 15 3.75 - - 1 - - 52.2 16 99 10 9.90 5-43 - 1 C H Campbell + 7 11 0 45 179 16.27 - - 2 4 - - - - - - - - - H Dearing 1 2 0 24 25 12.50 - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - Deyes, G 8 11 3 38 110 13.75 - - 1 2 - 125 7 402 36 11.16 7-39 1 3 H Eardley 3 4 3 11* 23 23.00 - - - 1 - 36 12 82 3 27.33 3-29 - - R E Hawkins + 2 3 0 9 19 6.33 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - F R Heath + 5 9 0 52 101 11.22 - 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - - J S Heath 7 11 1 7 30 3.00 - - 2 10 - 73 16 241 15 16.06 4-50 - - R A Heath 3 6 0 39 86 14.33 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - N P Hewson + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - E J Johnson 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - 9.5 3 17 3 5.66 2-2 - - A T Lyons + 3 4 0 10 22 5.50 - - 1 4 - - - - - - - - - B Meakin 7 12 2 137 318 31.80 1 - 3 7 - 1 0 1 0 - - - - Morgan, B F + 9 12 2 21 79 7.90 - - 2 7 - 199.3 55 526 37 14.21 7-23 1 4 Nichols, J E 10 16 1 128 355 23.66 1 1 - 13 - 42 4 168 4 42.00 1-13 - - J Poole 2 3 1 7* 14 7.00 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - H G Powell + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - C R Ridgway + 1 1 1 32* 32 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - J B Russell 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - J S Scott 2 3 0 8 11 3.66 - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - L F Taylor 7 10 0 83 293 29.30 - 3 - 3 - - - - - - - - - F W Twigg 1 1 0 17 17 17.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - W H Twigg 2 3 1 32 39 19.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - F WWatson 3 5 1 10 22 5.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 176 - - - - - - - - 260 6 - - - - Total 110 163 20 137 2583 18.06 2 10 19 82 3 711.1 169 2162 174 12.42 9-31 5 15 (29 players) (6 ball overs) 169