Minor Counties Championship 1913

WILTSHIRE 1913 Championship matches: Played 8, won 2, lost 5, drawn 1 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: Sixteenth equal with Cambridgeshire and Buckinghamshire out of twenty Won: v Buckinghamshire at Bletchley and v Dorset at Poole Lost: v Surrey 2nd XI at Westbury, v Glamorgan at Trowbridge, v Buckinghamshire at Trowbridge, v Dorset at Melksham and v Surrey 2nd XI at The Oval Drawn - won on first innings: None Drawn - lost on first innings: v Glamorgan at Swansea Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Captain: R W Awdry (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: T S Luce (4 matches), C E C Kendle (2 matches). It is not known who kept wicket in the matches against Glamorgan at Swansea and Surrey 2nd XI at The Oval. Debutants: 5 (D C Brown, M V Knee, E C MacBryan, H J Sydee and J D H Watts) Final Season: 8 (C S Awdry, C G Bond, M V Knee, A W E Lapham, E C MacBryan, W R R Smith, H J Sydee and J D H Watts) Hon Secretary: R W Awdry Professionals: 5 (H Mitchell, A W Newman, W Overton, A S Sellick and W R R Smith) Home Grounds 3: The Cricket Ground, Melksham House, Melksham (1 match), The County Ground, Timbrell Street, Trowbridge (2 matches) and Leighton Recreation Centre, Westbury (1 match) Notes: Losing five of their matches Wiltshire remained near the bottom of the Table. Arthur Newman was the leading run scorer with 368 runs at 26.28, and he also took 22 wickets at 17.59. Harry Mitchell was the leading bowler with 56 wickets at 17.28. William Overton gave support with 21 wickets at a cost of 19.09 runs each. During the season career milestones reached were 3000 runs by Arthur Newman, 2000 runs and 50 catches by Robert Awdry, 1000 runs by Tom Luce and 200 wickets by Harry Mitchell. WILTSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1913 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 5 players who made their Championship debut for Wiltshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1913 was the last or only season that these 8 players appeared for Wiltshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I C S Awdry 4 8 0 115 163 20.37 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - R W Awdry 8 16 0 52 308 19.25 - 1 2 15 - 60.5 8 286 5 57.20 4-98 - - Capt C G Bond 2 4 0 41 105 26.25 - - - 5 - - - - - - - - - D C Brown + 6 12 1 48* 201 18.27 - - 1 3 - 5 0 27 0 - - - - G C Davenport 1 2 0 8 13 6.50 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - C W Hurn 4 7 0 28 83 11.85 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - C E C Kendle 2 4 0 14 34 8.50 - - - 3 1 - - - - - - - - M V Knee + 1 2 0 6 11 5.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - A W E Lapham 4 8 3 49 140 28.00 - - - 1 - 40 3 128 4 32.00 2-51 - - W R C Laverton 1 2 0 4 8 4.00 - - - 1 - 17 0 93 3 31.00 3-93 - - T S Luce 4 8 1 41* 144 20.57 - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - E C MacBryan + 6 12 0 12 38 3.16 - - 5 6 - 3 0 16 1 16.00 1-16 - - G W Mathews 1 2 0 7 12 6.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mitchell, H 8 15 6 15 53 5.88 - - 3 6 - 315.1 60 968 56 17.28 7-32 1 5 Newman, A W 7 14 0 91 368 26.28 - 2 1 6 - 162 52 387 22 17.59 7-33 - 1 Overton, W 7 13 4 16 72 8.00 - - 3 11 - 136.4 23 401 21 19.09 5-89 - 1 R G C Pinfield 4 8 1 71* 131 18.71 - 1 2 3 - 4 1 25 0 - - - - T C G Sandford 1 2 0 37 37 18.50 - - 1 - - 7 0 19 1 19.00 1-19 - - Sellick, A S 1 2 0 10 10 5.00 - - 1 1 - 4 0 21 2 10.50 2-21 - - Smith, W R R 1 2 0 17 27 13.50 - - - - - 16 3 95 1 95.00 1-95 - - F W Stancomb 1 2 0 11 11 5.50 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - H J Sydee + 1 2 1 9 9 9.00 - - - - - 3 0 31 0 - - - - S J H Taunton 5 10 0 34 160 16.00 - - 1 2 - 7 1 21 0 - - - - J R Tayler 7 14 0 62 231 16.50 - 1 1 3 - 6 0 35 2 17.50 2-7 - - J D H Watts + 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 201 - - - - - - - - 187 7 - - - - Total 88 172 17 115 2572 16.59 1 5 23 72 5 786.4 151 2740 125 21.92 7-32 1 7 (25 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 8 players made their last or only appearance for Wiltshire 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 C S Awdry 1895 95 162 9 160*3633 23.74 3 15 8 59 - 409 294 2 147.00 1-9 - - Capt C G Bond 1900 13 18 3 41 206 13.73 - - 4 9 - - - - - - - - M V Knee 1913 1 2 0 6 11 5.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - A W E Lapham 1906 5 10 4 49 158 26.33 - - - 1 - 294 147 7 21.00 3-2 - - E C MacBryan 1913 6 12 0 12 38 3.16 - - 5 6 - 18 16 1 16.00 1-16 - - Smith, W R R 1899 129 190 27 115 2306 14.14 2 3 28 77 - 20665 8356 512 16.32 9-65 5 30 H J Sydee 1913 1 2 1 9 9 9.00 - - - - - 18 31 0 - - - - J D H Watts 1913 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - (8 players) 174