Minor Counties Championship 1914

BERKSHIRE 1914 Championship matches: Played 4, won 1, lost 2, drawn 1 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: Seventeenth equal with Bedfordshire out of twenty one Won: v Dorset at Reading Lost: v Devon at Exeter and v Cornwall at Penzance Drawn - won on first innings: None Drawn - lost on first innings: v Cornwall at Reading Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Abandoned due to war : v Buckinghamshire at Reading; v Devon at Reading, v Dorset at Sherborne and v Buckinghamshire at Slough Captain: Sir C E M Y Nepean (4 matches) Wicket-keepers: P Howard (2 matches) and S H Stevens (2 matches) Debutants: 4 (C W Battye, A J W Croom, W A Owen and W V Stokes) Final Season: 9 (C W Battye, H M Ferryman, W H R Hinde, A M Holdsworth, C E M Y Nepean, W A Owen, A G M Sharpe, W V Stokes and A P Strange) Hon Secretary: Major C Turner Professionals: 4 (W G Bailey, A J W Croom, G M Hawksworth, and H W Shoosmith) Home Ground 1: The County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading (2 matches) Notes: Berkshire, who had the same opponents as last year, were only able to play half of the matches planned. George Hawksworth was both leading run scorer with 130 runs at 18.57 and leading wicket taker with 21 wickets at 17.38. Joe Bailey took 14 wickets at 11.71. During the season Henry Shoosmith reached the career milestone of 2000 runs. BERKSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1914 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 4 players who made their Championship debut for Berkshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1914 was the last or only season that these 9 players appeared for Berkshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Bailey, W G 4 7 4 44* 85 28.33 - - 1 3 - 50 12 164 14 11.71 5-22 - 1 C W Battye + 3 6 0 16 53 8.83 - - 1 2 - 15 2 67 0 - - - - G G M Bennett 2 4 0 29 50 12.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - A B Croom 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Croom, A J W + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 3 0 11 0 - - - - H M Ferryman 2 4 0 27 27 6.75 - - 3 1 - 22.2 1 94 3 31.33 2-6 - - Hawksworth, G M 4 7 0 56 130 18.57 - 1 1 2 - 134.4 42 365 21 17.38 7-21 - 3 W H R Hinde 2 4 0 12 20 5.00 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - Capt A M Holdsworth 2 4 0 16 42 10.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - P Howard 2 4 1 10* 27 9.00 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - H F M Morres 1 2 0 34 34 17.00 - - 1 1 - 32 5 92 9 10.22 7-50 - 1 Sir C E M Y Nepean 4 7 2 39* 117 23.40 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - T P W Norris 3 6 0 42 82 13.66 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - W A Owen + 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Capt A G M Sharpe 2 4 0 13 14 3.50 - - 2 - - 43 7 180 6 30.00 3-129 - - Shoosmith, H W 4 8 1 32 113 16.14 - - 1 10 - 6 4 11 1 11.00 1-11 - - S H Stevens 2 3 0 10 16 5.33 - - 1 2 2 - - - - - - - - W V Stokes + 1 2 1 11 18 18.00 - - - - - 7 1 35 0 - - - - A P Strange 1 2 0 37 55 27.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Dr W Y Woodburn 2 4 0 40 42 10.50 - - 1 - - 30 9 87 3 29.00 3-60 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 73 - - - - 1 - - - 67 2 - - - - Total 44 81 9 56 1000 13.88 0 1 16 32 2 343 83 1173 59 19.88 7-21 0 5 (20 players) (6 ball overs) In match 43 v Dorset the Berkshire first innings bowling is 1 run short. FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 9 players made their last appearance for Berkshire in the Championship in 1914. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I C W Battye 1914 3 6 0 16 53 8.83 - - 1 2 - 90 67 0 - - - - H M Ferryman 1909 7 12 0 27 79 6.58 - - 4 3 - 420 313 13 24.07 5-55 - 1 W H R Hinde 1913 5 10 0 21 58 5.80 - - 2 5 - - - - - - - - Capt A M Holdsworth 1908 3 6 0 16 51 8.50 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - Sir C E M Y Nepean 1895 125 209 18 75 3778 19.78 - 13 25 165 - 584 400 14 28.57 3-27 - - W A Owen 1914 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - Capt A G M Sharpe 1913 3 6 0 13 19 3.16 - - 3 - - 348 212 9 23.55 3-129 - - W V Stokes 1914 1 2 1 11 18 18.00 - - - - - 42 35 0 - - - - A P Strange 1900 37 68 2 77*1059 16.04 - 6 10 15 - 262 178 6 29.66 3-15 - - (9 players) 141