Minor Counties Championship 1914

DURHAM 1914 Championship matches: Played 9, won 3, lost 4, drawn 2 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: Thirteenth out of twenty one Won: v Northumberland at Jesmond, v Lincolnshire at South Shields and v Cheshire at Wallasey Lost: v Staffordshire at Consett, v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent, v Cheshire at Stanley and v Northumberland at Chester-le-Street Drawn - won on first innings: v Glamorgan at Sunderland Drawn - lost on first innings: v Glamorgan at Swansea Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Abandoned due to war: v Lincolnshire at Grantham Captain: E B Proud (4 matches). T A Bradford (4 matches) and C Y Adamson (1 match) led the side in the matches in which E B Proud did not play Wicket-keepers: F W Burgoyne-Johnson (8 matches) and J J Common (1 match) Debutants: 7 (H W Buckett, R H Callender, S Hall, R P M Hudson, F Mellor, W F Parrington and T Patterson) Final Season: 19 (C Y Adamson, J Bennett, T A Bradford, G W Breed, H W Buckett, F W Burgoyne-Johnson, R H Callender, H L Dales, F Harry, A B Horsley, R P M Hudson, A F Maynard, F Mellor, A Morris, W F Parrington, T Patterson, E B Proud, T Smith, and J Thackeray) Hon Secretary: A B Horsley Secretary: T A Bulmer Professionals: 5 (F Harry, D Hendren, A Morris, T Smith and J Thackeray) Home Grounds 5: Chester-le-Street Cricket Club Ground, Ropery Lane, Chester-le-Street (1 match); The Blackfyne Ground, Blackhill, Consett (1 match); South Moor Cricket Club Ground, Stanley – new ground (1 match); South Shields Cricket Club Ground, Wood Terrace, Westoe, South Shields (1 match) and Sunderland Cricket Club Ground, Ashbrooke, Sunderland (1 match) Notes: Durham did not have the same degree of success as they had in 1913. Glamorgan were opponents in place of Cambridgeshire. Hugh Dales was the leading run scorer with 433 runs at 39.36. Frank Harry had a good all-round performance of 339 runs at 28.25 and 44 wickets at 18.47. Alf Morris who took 81 wickets in 1913, secured 65 at 15.09 runs each. During the season Alf Morris reached the career milestones of 1000 runs and 600 wickets. DURHAM MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1914 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 7 players who made their Championship debut for Durham during the season. Names in bold indicate that 1914 was the last or only season that these 19 players appeared for Durham 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 Y Adamson 4 7 1 60* 104 17.33 - 1 1 3 - 62.2 17 134 9 14.88 5-13 - 1 A P Ashley 4 6 0 164 179 29.83 1 - 2 3 - - - - - - - - - J Bennett 1 1 0 13 13 13.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - T A Bradford 6 10 1 93 257 28.55 - 2 - 3 - 1 0 2 0 - - - - G W Breed 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - H Brooks 1 1 0 3 3 3.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - H W Buckett + 2 3 1 2* 4 2.00 - - 1 1 - 9 4 23 2 11.50 2-16 - - F W Burgoyne-Johnson 8 12 1 23 79 7.18 - - 5 3 - - - - - - - - - R H Callender + 4 7 0 43 80 11.42 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - J J Common 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - H L Dales 8 13 2 127 433 39.36 1 2 1 1 - - - - - - - - - S Hall + 2 3 0 36 53 17.66 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Harry, F 9 14 2 85 339 28.25 - 4 2 2 - 308.5 74 813 44 18.47 7-45 2 4 Hendren, D 9 14 0 81 273 19.50 - 1 2 11 - 103.2 16 389 17 22.88 4-51 - - A B Horsley 1 2 0 28 49 24.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - R P M Hudson + 4 6 0 45 100 16.66 - - 1 4 - 14 3 46 2 23.00 2-22 - - T Kinch 2 2 0 42 62 31.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - A F Maynard 7 13 0 54 167 12.84 - 1 3 1 - - - - - - - - - F Mellor + 2 2 0 8 13 6.50 - - - 1 - 7 0 32 1 32.00 1-27 - - Morris, A 9 13 6 28* 123 17.57 - - 2 3 - 352.4 84 981 65 15.09 9-36 2 7 W F Parrington + 1 1 0 47 47 47.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - T Patterson + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - E B Proud 4 7 0 11 21 3.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Smith, T 4 3 2 4* 9 9.00 - - - 1 - 44 2 174 6 29.00 3-61 - - E L Squance 2 3 3 33* 67 - - - - 3 - 2 0 15 0 - - - - Thackeray, J 2 4 0 12 22 5.50 - - 1 - - 14 3 38 1 38.00 1-25 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 233 - - - - - - - - 228 5 - - - - Total 99 151 19 164 2730 20.68 2 11 27 48 0 918.1 203 2875 152 18.91 9-36 4 12 (26 players) (6 ball overs) 150