Minor Counties Championship 1914

NORTHUMBERLAND 1914 Championship matches: Played 6, won 2, lost 4, drawn none (won on first innings none, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings none) Position: Fifteenth out of twenty one Won: v Lincolnshire at Jesmond and v Durham at Chester-le-Street Lost: v Durham at Jesmond, v Staffordshire at Jesmond, v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent and v Cheshire at Jesmond Drawn - won on first innings: None Drawn - lost on first innings: None Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Abandoned due to war: v Lincolnshire at Lincoln and v Cheshire at Wallasey Captain: C M Skinner (6 matches) Wicket-keepers: J K Craig (4 matches) and G E Wilkinson (2 matches) Debutants: 8 (J K Craig, J L Graham, W H Hickton, R G Morrison, T P Smith, F R Stobbart, W A Taylor and H Wrathall) Final Season: 13 (J T Carr, R G Elliott, J L Graham, W H Hickton, W W Meldon, R G Morrison, O Richardson, C M Skinner, R B Stephenson, F R Stobbart, W A Taylor, T Ullathorne and H Wrathall) Hon Secretary: F G H Clayton Secretary: N Brodie Professionals: 5 (W H Hickton, G T Milne, O Richardson, G C Wingham and H Wrathall) Home Grounds 1: The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (3 matches) Notes: Northumberland did not do so well in 1914 as they did in 1913, winning 2 and losing 4 matches. They reduced their fixture list by the omission of Cambridgeshire. Christopher Stanger-Leathes scored 252 runs at 31.50 but half of his runs came in one innings. George Milne scored 209 runs at 20.90 and took 22 wickets at 20.95 runs each. The captain, Clifton Skinner, took 37 wickets at 13.37 runs each. NORTHUMBERLAND MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1914 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 8 players who made their Championship debut for Northumberland during the season. Names in bold denote that 1914 was the last or only season that these 13 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 C G Arkwright 4 7 0 32 54 7.71 - - 2 2 - 13 1 61 1 61.00 1-8 - - J T Carr 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 1 - 7 0 39 0 - - - - J K Craig + 4 7 1 41 63 10.50 - - - 7 4 - - - - - - - - R G Elliott 1 2 0 5 5 2.50 - - 1 - - 3 0 25 0 - - - - J L Graham + 1 2 0 10 19 9.50 - - - 1 - 2 1 3 0 - - - - Hickton, W H + 5 10 5 32 102 20.40 - - 1 1 - 63.2 7 217 7 31.00 3-41 - - G L Hunting 2 4 0 22 43 10.75 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - W W Meldon 5 10 1 76* 152 16.88 - 1 2 4 - 36 7 118 6 19.66 3-14 - - Milne, G T 6 11 1 45* 209 20.90 - - - 3 - 173 39 461 22 20.95 5-64 - 1 J S F Morrison 1 2 0 20 32 16.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - R G Morrison + 1 2 0 53 53 26.50 - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - J S Nesbit 4 8 0 29 88 11.00 - - 1 1 - 4 1 24 0 - - - - Richardson, O 1 2 1 37* 65 65.00 - - - 1 - 2 0 9 0 - - - - C M Skinner 6 11 0 36 114 10.36 - - 4 4 - 162.1 32 495 37 13.37 6-30 - 3 T P Smith + 3 6 0 10 24 4.00 - - 3 2 - - - - - - - - - C F Stanger-Leathes 4 8 0 130 252 31.50 1 1 - 1 - 2 0 23 0 - - - - R B Stephenson 1 2 1 59 63 63.00 - 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - - F R Stobbart + 1 2 0 3 5 2.50 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - W A Taylor + 1 2 0 9 9 4.50 - - 1 - - 2 0 23 0 - - - - J L Towler 4 8 2 44* 77 12.83 - - 3 2 - 17.3 0 69 2 34.50 1-12 - - T Ullathorne 1 2 0 5 5 2.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - G E Wilkinson 2 4 1 1* 2 0.66 - - 2 2 2 - - - - - - - - Wingham, G C 6 12 0 36 158 13.16 - - 1 2 - 55.4 16 154 8 19.25 4-45 - - Wrathall, H + 1 2 0 21 32 16.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 150 - - - - - - - - 145 0 - - - - Total 66 128 13 130 1776 15.44 1 4 26 41 6 542.4 104 1866 83 22.48 6-30 0 4 (24 players) (6 ball overs) 165