1999 Season
Final League Position - Durham Coast League

HCWCC 1st Team - 5th out of 14
HCWCC 2nd Team - 3rd out of 14
HCWCC 3rd Team - 6th out of 11

HCWCC Under 13s - 3rd out of 14
HCWCC Under 15s - 2nd out of 13
HCWCC Under 18s - None

Special Individual Awards
R.Orton took most wickets in Divison 1 - 50
M.Kearney took most wicketkeeping dismissals in Division 1 - 29

1st Team Batting Averages To qualify 13 innings and an average of 20
5 S.Meek 25 innings, 1046 runs, top score 121* with an average of 49.81
14 M.Kearney 23 innings, 824 runs, top score 80 with an average of 39.24
36 S.Merrington 17 innings, 392 runs, top score 74 with an average of 26.1
40 J.Wilkinson 18 innings, 366 runs, top score 85 with an average of 24.1

S.Meek was club professional this season

1st Team Bowling Averages To qualify 20 wickets
12 R.Orton 284 Overs, 50 wickets, best figures 6-10 an average of 17.9
19 J.Ramshaw 204 Overs, 35 wickets, best figures 7-41 an average of 19.3
22 A.Robinson 179 Overs, 30 wickets, best figures 6-17 an average of 19.9

2nd Team Batting Averages To qualify 13 innings and an average of 20
4 K.Rewcastle 21 innings, 672 runs, top score 105* with an average of 39.5
15 D.Lumley 23 innings, 626 runs, top score 75 with an average of 27.22
20 R.Snowball 16 innings, 331 runs, top score 67 with an average of 23.6
31 C.Elliott 20 innings, 327 runs, top score 65* with an average of 20.44

2nd Team bowling averages To qualify 20 wickets
3 P.Elliott 92 overs, 21 wickets, best figures 6-37 an average of 9.76
4 P.Reddel 181 overs, 41 wickets, best figures 7-26 an average of 11.6
6 G.Humpries 144 overs, 29 wickets, best figures 8-37 an average of 12.1
33 D.Lumley 199 overs, 27 wickets, best figures 4-22 an average of 23.6

3rd Team Batting Averages To qualify 5 innings and an average of 15
7 G.Snowball 7 innings, 98 runs, top score 35* with an average of 32.6
9 D.Lumley 4 innings, 140 runs, top score 57* with an average of 28.0
14 L.Husband 10 innings, 234 runs, top score 62* with an average of 26.0
23 J.Anderson 6 innings, 95 runs, top score 46* with an average of 19.0
28 P.Elliott 10 innings, 180 runs, top score 64 with an average of 18.0

3rd Team bowling Averages To qualify 10 wickets
13 P.Elliott 50 overs, 15 wickets, best figures 5-12 an average of 11.33

1st wicketkeeping - M.Kearney 27 catches and 2 stumpings
3rd wikctekeeping - D.Lumley 3 catches and 1 stumping

Outfield catches
2nd Division - 6 C.Elliott and D.Lumley 10 Each
3rd Division - G.Snowball 5 and S.Gill 4

Houghton Hundreds
S.Meek vs Dawdon 121*
S.Meek vs Marsden 107
K.Rewcastle vs Dawdon 105*

Junior Section

Under 13 Batting Averages To qualify 8 innings
13 C.White 12 innings, 204 runs, top score 49* with an average of 22.66

Under 13 Bowling Averages To qualify 30 Overs and 11 Wickets
6 G.Jones 48 overs, 13 wickets, best figures 3-1 an average of 7.3
11 S.Hauxwell 37 overs, 12 wickets, best figures 3-7 an average of 11.4

Under 15 Batting Averages To qualify 5 innings
1 S.Merrington 7 innings, 445 runs, top score 111* an average of 222
6 J.Grant 5 innings, 130 runs, top score 38 an average of 43.3

S.Merrington most runs and best average in the league

Under 15 Bowling Averages To qualify 15 overs and 5 wickets
4 J.Grant 45 overs, 13 wickets, best figures of 4-5 an average of 6.3
7 G.Wall 42 overs, 13 wickets, best figures of 3-8 an average of 7.7
21 S.Merrington 20 overs, 8 wickets, best figures of 3-27 an average of 12.6

Junior League Representation
The following players from Houghton represented the Durham Coast League this season

Under 13 - T.Bowman, C.White, G.Jones
Under 15 - S.Merrington (Captain), J.Grant
Under 18 - P.Reddel

Houghton CW Cricket Club