'A' Division Notes 1893-1992
Method of scoring: 1893 - 1899 One point for a win, no points for a draw, and minus one point for a defeat. 1900 - 1929 Two points for a win and one point for a draw. 1930 - 1959 Three points for a win and one point for a draw. 1960 - 1962 Extra bonus point for side scoring most runs per over. 1963 - 1969 Win points increased to four. 1970 - 1974 Five points for a win, four points for a tie, two bonus points to side scoring most runs per over. 1975 - 1987 Twenty points for a win, seven points for a tie, four points for a draw, one bonus point for every 25 runs scored over 75 up to a maximum of five, one bonus point for every two wickets taken; only sides who tie, lose or draw are eligible for bonus points. 1988 - 1992 Draw points altered to six points for side batting first and two batting points second.
Without defeat in a season: Constable Burton 1893. West Hartlepool 1913, Redcar 1924, Darlington RA 1932, Normanby Hall 1963, Stockton, 1975, Guisborough & Bishop Auckland 1976, Middlesbrough 1978, Normanby Hall 1980, Blackhall 1986, Darlington 1987, Redcar 1992.
Without a victory in a season: Marton 1940, Darlington RA 1944, Blackhall 1965, Billingham Synthonia 1979, Billingham Synthonia 1981, Billingham Synthonia 1992.
Most centuries by one club in a season: Redcar 11 (1992)
Most individual career centuries: 39 C.B. Lambert (30 for Blackhall, 9 for Redcar) 19 R.C. Shukla (10 for Hartlepool, 5 for Stockton and 3 for Thornaby) 17 F.R. Smith (12 for West Hartlepool, 5 for Darlington) 16 A. Dalby (11 for Normanby Hall, 5 for Saltburn) 16 C.L. Townsend (All Norton) 16 Ijaz Ahmed (All Redcar) 15 J.H. Pearson (11 for Saltburn, 4 for Normanby Hall) 15 A.S. Patel (All Hartlepool) 15 N.A. Riddell (13 for Darlington, 2 for Bishop Auckland) 14 H.D. Bell (All Middlesbrough) 13 Rizwan-uz-Zaman Kham (All Normanby Hall) 12 D.L. Haynes (9 for Blackhall, 3 for Guisborough) 12 Tahir Mahmood (All Northallerton) 11 M.G. Farrell (All Marske) 11 K. Williamson (All Norton) 11 T.D. Olver (All Stockton) 11 G. Shaw (6 for Redcar, 4 for Saltburn, 1 for Guisborough)
Most individual centuries in a season: 9 C.B. Lambert (Redcar) 1992 7 Ijaz Ahmed (Redcar) 1989 7 C.B. Lambert (Blackhall) 1986 6 C.B. Lambert (Blackhall) 1989 6 M.G. Farrell (Marske) 1991 6 I.T. Shillingford (Stockton) 1978
S. Tiplady had bowling analysis of 3.2 - 3 - 0 - 6 for Redcar against Saltburn in 1925, this included a 'hat-trick' and four wickets in five balls; Redcar lost the match. J.S. Curtis had analysis of 18 - 17 - 2 - 7 for West Hartlepool against Normanby Hall in 1932. In 1943 J. Grigor took seven wickets for one run for Norton against Middlebrough.