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Results and Personal Performances -

Birmingham Corporation Inter-Departmental League

Results for Seasons 1947 to 1978
Bank's Performances against individual Departments
Leading Batsmen (over 400 runs)
Leading Bowlers (over 40 wickets)
Best Individual Batting Performances (scores of 70 and over)
Best Individual Bowling Performances (7 or more wickets in an Innings)
Best and Worst Team Performances

Birmingham Corporation Inter-Departmental League - Results for Seasons 1947 to 1978

Season	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	No Result	League Position	Teams in League	Best Batsman	Best Bowler	Best Fielder(s) (Most Catches Held)
1947	8	1	6	0	1			Williams	Hood
1948	9	0	8	0	1			Giddings	Spencer
1949	11	3	7	1	0	11th	12	Whittaker	Bellmore
1950	12	5	7	0	0	9th	13	Whittaker	Bellmore
1951	12	3	8	0	1	12th	13	Whittaker	Bellmore
1952	13	1	10	0	2	14th	14	Whittaker	Bellmore
1953	12	5	5	1	1	10th	13	Davis	Bellmore
1954	12	5	4	1	2	5th	13	Davis	Davis
1955	13	9	1	0	3	1st	14	Eley	Bellmore	Eyre & Allkins
1956	14	7	4	1	2	5th	14	Young	Eley	Eyre
1957	13	6	4	0	3	7th	14	Bellmore	Bellmore	Alsop
1958	12	6	3	0	3	3rd	13	Eley	Young	Eley
1959	12							Eley	Alsop	Rogers
1960	12	9	3	0	0	2nd	13	Eley	Eley
1961	11	3	8	0	0			Alsop	Eley	Alsop
1962	11	2	7	0	2	10th	12	Eyre	Alsop	Green & Young
1963	12	5	5	0	2	6th	13	Ordish	Bellmore	Young
1964	12	6	3	0	3	2nd	13	Eley	Bellmore	Bunten & Smith
1965	12	4	3	0	5	6th	13	Green	Young	Bunten
1966	12	5	4	0	3	5th	13	Bellmore	Bellmore	Taylor
1967	12	5	4	0	3	4th	13	C Mace	Ordish	Williams & Smith
1968	12	3	6	0	3	11th	13	Lovell	Willetts
1969	12	8	2	0	2	2nd	13	Willetts	Willetts
1970	11	9	1	0	1	1st	12	Lovell	Brown
1971	9	5	4	0	0			Willetts	Willetts
1972	10	7	1	0	2	2nd	11	Milne	Lediard	Smith
1973	10	3	3	0	4	5th	11	Milne	Allen	Milne, C Mace, Willetts, J Mace
1974	11	10	0	0	1	1st	12	Reed	Young	Smith
1975	11	9	2	0	0	1st	12	J Mace	Allen	Smith & Wilden
1976	11	10	0	0	1	1st	12	Wilden	Allen	Reed, Wilden, Slattery, Milne
1977	10	6	3	0	1	5th	11	Glenn	Brown
1978	12	3	3	1	5	6th	13	J Mace	Brown
Totals:	354	163	129	5	57

('No Result' includes 50 matches that were abandoned without a ball being bowled)

Bank's League Performances against individual Departments

	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	No Result
Water	31	15	10	1	5
MEB (Engineers)	31	9	17	0	5
Rates	30	10	17	1	2
Town Clerks/Executives	29	20	8	0	1
Housing Management	27	10	11	1	5
MEB (Accounts)	26	13	8	1	4
Estates	25	14	4	0	7
Treasurers	23	9	8	0	6
Public Health	22	8	12	0	2
Teachers	22	9	9	0	4
Public Works	21	6	9	0	6
Welfare/Social Services	16	9	5	1	1
Building	11	7	1	0	3
Other Departments	40	24	10	0	6
Totals:	354	163	129	5	57

'Other Departments' include: Education (8 games); Magistrates (6); Veterinary, Direct Labour, Personnel (5 each); Environment, Amenities (3 each); Central Areas, Engineers, Construction, Architects, Central Administration (1 each)

Leading Batsmen (over 400 runs in League matches)

	Seasons	Runs
K N Whittaker	1947 - 1964	2,115
P E Willetts	1966 - 1978	1,455
R F Lovell	1953 - 1955 & 1961 - 1976	1,347
L S Bellmore	1948 - 1958; 1960 - 1961; 1963 - 1967; 1969 -1970; 1972	1,320
W M Eley	1954 - 1965	1,279
M D Reed	1969 - 1978	1,134
C R Mace	1967 - 1973 & 1975 - 1977	1,089
A Green	1955 - 1967 & 1970	1,078
N Alsop	1953 - 1959; 1961 - 1965; 1968; 1970 - 1973; 1975	1,071
A E Young	1949; 1952 - 1973; 1975	978
M J Smith	1950 - 1952 & 1955 - 1978	919
R L Wilden	1972 - 1978	904
R E Milne	1972 - 1978	899
R W Davis	1952 - 1954	734
J G Eyre	1949 - 1951; 1953 - 1966; 1968	712
H G Williams	1947 - 1958; 1960 -1963	638
J R Mace	1969 - 1978	624
F Hood	1947 - 1957	579
R N Moll	1964 - 1972	487
A Rogers	1958 - 1959	429
J E N Ordish	1959 - 1969; 1971	411
H T K Haslam	1948 - 1949; 1953 - 1966; 1968 - 1969	408

Leading Bowlers (over 40 wickets in League matches)

	Seasons	Wickets
L S Bellmore	1948 - 1958; 1960 - 1961; 1963 - 1967; 1969 -1970; 1972	355
A E Young	1949; 1952 - 1973; 1975	314
W M Eley	1954 - 1965	206
P E Willetts	1966 - 1978	171
K F Allen	1972 - 1978	139
C Brown	1968 - 1970; 1975; 1977 - 1978	100
N Alsop	1953 - 1959; 1961 - 1965; 1968; 1970 - 1973; 1975	98
F Hood	1947 - 1957	93
R N Moll	1964 - 1972	74
R W Davis	1952 - 1954	52
R N Milne	1972 - 1978	48
R L Wilden	1972 - 1978	40

Best Individual Performances in League Matches - Batsmen

	Score	Season	Opponents
R W Davis	94	1953	MEB Accounts
R W Davis	85*	1953	MEB Engineers
R W Davis	83*	1954	Water
R L Wilden	80*	1976	Executives
M D Reed	79*	1974	Personnel
H G Williams	75*	1947	Treasurers
N Alsop	73	1961	Rates
R N Milne	73	1976	Teachers
R W Davis	71*	1954	Public Health
C Mace	71	1970	Water
W M Eley	70*	1955	Treasurers
M D Reed	70*	1974	Social Services

Best Individual Performances in League Matches - Bowlers

	Analysis	Season	Opponents
W M Eley	8 - 6	1960	Water
R W Davis	8 - 18	1954	MEB Accounts
P E Willetts	8 - 18	1972	MEB Engineers
L S Bellmore	8 - 25	1952	MEB Engineers
L S Bellmore	8 - 28	1966	Estates
W M Eley	8 - 31	1959	Town Clerks
A E Young	8 - 33	1958	Public Health
N Alsop	8 - 34	1955	Treasurers
L S Bellmore	8 - 37	1951	Veterinary
L S Bellmore	7 - 10	1954	Public Health (see NOTE)
K F Allen	7 - 12	1972	Housing
L S Bellmore	7 - 17	1964	Rates
A E Young	7 - 22	1965	Town Clerks
R L Wilden	7 - 23	1975	Rates
A E Young	7 - 27	1958	Town Clerks
L S Bellmore	7 - 33	1949	MEB Accounts
L S Bellmore	7 - 33	1950	MEB Accounts
L S Bellmore	7 - 33	1955	Teachers
A E Young	7 - 33	1963	MEB Accounts
K F Allen	7 - 35	1978	Social Services
R N Milne	7 - 38	1975	Executives
R N Milne	7 - 39	1977	Amenities
F Hood	7 - 41	1950	Public Health

NOTE: all of Les Bellmore's 7 wickets were taken by clean bowling the batsmen out

Best and Worst Team Performances in League Matches

172 - 7 v MEB Accounts (Milne 34; C Mace 29; Willetts 21; J Mace 4; Reed 15; Lovell 9; Wilden 47; M Smith 1; Young 2)	1972	Won by 94 runs
11 v Housing (Allkins 0; Aston 0*; Bellmore 0; Bignell 4; Eley 2; Eyre 0; Green 0; Haslam 0; M Smith 0; Williams 1; Wood 4)	1956	Lost by 6 wickets
23 by Estates (Bellmore 5 - 12; Hood 2 - 4; Davis 2 - 6; Lovell 1 - 1)	1953	Won by 99 runs
158 by MEB Engineers (Bunten 1 - 18; Alsop 0 - 9; Haslam 2- 22; Eley 3 - 53; Lovell 0 - 25; Bignell 0 -31)	1962	Lost by 130 runs

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