Hunwick won the league for the first time in their history, with 15 victories and 5 loses pipped Houghton to the post, after early season Leaders Littletown and Burnhope both lost ground with Littletown losing 7 games in total (winning 13) and Burnhope only lost three but lost 9 to the weather to deny them the title.
At the other end of the table, Stanhope worried a number of basement rivals by winning three of the their last 5 games to come within touching distance of Belmont and Tantobie above, however it wasn't to be and they remained bottom, all three clubs had three wins but Stanhopes 17 defeats remained insurmountable.
The Batting averages are as follows:
D Pearson (Littletown) - 16 innings, 4 not outs, 134 highest score, 790 runs, 65.83 average.
M Lovett (Houghton) - 15, 6, 100*, 528, 58.67
C Pratt (Hunwick) - 18, 3, 103*, 621, 41.40
S Smith (Kimblesworth) - 16, 4, 121*, 480, 40.00
C Neild (Houghton) - 15, 3, 76, 463, 38.58
L Shaw (Burnhope) - 13, 1, 124, 449, 37.42
Bowling:
N Lawson (Houghton) - 105.2 overs, 21 maidens, 338 runs, 38 wickets, 8.89 average.
D Showler (Kimblesworth) - 173.0, 62, 417, 40, 10.42
T Little (Hunwick) - 210.0, 69, 404, 38, 10.63
S Tweedy (Burnhope) - 146.0, 40, 378, 35, 10.80
S McTaggart (Stanhope) - 128.1, 29, 352, 32, 11.00
A Bewick (Wearmouth) - 156.3, 41, 493, 35, 14.09
The Second Division was won by 6 time champions East Rainton 12 games leaving them undefeated. Second Place Houghton won 8 games and lost 6 remained close all season. Unfortunately at the bottom Coundon once again propped up the table, winning 0 and losing 13 but some hopeful performances should show and improvement in results for next season.
Batting averages:
D Punshon (Kimblesworth) - 10 innings, 2 not outs, 97 highest score, 395 runs, 49.37 average
D Pybus (Coundon) - 11, 2, 70, 315, 35.00
N Matthews (East Rainton) - 10, 2, 78, 270, 33.75
M Irwin (Hunwick) - 9, 0, 100, 288, 32.00
J Potts (Burnhope) - 9, 1, 63*, 237, 29.62
Bowling:
C Henderson Jnr (East Rainton) - 66.1 overs, 15 maidens, 177 runs, 26 wickets, 6.81 average.
P Reddel (Houghton) - 100.3, 25, 248, 27, 9.18.
M Seth (Beamish) - 99.0, 27, 251, 26, 9.65
A Hughes (Burnhope) - 106.0, 25, 282, 28, 10.07
J Siddell (Littletown) - 90.0, 15, 250, 24, 10.42.