First-Class Cricket Matches 1914

SURREY v KENT Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, August 10, 11, 1914. Surrey won by eight wickets. (Points: Surrey 5, Kent 0) KENT 1 E.Humphreys b Hitch 5 b Hitch 4 2 H.T.W.Hardinge c Hayward b Smith 2 c Ducat b Rushby 1 3 J.Seymour b Hitch 0 b Hitch 45 4 F.E.Woolley b Hitch 51 c Strudwick b Hitch 14 5 A.P.Day b Hitch 0 lbw b Fender 18 6 S.H.Day c Hayward b Smith 54 c Strudwick b Rushby 1 7 *L.H.W.Troughton c Fender b Rushby 5 c Hayes b Fender 15 8 †F.H.Huish b Fender 10 c and b Fender 7 9 C.Blythe c Hayward b Smith 1 b Hitch 7 10 A.Fielder c and b Fender 0 not out 5 11 A.P.Freeman not out 1 b Hitch 0 Extras b 3, lb 4, nb 4 11 b 15, lb 6, nb 2 23 —— —— 140 140 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-7, 3-11, 4-11, 5-104, 6-119, 7-137, 8-138, 9-138, 10-140 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-19, 3-63, 4-78, 5-79, 6-100, 7-117, 8-129, 9-139, 10-140 SURREY 1 *T.W.Hayward lbw b Blythe 91 b Freeman 7 2 J.B.Hobbs lbw b Blythe 16 not out 26 3 E.G.Hayes c Humphreys b Blythe 0 lbw b A.P.Day 12 4 D.J.Knight c Troughton b Blythe 2 not out 2 5 A.Ducat c Huish b Blythe 36 6 P.G.H.Fender c Troughton b Blythe 48 7 W.J.Abel st Huish b Woolley 0 8 J.W.Hitch c Woolley b Blythe 0 9 †H.Strudwick c A.P.Day b Blythe 2 10 W.C.Smith b Blythe 12 11 T.Rushby not out 2 Extras b 18, lb 6, w 1 25 —— —— 234 (2 wickets) 47 FoW (1): 1-37, 2-37, 3-47, 4-147, 5-209, 6-211, 7-212, 8-218, 9-221, 10-234 FoW (2): 1-9, 2-40 Surrey Bowling O M R W O M R W Smith 11 4 20 3 (3) 10 2 26 0 Hitch 21 7 39 4 2nb (1) 19 5 39 5 1nb Rushby 15 3 37 1 (2) 17 8 27 2 Fender 6.4 0 27 2 2nb (5) 9 5 16 3 1nb Abel 1 0 6 0 (4) 1 0 9 0 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Fielder 3 2 3 0 1w 4 1 21 0 Blythe 25.5 3 97 9 Woolley 18 1 66 1 Freeman 11 1 42 0 (2) 6.3 1 20 1 A.P.Day 2 1 1 0 (3) 3 1 6 1 Umpires: H.R.Butt and F.Parris. Toss: Kent Close of Play: 1st day: Surrey (1) 147-3 (Hayward 73*, Ducat 38*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. This was a benefit match for J.B.Hobbs.The match was moved from Kennington Oval which was occupied for military purposes. 240