Minor Counties Championship 1895

73 LINCOLNSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1895 Lincolnshire did not enter the competition but played 4 games that counted as Championship matches for their opponents Championship matches: Played 4, won nil, lost 3, drawn 1 Lost: v Durham at Philadelphia, v Durham at Grantham, and v Norfolk at Norwich Drawn: v Norfolk at Spalding Captain: Believed to be G F Wells-Cole (1 match) – other captains were A E Cheales (1 match), Rev J P Cheales (1 match) and F A Soames (1 match) Wicket-keeper: T Brown (4 matches) Hon Secretary: B Robinson Umpires: - Banks, F Renshaw Professionals: 6 (C H G Bland, WW Broadbent, T Brown, T J Nicholson, A Pulling, A Woodley) Home grounds 2: London Road, Grantham (1 match), and Black Swan Ground, Spalding (1 match) Notes: The Lincolnshire Club was wound up in April 1896. A new Club was formed in 1906 and entered the Championship in 1907. Only two of the players who appeared in 1895 – T Hedworth and G F Wells-Cole – reappeared in Championship matches in 1907. + Indicates that 1895 was the only season these 22 players appeared for Lincolnshire in Championship matches Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I J C Bennett + 2 4 0 8 16 4.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bland, C H G + 1 2 0 3 4 2.00 - - - - - 22.4 8 40 4 10.00 4-40 - - Broadbent, WW + 4 8 2 27* 72 12.00 - - 1 4 - 139.3 35 340 21 16.19 8-47 1 2 Brown, T + 4 8 3 8 27 5.40 - - 3 3 1 - - - - - - - - A E Cheales + 3 6 0 79 117 19.50 - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - C B Cheales + 3 6 1 13 38 7.60 - - 1 1 - 2 0 12 0 - - - - Rev J P Cheales + 2 4 1 39 64 21.33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rev W H Counsell + 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - E J W Disbrowe + 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - H Dods + 2 4 0 13 24 6.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - T Hedworth 1 2 0 8 8 4.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - E E Langston + 1 2 1 12* 14 14.00 - - - - - 4 1 8 0 - - - - H C Melbourne + 1 2 0 21 36 18.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - N W Melbourne + 1 2 0 9 12 6.00 - - - - - 11 2 32 1 32.00 1-32 - - R H Melbourne + 1 2 0 5 6 3.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nicholson, T J + 2 4 0 17 37 9.25 - - - 1 - 71.1 27 137 9 15.22 6-78 - 1 A D H H R Pack + 2 4 0 21 30 7.50 - - 1 - - 5 1 15 0 - - - - H O Peacock + 1 2 0 36 54 27.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - C A Perring + 1 2 0 2 2 1.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Pulling, A + 3 6 0 18 33 5.50 - - 2 - - 34 11 65 5 13.00 4-30 - - J C Sale + 2 4 0 18 48 12.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - F A Soames + 2 4 0 34 107 26.75 - - - 3 - 3 0 12 0 - - - - G F Wells-Cole 1 2 0 47 51 25.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Woodley, A + 2 4 1 14* 24 8.00 - - 1 - - 60.3 27 89 5 17.80 3-35 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 64 - - - - - - - - 80 1 - - - - Total 44 88 9 79 889 11.25 0 1 16 13 1 353.1 112 830 46 18.04 8-47 1 3 (24 players) (5 ball overs)