Minor Counties Championship 1907

170 LINCOLNSHIRE 1907 Championship matches: Played 10, won 3, lost 7, drawn none (won on first innings none, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings none) Position: Fifth out of six in North Division Won: v Yorkshire 2nd XI at Ripon, v Northumberland at Jesmond and v Durham at Spalding Lost: v Lancashire 2nd XI at Grimsby, v Northumberland at Grantham, v Lancashire 2nd XI at Wigan, v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent, v Durham at Darlington, v Staffordshire at Lincoln and v Yorkshire 2nd XI at Skegness Drawn – won on first innings: None Drawn – lost on first innings: None Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: W E Thompson (10 matches) Wicket-keepers: G J Allen (9 matches) and W R Rose (1 match) Debutants: 26 (all with the exception of T Hedworth and G F Wells-Cole who appeared for Lincolnshire in 1895 when Lincolnshire played four matches which counted as Championship matches for their opponents) Final season: 8 (W F Baines, C L Harvey, J Haworth, H O Knight, P J M Loft, G H Nevile, S Shaw and G F Wells-Cole) Hon Secretaries: S T Watkins and W E Thompson Professionals: 6 (G J Allen, J J Broughton, F Geeson, W J Hibbert, A Holsinger and E E Riley) Home g rounds 5: The Grantham Cricket Club Ground, London Road, Grantham (1 match); The People’s Park, Grimsby – new ground (1 match); The Lincoln Lindum Ground, Wragby Road, Lincoln – new ground (1 match); The Skegness and District Cricket Club Ground, Richmond Drive, Skegness – new ground (1 match); and the Black Swan Ground, Stepping Stones Lane, Spalding (1 match) Notes: In their first full season in the Championship Lincolnshire made a moderate start winning three of their ten matches, and losing the rest. They were placed in the North Division. Gervais Wells-Cole scored 215 runs at 30.71. He was supported by William Hibbert with 334 runs at 22.26 and the captain, William Thompson, with 238 runs at 14.87. Frederick Geeson, the former Leicestershire player, took 70 wickets at 9.25 and was well supported by John Broughton, the former Lancashire player, with 51 wickets at 12.25 The season saw the first use of the grounds at The People’s Park, Grimsby, Wragby Road, Lincoln and Richmond Drive, Skegness as venues for championship matches. LINCOLNSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1907 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 26 players who made their Championship debut for Lincolnshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1907 was the last or only season that these 8 players appeared for Lincolnshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Allen, G J + 9 15 7 13* 42 5.25 - - 2 8 3 - - - - - - - - W F Baines + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 2 - 4 1 11 0 - - - - J A Brooke + 5 9 0 36 98 10.88 - - 2 1 - 21 7 42 2 21.00 1-14 - - Broughton, J J + 9 17 0 35 137 8.05 - - 4 5 - 235.1 45 625 51 12.25 6-11 1 5 F S Cannell + 1 2 0 3 3 1.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - E T Cooke + 7 12 2 58 161 16.10 - 1 1 5 - 148 28 441 23 19.17 5-53 - 2 Geeson, F + 10 18 2 55* 133 8.31 - 1 5 10 - 364 124 648 70 9.25 7-55 1 7 A E Gibson + 1 2 0 8 16 8.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - L S Harrisson + 5 8 2 59* 163 27.16 - 1 - 1 - 17 2 43 1 43.00 1-12 - - C L Harvey + 1 2 0 7 7 3.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - A S Hatt + 2 4 0 29 37 9.25 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - J Haworth + 3 5 0 8 24 4.80 - - 1 2 - 52 14 152 7 21.71 3-48 - - T Hedworth 4 7 0 19 58 8.28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hibbert, W J + 8 15 0 106 334 22.26 1 1 3 2 - 24.4 3 65 3 21.66 2-19 - - Holsinger, A + 3 6 4 13* 36 18.00 - - - 2 - 40.3 14 69 3 23.00 3-41 - - H O Knight + 1 2 0 3 3 1.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - P J M Loft + 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 - - 3 0 23 0 - - - - G H Nevile + 2 4 0 14 29 7.25 - - 1 - - 4.4 0 21 0 - - - - J Redwood + 5 10 0 29 98 9.80 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - Riley, E E + 3 6 0 22 49 8.16 - - 1 3 - 7 3 15 3 5.00 3-15 - - W R Rose + 2 4 0 6 8 2.00 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - S Shaw + 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - H W Sheckell + 2 4 0 7 12 3.00 - - - - - 13 3 41 1 41.00 1-21 - - W E Thompson + 10 19 3 39 238 14.87 - - 2 7 - - - - - - - - - Rev C G Ward + 8 16 0 34 144 9.00 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - L A F Weigall + 1 2 0 7 13 6.50 - - - - - 1 0 2 0 - - - - G F Wells-Cole 4 7 0 124 215 30.71 1 - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - R E Williams + 1 2 0 8 13 6.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 198 - - - - 2 - - - 161 10 - - - - Total 110 203 20 124 2274 12.42 2 4 34 57 3 935 244 2359 174 13.55 7-55 2 14 (28 players) (6 ball overs)