Minor Counties Championship 1908

176 LINCOLNSHIRE 1908 Championship matches: Played 10, won 3, lost 3, drawn 4 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings 3, no decision on first innings none) Position: Joint fourth out of six in North Division Won: v Lancashire 2nd XI at Lancaster, v Lancashire 2nd XI at Spalding and v Durham at Skegness Lost: v Northumberland at Grimsby, v Northumberland at Jesmond and v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent Drawn – won on first innings: v Durham at West Hartlepool Drawn – lost on first innings: v Yorkshire 2nd XI at Barnsley, v Staffordshire at Grantham and v Yorkshire 2nd XI at Lincoln Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: W E Thompson (10 matches) Wicket-keepers: G J Allen (9 matches) and L Wood (1 match) Debutants: 12 (F Borton, W S Brown, G Charlton-Jones, A W Foster, W C Milner, W Peach, E Pullein, J Raby, J F Smith, G Turner, Dr G P Wilson and L Wood) Final season: 7 (F Borton, W S Brown, G Charlton-Jones, A Holsinger, W C Milner, J F Smith and L Wood) Hon Secretaries: S T Watkins and W E Thompson Professionals: 9 (G J Allen, F Borton, J J Broughton, F Geeson, W J Hibbert, A Holsinger, W Peach, E E Riley and G Turner) Home grounds 5: The Grantham Cricket Club Ground, London Road, Grantham (1 match); The People’s Park, Park Drive, Grimsby (1 match); The Lincoln Lindum Cricket Club Ground, Wragby Road, Lincoln (1 match); The Skegness and District Cricket Club Ground, Richmond Drive, Skegness (1 match); and the Black Swan Ground, Stepping Stones Lane, Spalding (1 match) Notes: With three matches won, the same as in 1907, Lincolnshire had another moderate season. There were no changes in their opponents. The main run scorers were the captain, William Thompson, with 440 at 25.88, William Hibbert 299 at 24.91 and Edward Riley with 321 at 21.40. The bowling was not as effective as in 1907, Frederick Geeson took 52 wickets at 18.67 compared with 70 at 9.25 in 1907, whilst Jack Broughton took 29 wickets at 19.89 compared with 51 at 12.25 the previous season. During the season Frederick Geeson passed the career milestone of one hundred wickets. LINCOLNSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1908 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 12 players who made their Championship debut for Lincolnshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1908 was the last or only season that these 7 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 14 7 22* 88 12.57 - - 1 11 7 - - - - - - - - Borton, F + 1 2 0 2 2 1.00 - - 1 2 - 16 1 42 4 10.50 3-6 - - J A Brooke 1 2 0 17 17 8.50 - - 1 1 - 36 6 90 3 30.00 2-36 - - Broughton, J J 9 17 0 67 270 15.88 - 2 2 3 - 190.2 30 577 29 19.89 8-57 - 2 W S Brown + 1 2 0 10 14 7.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - F S Cannell 1 2 1 13 20 20.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - G Charlton-Jones + 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - E T Cooke 6 10 0 37 113 11.30 - - - 4 - 123 28 398 15 26.53 4-21 - - A W Foster + 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - 1 - 2.2 0 5 5 1.00 5-5 - 1 Geeson, F 10 17 5 35 178 14.83 - - 2 6 - 403.3 96 971 52 18.67 7-56 1 3 L S Harrisson 4 7 1 50 108 18.00 - 1 2 2 - 8 0 29 3 9.66 2-16 - - T Hedworth 2 3 0 19 21 7.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Hibbert, W J 8 14 2 61* 299 24.91 - 3 1 3 - 10 0 47 0 - - - - Holsinger, A 5 7 1 36 89 14.83 - - 1 - - 117.2 29 303 16 18.93 6-37 - 1 W C Milner + 4 8 0 9 35 4.37 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Peach, W + 1 2 0 28 45 22.50 - - - - - 18 2 73 2 36.50 2-73 - - E Pullein + 2 3 0 21 25 8.33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J Raby + 3 6 0 20 48 8.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Riley, E E 9 17 2 53 321 21.40 - 1 2 4 - 137.1 19 499 19 26.26 6-73 - 2 J F Smith + 2 3 0 7 13 4.33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - W E Thompson 10 18 1 65 440 25.88 - 2 2 5 - 7 0 28 0 - - - - Turner, G + 8 15 0 62 210 14.00 - 1 3 3 - - - - - - - - - Rev C G Ward 4 8 0 66 154 19.25 - 1 - 1 - 2 0 12 0 - - - - R E Williams 6 10 0 56 178 17.80 - 1 - 4 - 11 1 46 0 - - - - Dr G P Wilson + 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - L Wood + 1 2 0 3 4 2.00 - - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 257 - - - - - - - - 233 14 - - - - Total 110 193 20 67 2952 17.06 0 12 22 55 8 1081.4 212 3353 162 20.69 8-57 1 9 (26 players) (6 ball overs) Note: In Match 2 the Lincolnshire bowling in the second innings is one run short.