Minor Counties Championship 1909

181 LINCOLNSHIRE 1909 Championship matches: Played 11, won 7, lost 2, drawn 2 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: First out of six in East Division, losing semi-finalist in the play-offs Won: v Cambridgeshire at Spalding, v Cambridgeshire at Ely, v Hertfordshire at Hitchin, v Suffolk at Ipswich, v Norfolk at Norwich, v Norfolk at Lincoln and v Bedfordshire at Skegness Lost: v Hertfordshire at Grimsby LL and v Wiltshire at Trowbridge Drawn – won on first innings: v Suffolk at Lincoln Drawn – lost on first innings: v Bedfordshire at Luton Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: W E Thompson (9 matches) – Rev C G Ward led the side in the two matches in which W E Thompson did not play Wicket-keeper: G J Allen (11 matches) Debutants: 11 (H H Bacon, J E Crookes, J W Day, C C Harrisson, C L Prior, D H Pugh, W A Trasenster, E B Waite, N WWells-Cole, WW Winn and J N Worman) Final season: 11 (H H Bacon, F S Cannell, A S Hatt, T Hedworth, W J Hibbert, D H Pugh, J Raby, J Redwood, E B Waite, R E Williams and W WWinn) Hon Secretary: S T Watkins Professionals: 7 (G J Allen, H H Bacon, J J Broughton, J W Day, F Geeson, W J Hibbert and E E Riley) Home grounds 4: Grimsby Town Cricket Club Ground, Littlefield Lane, Grimsby – new ground (1 match); Lincoln Lindum Cricket Club Ground, Wragby Road, Lincoln (2 matches); Skegness and District Cricket Club Ground, Richmond Drive, Skegness (1 match); and Black Swan Ground, Stepping Stones Lane, Spalding (1 match) Notes: Lincolnshire had a complete change of opponents upon moving from the North to the East Division where seven matches won secured them first place but in the semi-final of the play-offs they lost to the eventual champions Wiltshire at Trowbridge by 128 runs. Charles Ward scored 477 runs at 39.75 but the 1908 batting form of the captain, W E Thompson, was not repeated. The leading wicket-taker was Earsham Cooke with 42 at 12.04 closely followed by Edward Riley with 40 at 9.67 and Frederick Geeson with 37 at 15.21. LINCOLNSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1909 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 11 players who made their Championship debut for Lincolnshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1909 was the last or only season that these 11 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 11 13 7 18 78 13.00 - - 2 12 4 - - - - - - - - Bacon, H H + 1 1 1 10* 10 - - - - 1 - 20 3 59 2 29.50 2-59 - - J A Brooke 4 6 0 27 58 9.66 - - 1 3 - 56.3 7 157 15 10.46 7-19 - 1 Broughton, J J 5 8 1 51 152 21.71 - 1 - 3 - 91.2 19 229 16 14.31 3-21 - - F S Cannell 1 1 0 23 23 23.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - E T Cooke 8 11 0 36 111 10.09 - - - 5 - 183.2 42 506 42 12.04 7-16 - 4 J E Crookes + 9 10 0 88 175 17.50 - 1 1 7 - 12 4 32 3 10.66 3-32 - - Day, J W + 9 15 1 53* 200 14.28 - 1 1 4 - 100.4 18 280 14 20.00 4-24 - - A W Foster 3 4 2 17* 30 15.00 - - 1 7 - 2 0 13 0 - - - - Geeson, F 11 13 3 29* 127 12.70 - - 2 7 - 271.2 87 563 37 15.21 6-31 - 2 C C Harrisson + 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - L S Harrisson 2 3 1 68 72 36.00 - 1 1 1 - 6 1 23 1 23.00 1-23 - - A S Hatt 2 4 0 41 64 16.00 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - T Hedworth 3 5 0 16 34 6.80 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - Hibbert, W J 2 3 0 35 45 15.00 - - - - - 7 1 17 0 - - - - C L Prior + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 1 0 4 0 - - - - D H Pugh + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - E Pullein 1 1 0 27 27 27.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J Raby 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J Redwood 3 5 0 31 47 9.40 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - Riley, E E 9 12 0 70 258 21.50 - 2 2 1 - 181.1 63 387 40 9.67 6-16 1 4 W E Thompson 9 14 3 29* 168 15.27 - - 2 2 - - - - - - - - - W A Trasenster + 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - E B Waite + 2 2 0 55 57 28.50 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - Rev C G Ward 9 15 3 113* 477 39.75 1 1 2 3 - - - - - - - - - L A F Weigall 1 2 0 9 10 5.00 - - - - - 5.1 1 12 5 2.40 5-12 - 1 N WWells-Cole + 1 1 0 19 19 19.00 - - - 1 - 10 0 48 1 48.00 1-31 - - R E Williams 6 8 1 45 102 14.57 - - 1 3 - 9 0 44 1 44.00 1-44 - - WWWinn + 1 2 0 6 9 4.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J N Worman + 3 6 2 13* 30 7.50 - - 1 1 - 45.4 11 98 3 32.66 1-11 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 160 - - - - - - - - 157 8 - - - - Total 121 172 25 113* 2545 17.31 1 8 26 67 4 1002.1 257 2629 188 13.98 7-16 1 12 (30 players) (6 ball overs)