MInor Counties Championship 1912

KENT SECOND XI 1912 Championship matches: Played 8, won 3, lost 2, drawn 3 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 2, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Eleventh equal with Lincolnshire out of twenty Won: v Cornwall at Truro, v Dorset at Poole and v Cornwall at Gravesend Lost: v Staffordshire at Town Malling and v Surrey 2nd XI at Hythe Drawn - won on first innings: None Drawn - lost on first innings: v Surrey 2nd XI at The Oval and v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent Drawn - no decision on first innings: v Dorset at Beckenham Captain: L H W Troughton (7 matches) - It is not known who led the side against Cornwall at Truro when L H W Troughton did not play Wicket-keepers: A F Leach-Lewis (6 matches) and A Povey (2 matches) Debutants: 8 (R Boosey, F Dutnall, W J Fairservice, A P Freeman, A Povey, G J V Weighall, G W E Whitehead and J H E Whitehead) Final Season: 6 (R Boosey, E C Cleveland-Stevens, S K Gore, P E Morfee, W A Powell and A Smith) Secretary: A J Lancaster Professionals: 10 (G C Collins, W Dutnall, W J Fairservice, A P Freeman, W E Hickmott, D W Jennings, P E Morfee, A Povey, H J B Preston and A Smith) Home Grounds 4: Foxgrove Ground, Foxgrove Road, Beckenham (1 match); The Bat and Ball Ground, Wrotham Road, Gravesend - new ground (1 match); Hythe Cricket Club Ground, The Grove, Ladies Walk, Hythe (1 match) and The Old County Ground, Town Malling (1 match) Notes: Kent 2nd XI were not as successful as in 1911 and finished mid-table. The fixture list reduced as Dorset and Staffordshire replaced Buckinghamshire, Devon, and Wiltshire. George Collins scored most runs with 370 at 41.11 followed by Percival Morfee with 350 at 29.16. Kent 2nd XI had two economical bowlers in Henry Preston with 28 wickets at 7.92 and Tich Freeman, in his first season, 21 at 8.09. KENT SECOND XI MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1912 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 8 players who made their Championship debut for Kent Second XI during the season. Names in bold denote that 1912 was the last or only season that these 6 players appeared for Kent Second XI in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I R Boosey + 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - E C Cleveland-Stevens 2 3 2 9* 13 13.00 - - - 1 - 5 0 17 0 - - - - Collins, G C 5 9 0 107 370 41.11 1 3 - 5 - 28 4 103 5 20.60 3-49 - - Draper, - 4 6 1 2 4 0.80 - - 2 2 - 5 1 16 1 16.00 1-5 - - F Dutnall + 4 8 0 33 75 9.37 - - - - - 8 0 29 1 29.00 1-29 - - Dutnall, W 2 4 0 18 34 8.50 - - - - - 1 0 2 0 - - - - Fairservice, W J + 2 4 1 21* 52 17.33 - - 1 - - 15.2 3 41 0 - - - - Freeman, A P + 6 11 0 16 57 5.18 - - 2 4 - 70.2 18 170 21 8.09 5-22 1 2 S K Gore 1 2 1 8* 11 11.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Hickmott, W E 7 12 1 11 32 2.90 - - 3 5 - 76 7 325 6 54.16 3-75 - - Jennings, D W 6 12 1 68* 264 24.00 - 2 - 5 - 36 4 139 11 12.63 6-24 - 1 A F Leach-Lewis 6 11 2 51* 208 23.11 - 1 - 3 4 - - - - - - - - Morfee, P E 7 13 1 83 350 29.16 - 1 - 8 - 73 8 303 11 27.54 4-49 - - Povey, A + 2 3 1 12 18 9.00 - - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - W A Powell 4 7 1 76* 129 21.50 - 1 1 5 - 51.2 14 148 10 14.80 5-57 - 1 Preston, H J B 4 7 3 8 17 4.25 - - - - - 97.5 30 222 28 7.92 6-15 1 3 Capt W G M Sarel 5 9 0 29 140 15.55 - - 1 3 - 1 0 3 0 - - - - Smith, A 5 9 2 7* 19 2.71 - - 3 1 - 79.4 15 221 18 12.27 4-32 - - A O Snowden 3 5 0 16 29 5.80 - - 1 4 - 2 0 17 0 - - - - L H W Troughton 7 13 0 123 265 20.38 1 - 2 2 - - - - - - - - - G J V Weigall + 2 4 0 52 80 20.00 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - G W E Whitehead + 1 2 0 12 13 6.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J H E Whitehead + 2 4 0 81 101 25.25 - 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO/R - - - - 181 - - - - - - - - 190 4 - - - - Total 88 160 17 123 2463 17.22 2 10 17 53 5 549.3 104 1946 116 16.77 6-15 2 7 (23 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 6 players made their last appearance for Kent Second XI in the Championship in 1912. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I R Boosey 1912 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - E C Cleveland-Stevens 1911 3 4 3 47* 60 60.00 - - - 1 - 138 76 2 38.00 1-21 - - S K Gore 1911 2 4 1 44 55 18.33 - - 1 2 1 - - - - - - - Morfee, P E 1911 15 27 2 123 702 28.08 1 3 1 15 - 1432 1020 48 21.25 8-74 1 3 W A Powell 1911 6 10 1 76* 261 29.00 - 2 1 6 - 554 289 13 22.23 5-57 - 1 Smith, A 1911 12 17 5 19* 76 6.33 - - 5 2 - 542 273 20 13.65 4-32 - - (6 players) 153