MInor Counties Championship 1912

LINCOLNSHIRE 1912 Championship matches: Played 7, won 2, lost 2, drawn 3 (won on first innings 2, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: Eleventh equal with Kent 2nd XI out of twenty Won: v Cheshire at Crewe and v Cheshire at Grimsby Lost: v Durham at South Shields and v Durham at Grantham Drawn - won on first innings: v Northumberland at Jesmond and v Cambridgeshire at Sleaford Drawn - lost on first innings: v Northumberland at Lincoln Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Captain: W E Thompson (5 matches) - B P Nevile (1 match) and C L Prior (1 match) led the side in the matches in which W E Thompson did not play Wicket-keepers: W R Rose (6 matches) and L W Gwyn (1 match) Debutants: 6 (L W Gwyn, T M Heald, G E Hemingway, H Horn, C J Nevile and H E Thompson) Final Season: 5 (E T Cooke, T D Edwards, T M Heald, H Horn and C L Prior) Hon Secretary: S T Watkins Professionals: 3 (J J Broughton, J W Day, and E E Riley) Home Grounds 4: Grantham Cricket Club Ground, London Road, Grantham (1 match); Grimsby Rovers Ground, Clee Lane, Old Clee, Grimsby (1 match); Lincoln Lindum Cricket Club Ground, Wragby Road, Lincoln (1 match) and Sleaford Cricket Club Ground, London Road, Sleaford - new ground (1 match) Notes: A moderate season for Lincolnshire who finished mid-table. The fixture list reduced as Northumberland replaced Hertfordshire and Staffordshire. The match against Cambridgeshire at Cambridge was abandoned without at ball bowled. John Day gave a good all-round performance, he was the only batsman to score over 200 runs - 246 at 20.50 and took the most wickets - 35 at 11.11. Although he only played in three matches George Hemingway was the second highest scorer with 194 runs at 30.66. Support to John Day in the bowling was given by John Broughton with 25 wickets at 15.96 and Edward Riley with 23 at 12.82. During the season John Broughton reached the career milestone of 1000 runs. LINCOLNSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1912 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 6 players who made their Championship debut for Lincolnshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1912 was the last or only season that these 5 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 M W Appleby 1 2 1 2* 2 2.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - A Bavin 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - T H Bowman 1 2 0 7 8 4.00 - - - - - 3 0 10 0 - - - - J A Brooke 3 4 2 30* 33 16.50 - - 1 - - 45 8 125 4 31.25 3-16 - - Broughton, J J 6 10 2 41 69 8.62 - - 2 2 - 140.4 33 399 25 15.96 6-18 - 2 E T Cooke 1 2 1 5 6 6.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Day, J W 7 12 0 85 246 20.50 - 2 1 6 - 153.1 44 389 35 11.11 8-36 1 3 T D Edwards 2 3 1 13 24 12.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - A E Gibson 2 3 0 3 5 1.66 - - - - - 36 7 85 2 42.50 1-42 - - L W Gwyn + 5 9 0 26 90 10.00 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - E E Hallam 2 3 1 5 13 6.50 - - - 1 - 35 7 127 3 42.33 2-44 - - T M Heald + 2 3 1 0* 0 0.00 - - 2 1 - 2 0 8 0 - - - - G E Hemingway + 3 6 0 55 184 30.66 - 1 - 2 - 18 2 71 4 17.75 2-26 - - H Horn + 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - B P Nevile 5 8 2 72 82 13.66 - 1 2 3 - 27 8 75 7 10.71 3-29 - - C J Nevile + 2 3 0 11 19 6.33 - - 1 - - 3 1 7 0 - - - - C L Prior 6 11 0 24 92 8.36 - - 4 4 - 0.5 0 4 0 - - - - E Pullein 4 7 1 20* 62 10.33 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - Riley, E E 7 11 2 72 178 19.77 - 1 3 6 - 135 39 295 23 12.82 6-30 - 2 W R Rose 7 11 0 30 100 9.09 - - 2 7 1 - - - - - - - - H E Thompson + 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - W E Thompson 5 8 1 35 105 15.00 - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - J N Worman 3 5 2 14 28 9.33 - - 1 7 - 12 1 30 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 106 - - - - - - - - 112 1 - - - - Total 77 126 17 85 1461 13.40 0 5 24 50 1 610.4 150 1737 104 16.70 8-36 1 7 (23 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 5 players made their last appearance for Lincolnshire 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 E T Cooke 1907 28 46 5 58 504 12.29 - 1 2 17 - 3068 1577 92 17.14 7-16 - 7 T D Edwards 1910 10 18 1 29 127 7.47 - - 5 2 - - - - - - - - T M Heald 1912 2 3 1 0* 0 0.00 - - 2 1 - 12 8 0 - - - - H Horn 1912 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - C L Prior 1909 15 26 0 29 254 9.76 - - 8 9 - 17 8 0 - - - - (5 players) 154