Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 71 : KENT 2 ND XI V LINCOLNSHIRE At The Hythe Cricket Club Ground, The Grove, Ladies Walk, Hythe on Friday 15, Saturday 16 August 1913 Result: Match drawn – Lincolnshire won on first innings Points: Kent 2 nd XI 1; Lincolnshire 3 Toss: Lincolnshire Umpires: T H Holton and F Johnson Debutants: Kent 2 nd XI none; Lincolnshire 2 (W M Shaw, E A Stevens) First day score: Lincolnshire 319; Kent 2 nd XI 94 Lincolnshire * W E Thompson b Preston 63 (4) c Tuff b Preston 33 E Pullein c Snowden b Preston 19 (7) not out 6 Geeson, F c Smith b Hickmott 26 L A F Weigall b Smith 35 (5) b Tuff 21 + W R Rose b Smith 24 (1) b Preston 68 B P Nevile b Preston 73 (3) c Tuff b Preston 5 J N Worman b Tuff 0 (6) b Preston 0 G E Hemingway lbw b Smith 46 (2) b Preston 21 E A Stevens b Smith 1 W M Shaw not out 1 Extras b 24, lb 7 31 b 8, lb 4 12 Total (all out) 319 (6 wickets declared) 166 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 33 107 159 182 210 214 289 300 319 - Second innings 38 102 125 159 165 166 - - - - Tuff 17 2 68 1 - - (1) 6 0 27 1 - - Hickmott 14 4 51 1 - - (2) 8 1 26 0 - - Preston 21 4 68 3 - - (3) 14.2 4 45 5 - - Wycherley 7 0 24 0 - - Snowden 2 0 15 0 - - Smith 14 2 62 4 - - (4) 10 0 56 0 - - Extras - - 31 0 - - - - 12 0 - - Total 75 12 319 9 0 0 38.2 5 166 6 0 0 Kent 2 nd XI W T Monckton b Pullein 14 (2) c Rose b Geeson 10 * L H W Troughton c Nevile b Pullein 38 (4) not out 106 A O Snowden st Rose b Geeson 2 (3) b Pullein 35 Dutnall, F lbw b Pullein 10 (5) lbw b Pullein 13 F N Tuff b Geeson 0 (1) b Geeson 0 + A F Leach-Lewis c Geeson b Pullein 4 (6) c Thompson b Pullein 25 Draper, R G c and b Geeson 19 (7) b Pullein 45 Wycherley, C T c Rose b Geeson 3 (8) b Weigall 4 Hickmott, W E b Geeson 0 (9) lbw b Weigall 0 Preston, H J B lbw b Pullein 3 (10) not out 0 Smith, A not out 1 Extras 0 b 4, lb 6, w 3, nb 2 15 Total (all out) 94 (8 wickets) 253 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 38 43 54 54 59 73 87 87 90 94 Second innings 0 41 45 73 128 231 247 253 - - Geeson 20 2 56 5 - - (1) 37 13 87 2 - - Worman 7 1 13 0 - - (2) 14 4 25 0 - - Pullein 12 4 25 5 - - (3) 36 9 85 4 - - Nevile (4) 14 2 26 0 - - Hemingway (5) 6 2 11 0 - - Weigall (6) 4 3 4 2 - - Extras - - 0 0 - - - - 15 0 - - Total 39 7 94 10 0 0 111 33 253 8 3 2 Notes: This return match was drawn with Lincolnshire winning on first innings on the second day as Thompson had chosen not to enforce the follow on. The match between the two sides at Woodhall Spa in July had been won by Lincolnshire. Lincolnshire played with 10 men. For Lincolnshire Nevile scored 73, Rose 68 with 11 fours and Thompson 63. Nevile and Hemingway added 75 runs for the seventh wicket in the first innings. In the Kent first innings Pullein took 5 wickets for 25 and Geeson took 5 for 56. For Kent Troughton scored 106 not out in an innings of 3¼ hours. 103 runs were added for the sixth wicket in the Kent second innings by Troughton and Draper. Preston took 5 wickets for 45 runs in the Lincolnshire second innings. [Missing: In Lincolnshire first innings boundaries in Nevile’s 73 and Thompson’s 63; in Kent second innings breakdown of Troughton’s 106 not out and who bowled 3 wides and 2 no balls.] Sources: Kent Blue Book 1914, p 242-243; Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald 23 August; Grantham Journal 23 August; Grimsby News 22 August; Lincolnshire Echo 15,16,18 August; Yorkshire Post 18 August; Cricket 30 August, p 571-572; The Sportsman 15 August. 104