Minor Counties Championship 1913

KENT SECOND XI 1913 Championship matches: Played 8, won 1, lost 4, drawn 3 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings 2, no decision on first innings none) Position: Nineteenth out of twenty Won: v Surrey 2nd XI at Tonbridge Lost: v Glamorgan at Bromley, v Lincolnshire at Woodhall Spa, v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent and v Glamorgan at Swansea Drawn - won on first innings: v Staffordshire at Canterbury Drawn - lost on first innings: v Surrey 2nd XI at The Oval and v Lincolnshire at Hythe Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Captain: L H W Troughton (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: A F Leach-Lewis (7 matches) and A Povey (1 match) Debutants: 4 (S H Day, C K Douglas, F L Hamilton and C T Wycherley) Final Season: 9 (K Barlow, R G Draper, F L Hamilton, H S Hatfeild, W T Monkton, H J Preston, L H W Troughton, W G M Sarel, and A Smith) Secretary: A J Lancaster Professionals: 9 (G C Collins, R G Draper, F Dutnall, A P Freeman, W E Hickmott, D W Jennings, A Povey, H J B Preston and C T Wycherley) Home Grounds 4: Bromley Cricket Club Ground, Plaistow Lane, Bromley – new ground (1 match); Lawrence Ground, Old Dover Road, Canterbury – new ground (1 match); Hythe Cricket Club Ground, The Grove, Ladies Walk, Hythe (1 match) and The Angel Ground, Tonbridge (1 match) Notes: Kent 2nd XI had a very poor season dropping to last but one place in the Table. Glamorgan and Lincolnshire were opponents in place of Cornwall and Dorset. The captain Lionel Troughton scored 420 runs at 32.30. David Jennings, playing in few matches, scored 284 runs at 40.57. The leading bowlers were Tich Freeman with 44 wickets at 13.72 and Henry Preston with 42 at 14.23. During the season career milestones reached were 1000 runs by Lionel Troughton and 100 wickets by Henry Preston. KENT SECOND XI MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1913 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 4 players who made their Championship debut for Kent Second XI during the season. Names in bold denote that 1913 was the last or only season that these 9 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 K Barlow 1 2 0 8 8 4.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Collins, G C 7 12 0 67 248 20.66 - 1 1 4 - 48 3 199 7 28.42 4-33 - - S H Day + 1 2 0 135 137 68.50 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - C K Douglas + 4 7 0 22 52 7.42 - - - - - 33 5 138 4 34.50 4-63 - - Draper, R G 5 8 1 45 135 19.28 - - 2 4 - 17 4 40 1 40.00 1-4 - - Dutnall, F 7 12 0 32 145 12.08 - - - 4 - 4 1 8 0 - - - - Freeman, A P 7 12 2 35 95 9.50 - - 3 5 - 196 35 604 44 13.72 9-36 2 4 F L Hamilton + 2 4 0 24 33 8.25 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - H S Hatfeild 2 3 0 15 18 6.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Hickmott, W E 5 10 1 52 123 13.66 - 1 2 2 - 71 16 230 5 46.00 3-83 - - Jennings, D W 4 7 0 121 284 40.57 1 1 - 2 - 12 0 65 2 32.50 1-17 - - A F Leach-Lewis 7 13 1 43 140 11.66 - - 2 5 7 0.1 0 4 0 - - - - W T Monckton 1 2 0 14 24 12.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Povey, A 1 1 1 18* 18 - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - Preston, H J 8 14 5 22 83 9.22 - - 2 5 - 227.5 52 598 42 14.23 9-15 1 4 W G M Sarel 2 4 0 20 47 11.75 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - A Smith 1 1 1 1* 1 - - - - 1 - 24 2 118 4 29.50 4-62 - - A O Snowden 3 6 0 35 130 21.66 - - - 2 - 19.4 2 78 4 19.50 3-42 - - L H W Troughton 8 14 1 106* 420 32.30 1 2 2 1 - - - - - - - - - F N Tuff 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 2 - 23 2 95 2 47.50 1-27 - - G J V Weigall 4 6 1 41* 96 19.20 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - J H E Whitehead 2 3 1 27* 51 25.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Wycherley, C T + 5 8 0 17 56 7.00 - - 1 1 - 32 3 101 1 101.00 1-38 - - Extras/Sub/RO/R - - - - 204 - - - - - - - - 206 1 - - - - Total 88 153 15 135 2548 18.46 3 5 21 43 8 707.4 125 2484 117 21.23 9-15 3 8 (23 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 9 players made their last appearance for Kent Second XI in the Championship in 1913. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I K Barlow 1911 6 11 0 56 191 17.36 - 1 2 3 - - - - - - - - Draper, R G 1911 10 16 2 45 162 11.57 - - 5 6 - 132 56 2 28.00 1-4 - - F L Hamilton 1913 2 4 0 24 33 8.25 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - H S Hatfeild 1911 3 4 0 16 34 8.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - W T Monckton 1911 3 5 1 26 75 18.75 - - - 2 1 - - - - - - - Preston, H J 1911 20 33 15 32 186 10.33 - - 2 11 - 3434 1507 129 11.68 9-15 5 14 W G M Sarel 1911 12 21 0 136 540 25.71 1 2 3 5 - 18 16 0 - - - - A Smith 1911 13 18 6 19* 77 6.41 - - 5 3 - 686 391 24 16.29 4-32 - - L H W Troughton 1911 25 44 1 146 1401 32.58 5 4 4 12 - 18 7 0 - - - - (9 players) 162