Minor Counties Championship 1913

LINCOLNSHIRE 1913 Championship matches: Played 10, won 4, lost 2, drawn 4 (won on first innings 3, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: Seventh out of twenty Won: v Suffolk at Skegness, v Kent 2nd XI at Woodhall Spa, v Cheshire at Northwich and v Cheshire at Grantham Lost: v Northumberland at Jesmond and v Northumberland at Grimsby Drawn - won on first innings: v Durham at West Hartlepool, v Suffolk at Ipswich and v Kent 2nd XI at Hythe Drawn - lost on first innings: v Durham at Lincoln Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Captains: W E Thompson (9 matches). B P Nevile led the side in the one match in which W E Thompson did not play. Wicket-keepers: W R Rose (9 matches) and R S M White (1 match) Debutants: 11 (J W Clark, T Clarke, A E Davies, H Eaitch, S T Haddelsey, H N Newsum, W M Shaw, E A Stevens, R Warner, R S M White and C J Williamson) Final Season: 12 (T H Bowman, J A Brooke, J W Clark, T Clarke, A E Davies, H Eaitch, F Geeson, W M Shaw, E A Stevens, H E Thompson, R Warner and R S M White) Hon Secretary: S T Watkins Professionals: 5 (J J Broughton, T Clarke, J W Day, F Geeson and E E Riley) Home Grounds 5: 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), Skegness and District Cricket Club Ground, Richmond Road, Skegness (1 match) and The Cricket Ground, Petwood House, Stixwould Road, Woodhall Spa (1 match) Notes: A better season for Lincolnshire saw them rise to seventh place in the Table. The fixture list was increased by replacing Cambridgeshire with Kent 2nd XI and Suffolk. The leading run scorer was William Rose with 535 at 31.47. The captain William Thompson scored 495 runs at 29.11. Edward Riley gave a good all round performance with 486 runs at 34.71 and 55 wickets at a cost of 14.10 each. John Broughton and John Day each took over 30 wickets. During the season career milestones reached were 2000 runs by William Thompson, 1000 runs by John Day and 200 wickets by John Broughton and Edward Riley. LINCOLNSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1913 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 1913 was the last or only season that these 12 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 1 1 12* 12 - - - - 2 - 14.5 3 37 2 18.50 2-34 - - A Bavin 2 4 1 11 14 4.66 - - 1 - - 4 1 5 0 - - - - T H Bowman 3 5 1 28 59 14.75 - - - 1 - 9 0 25 5 5.00 5-25 - 1 J A Brooke 4 8 3 11 37 7.40 - - 1 6 - 62 10 206 5 41.20 3-55 - - Broughton, J J 9 17 0 83 381 22.41 - 3 1 5 - 165.4 34 450 37 12.16 5-59 - 1 J W Clark + 1 1 0 3 3 3.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Clarke, T + 2 4 0 19 38 9.50 - - 1 - - 6 0 13 2 6.50 2-13 - - A E Davies + 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Day, J W 9 18 1 84 330 19.41 - 2 - 11 - 210.5 51 692 31 22.32 6-74 - 1 H Eaitch + 2 4 2 21 31 15.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Geeson, F 1 1 0 26 26 26.00 - - - 2 - 57 15 143 7 20.42 5-56 - 1 A E Gibson 2 4 1 5* 7 2.33 - - 1 1 - 27 2 88 2 44.00 1-23 - - S T Haddelsey + 1 2 1 57 75 75.00 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - E E Hallam 3 6 1 38 88 17.60 - - 1 - - 26 4 116 3 38.66 2-53 - - G E Hemingway 5 10 0 46 152 15.20 - - 1 5 - 16 2 64 1 64.00 1-26 - - B P Nevile 6 12 1 73 202 18.36 - 1 3 4 - 64 15 184 9 20.44 5-33 - 1 H N Newsum + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - E Pullein 7 14 2 43 213 17.75 - - 2 4 - 48 13 110 9 12.22 5-25 - 1 Riley, E E 9 17 3 138 486 34.71 1 1 - 5 - 287 65 776 55 14.10 7-30 2 5 W R Rose 10 19 2 111 535 31.47 2 2 3 13 3 - - - - - - - - W M Shaw + 1 1 1 1* 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E A Stevens + 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - H E Thompson 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - W E Thompson 9 18 1 93 495 29.11 - 3 1 7 - - - - - - - - - R Warner + 2 4 0 8 17 4.25 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - L A F Weigall 2 4 0 35 70 17.50 - - - 2 - 4 3 4 2 2.00 2-4 - - R S M White + 1 2 1 19* 20 20.00 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - C J Williamson + 9 17 0 48 204 12.00 - - 1 3 - 9.3 0 37 1 37.00 1-12 - - J N Worman 4 8 0 22 47 5.87 - - 3 5 - 47 16 78 3 26.00 3-13 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 227 - - - - - - - - 193 4 - - - - Total 109 206 23 138 3776 20.63 3 13 22 80 4 1057.5 234 3221 178 18.09 7-30 2 11 (29 players) (6 ball overs) 163