Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 23 : KENT 2 ND XI V STAFFORDSHIRE At the St Lawrence Ground, Old Dover Road, Canterbury on Monday 14, Tuesday 15 July 1913 Result: Match drawn – Kent 2 nd XI won on first innings Points: Kent 2 nd XI 3; Staffordshire 1 Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: G Perkins and A E Hoar Debutants: Kent 2 nd XI none; Staffordshire none First day score: Staffordshire 109; Kent 2 nd XI 168-8 wickets (Draper 7*) Staffordshire P Briggs st Leach-Lewis b Freeman 9 (1) c Dutnall b Freeman 12 Nichols, J E c Draper b Freeman 57 (2) c Dutnall b Freeman 26 F R Heath lbw b Freeman 3 (3) c and b Freeman 1 C H Campbell b Freeman 3 (4) c Draper b Freeman 0 * B Meakin lbw b Freeman 0 (5) not out 32 R A Heath c Leach-Lewis b Freeman 19 (6) c and b Draper 12 J S Heath lbw b Freeman 0 (7) not out 3 Morgan, B F c Hatfeild b Freeman 0 + J S Scott b Preston 8 Deyes, G c Collins b Freeman 1 H Eardley not out 1 Extras b 5, lb 3 8 b 3, lb 1, nb 1 5 Total (all out) 109 (5 wickets) 91 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 25 43 47 47 95 99 99 103 106 109 Second innings 26 28 28 58 79 - - - - - Douglas 3 1 14 0 - - (1) 2 0 15 0 - - Wycherley 6 1 18 0 - - Freeman 13 1 36 9 - - (3) 15 4 38 4 - - Preston 13.1 2 21 1 - - (4) 12 0 26 0 - - Draper 6 2 12 0 - - (5) 4 1 4 1 - - Collins (2) 1 0 3 0 - 1 Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 41.1 7 109 10 0 0 34 5 91 5 0 1 Kent 2 nd XI * L H W Troughton lbw b Nichols 65 Collins, G C lbw b Deyes 0 Dutnall, F b Deyes 6 C K Douglas b J S Heath 4 G J V Weigall c Scott b Deyes 6 H S Hatfeild c Eardley b Deyes 15 + A F Leach-Lewis b J S Heath 20 Draper, R G c F R Heath b J S Heath 14 Wycherley, C T b Morgan 17 Freeman, A P b Morgan 1 Preston, H J B not out 0 Extras b 20, lb 4, w 1, nb 3 28 Total (all out) 176 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 16 63 74 114 140 144 168 176 176 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Deyes 16 1 63 4 - 3 Eardley 10 4 11 0 1 - J S Heath 18 5 39 3 - - Morgan 8.4 2 22 2 - - Nichols 4 1 13 1 - - Extras - - 28 0 - - Total 56.4 13 176 10 1 3 Notes: This match was drawn with Kent 2 nd XI winning on first innings. In the Staffordshire first innings Freeman bowled exceptionally well to finish with excellent figures of 9 for 36. He also took 4 for 38 in the second innings to give him match figures of 13 for 74. The Kent captain Troughton scored 65 with 6 fours. For Staffordshire Nichols scored 57 with 4 fours in their first innings, over half of the final total. Rain stopped play at 6 o’clock on the first day and also prevented a finish on Tuesday, the match ending just before 4 pm. This was the first use of this ground for a Championship match. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Kent Year Book 1914, p 234-235; Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Advertiser 19 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 14,15 July; Cricket 19 July, p 420. 56