Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 64: MONMOUTHSHIRE V KENT 2 ND XI At The Newport Cricket Club Ground, The Athletics Grounds, Rodney Parade, Newport on Monday 10, Tuesday 11 August 1914 Result: Kent 2 nd XI won by three wickets Points: Kent 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Monmouthshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Monmouthshire 2 (G A Webb, H R Thomas); Kent 2 nd XI 1 (G H Heslop) First day score: Monmouthshire 159 and 5-1 wicket (E S Phillips 1*); Kent 2 nd XI 129 Monmouthshire * E S Phillips c Dutnall b Douglas 4 (1) c Heslop b Hickmott 14 Silverlock, A J b Hickmott 53 (3) c and b Smith 28 + Diver, E J c Heslop b Douglas 43 (5) c Wycherley b Hickmott 0 H C James c Smith b Hickmott 5 (2) lbw b Hickmott 2 F G Phillips b Hickmott 12 (6) b Smith 3 E T James b Hickmott 0 (7) b Hickmott 1 W E C Hudden not out 23 (8) b Hickmott 0 Ewing, D A b Hickmott 5 (9) b Hickmott 0 G A Webb c Weigall b Smith 2 (10) not out 1 B Phillips c and b Hickmott 3 (11) b Hickmott 0 H R Thomas absent (4) c Colquhoun b Hickmott 0 Extras b 2, lb 4, w 1, nb 2 9 b 4 4 Total (all out) 159 (all out) 53 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 96 110 111 111 140 148 152 159 - Second innings 5 38 42 42 47 48 48 52 52 53 Smith 20 4 55 1 - - (2) 18 7 22 2 - - Douglas 9 5 15 2 - 1 Dutnall 10 1 43 0 1 - Whitehead 3 0 6 0 - - Hickmott 11.5 5 31 6 - 1 (1) 18.5 8 27 8 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 53.5 15 159 9 1 2 36.5 15 53 10 0 0 Kent 2 nd XI G H Heslop b Silverlock 23 (1) b Silverlock 23 Jennings, D W b B Phillips 14 (4) c H C James b B Phillips 4 Wycherley, C T c Diver b B Phillips 16 (9) not out 2 Hickmott, W E b Silverlock 0 (6) c Diver b B Phillips 5 G W E Whitehead b Silverlock 16 (2) st Diver b Silverlock 13 J C Colquhoun lbw b Silverlock 5 (5) not out 6 Dutnall, F c Webb b B Phillips 15 (3) lbw b B Phillips 15 * G J V Weigall b B Phillips 9 (7) b Silverlock 1 C K Douglas b Silverlock 16 (8) lbw b Silverlock 0 + Povey, A b F G Phillips 5 Smith, A not out 0 Extras b 3, lb 3, nb 4 10 b 11, lb 1, nb 3 15 Total (all out) 129 (7 wickets) 84 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 34 44 44 62 74 79 99 102 125 129 Second innings 30 49 61 73 79 80 80 - - - F G Phillips 12 7 11 1 - - (1) 3 0 8 0 - - Silverlock 30.1 8 74 5 - 4 (2) 17 4 29 4 - 3 B Phillips 19 3 34 4 - - (3) 14.2 3 32 3 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 15 0 - - Total 61.1 18 129 10 0 4 34.2 7 84 7 0 3 Notes: Kent 2nd XI won this return match by 3 wickets on the second day. The match between these two sides at Folkestone in June was drawn with no decision on first innings. For Kent Heslop top-scored, making 23 in both innings. Hickmott took 14 wickets for 58 runs in the match, including 6 for 31 in the Monmouthshire first innings and 8 for 27 in the second, during which he and Smith bowled unchanged. In the Monmouthshire second innings the last 9 wickets fell for the addition of just 15 runs; 9 batsmen contributed just 7 runs between them. For Monmouthshire Silverlock scored 53 and also took 9 wickets for 103 runs in the match, including 5 for 74 in the Kent first innings. He bowled unchanged throughout the match. Diver made 3 dismissals in the match. [Missing: Umpires; in Monmouthshire innings boundaries in Silverlock’s 53; precise time completed.] Sources: Kent Year Book, p 238-239; Monmouthshire Evening Post 10,11 August; South Wales Argus 10,11 August; South Wales Daily News 11,12 August; Western Mail 11,12 August; The Sportsman 12 August; World of Cricket 15 August, p 436. 102