Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 73: KENT 2 ND XI V ESSEX 2 ND XI At Hythe Cricket Club Ground, The Grove, Ladies Walk, Hythe on Friday 14, Saturday 15 August 1914 Result: Kent 2 nd XI won by five wickets Points: Kent 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Kent 2 nd XI 3 (J L Bryan, R T Bryan, P W Cook); Essex 2 nd XI 1 (S H Waugh) First day score: Essex 2 nd XI 242; Kent 2 nd XI 194-8 wickets (C K Douglas 37*, P W Cook 8*) Essex 2 nd XI E C Coleman b Douglas 1 (6) c Hickmott b R T Bryan 14 P J Hilleard c Cook b Hickmott 2 (1) lbw b Smith 32 + Hadden, S b R T Bryan 15 (9) b Smith 0 * J Keble Guy c and b Hickmott 24 (3) b Douglas 9 C S Richardson b Hickmott 0 (5) b Hickmott 1 C V Thompson b Douglas 13 (2) c Cook b Hickmott 0 S H Waugh b R T Bryan 0 (7) b R T Bryan 7 E Meyer b R T Bryan 0 (10) b R T Bryan 0 E R Pallett c Heslop b Douglas 79 (4) c R T Bryan b Douglas 8 Hills, H M b Hickmott 100 (8) b Hickmott 36 Smith, H W not out 0 (11) not out 4 Extras b 6, lb 1, nb 1 8 b 12, lb 4, w 1, nb 4 21 Total (all out) 242 (all out) 132 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 5 38 38 48 48 48 81 242 242 Second innings 0 17 43 50 67 76 95 105 106 132 Hickmott 18 3 77 4 - 1 (1) 12.4 4 34 3 - 2 Douglas 11.1 3 27 3 - - (2) 9 3 28 2 - 2 R T Bryan 9 1 45 3 - - (3) 7 3 13 3 1 - Smith 7 0 46 0 - - (4) 8 0 36 2 - - Whitehead 1 0 9 0 - - Dutnall 3 0 30 0 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 21 0 - - Total 49.1 7 242 10 0 1 36.4 10 132 10 1 4 Kent 2 nd XI G H Heslop c Hadden b Smith 0 (1) lbw b Hills 4 J L Bryan lbw b Hills 9 (4) run out 5 Dutnall, F b Smith 53 (3) c Keble Guy b Hills 50 G W E Whitehead c Hadden b Hills 3 (2) c Waugh b Coleman 16 * G J V Weigall b Thompson 3 (5) b Smith 5 J C Colquhoun lbw b Hilleard 23 (7) not out 15 C K Douglas lbw b Hills 46 Hickmott, W E b Smith 27 (6) not out 52 R T Bryan b Smith 4 + Cook, P W not out 20 Smith, A b Hills 2 Extras b 24, lb 2, w 1, nb 1 28 b 11 11 Total (all out) 218 (5 wickets) 158 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 4 34 44 64 90 115 165 169 216 218 Second innings 10 40 55 65 117 - - - - - Smith 26 5 72 4 - - (1) 20 2 61 1 - - Hills 27.4 8 68 4 1 - (2) 24.3 1 73 2 - - Pallett 4 0 15 0 - 1 Thompson 6 1 16 1 - - Hilleard 4 0 19 1 - - Coleman (3) 5 1 13 1 - - Extras - - 28 0 - - - - 11 1 - - Total 67.4 14 218 10 1 1 49.3 4 158 5 0 0 Notes: Kent 2nd XI won this return match by 5 wickets with half an hour to spare on the second day. Earlier in the month at Leyton the match between the two teams was drawn with Kent winning on first innings. For Kent Dutnall scored 53 and 50 in the match and Hickmott made an unbeaten 52 in the second innings. The latter also took 7 wickets in the match. For Essex Hills scored 100 and Pallett 79; together they put on 161 runs for the ninth wicket in the Essex first innings. Hills also took 6 wickets in the match. [Missing: Toss; umpires; in Essex first innings duration and boundaries in Hills’s 100 and boundaries in Pallett’s 79; in Kent first innings boundaries in Dutnall’s 53; in Kent second innings boundaries in Dutnall’s 50 and Hickmott’s 52 not out; precise time completed.] Sources: Kent Year Book, p 240-241; Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald 15,22 August; Hythe Reporter 15,22 August; Essex County Chronicle 21 August; The Sportsman 17 August; World of Cricket September, p 448. 104