Minor Counties Championship 1914

CAMBRIDGESHIRE 1914 Championship matches: Played 7, won 2, lost 4, drawn 1 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: Sixteenth out of twenty one Won: v Suffolk at Cambridge PP and v Norfolk at Cambridge F Lost: v Suffolk at Ipswich, v Lincolnshire at Cambridge PP and v Hertfordshire at Hitcham. Drawn - won on first innings: None Drawn - lost on first innings: v Hertfordshire at Cambridge F Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Abandoned due to war: v Lincolnshire at Skegness Captain: H C Tebbutt (2 matches), in the matches in which H C Tebbutt did not play the side was led by W A Gray (4 matches) and A S Ling (1 match) Wicket-keeper: G H Watts (7 matches) Debutants: 8 (F G M Beck, A L Gorringe, P G Huddleston, E P King, F G Lilley, F A Loveday, W J M Manning and L Rose) Final Season: 16 (F G M Beck, H D Chaplin, E B Darby, A L Gorringe, W A Gray, P G Huddleston, W C Hunt, E P King, F A Loveday, F P C Pemberton, C H Pigg, L J Reed, A J Rich, L Rose, O J Stibbon and G H Watts) Hon Secretary: Major O Papworth Professionals: 4 (H Coulson, F A Loveday, T W Sadler and G H Watts) Home Grounds 2: Fenner’s University Cricket Ground, Mortimer Road, Cambridge (2 matches) and Parker’s Piece, Parkside, Cambridge – new ground (2 matches) Notes: Cambridgeshire were able to play all but one of their planned matches and won 2 of them as in 1913. The batting was not strong. William Gray was the top scorer with 245 runs at 18.84. Harry Coulson took 39 wickets at a cost of 13.87 runs each which was an improvement upon his 1913 total of 31 wickets at 24.90 runs each. Thomas Sadler and William Hunt gave bowling support to Harry Coulson. During the season career milestones reached were 5000 runs by George Watts and 100 wickets by George Rose. CAMBRIDGESHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AVERAGES 1914 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 8 players who made their Championship debut for Cambridgeshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1914 was the last or only season that these 16 players appeared for Cambridgeshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I F G M Beck + 2 4 0 19 29 7.25 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - H D Chaplin 4 7 1 12 36 6.00 - - 3 3 - - - - - - - - - F E Collier 2 3 0 8 17 5.66 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Coulson, H 7 13 2 26 115 10.45 - - 5 3 - 233 70 541 39 13.87 7-48 - 4 E B Darby 3 6 0 29 56 9.33 - - 2 2 - - - - - - - - - A L Gorringe + 1 2 0 57 112 56.00 - 2 - - - 49 8 179 10 17.90 5-70 1 2 W A Gray 7 13 0 40 245 18.84 - - 3 2 - 60 5 291 7 41.57 3-104 - - H B Hart 2 4 0 11 25 6.25 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - E H Hickman 3 5 1 30 46 11.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - P G Huddleston + 1 2 0 16 27 13.50 - - - - - 2 0 14 0 - - - - W C Hunt 3 5 0 63 114 22.80 - 1 - 2 - 79 19 232 15 15.46 4-27 - - E P King + 2 4 1 18 34 11.33 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - F G Lilley + 1 2 0 21 37 18.50 - - - - - 6 0 30 0 - - - - A S Ling 2 3 0 26 30 10.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Loveday, F A + 6 11 0 128 214 19.45 1 - 3 3 - - - - - - - - - W J M Manning + 1 2 2 29* 46 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - F P C Pemberton 1 2 0 19 29 14.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - C H Pigg 3 6 0 22 62 10.33 - - - 2 - 6 0 28 0 - - - - W A G Pratt 1 2 0 19 21 10.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - K G Reid 1 2 0 16 17 8.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - L J Reid 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - A J Rich 1 2 0 66 66 33.00 - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - G A Rose 2 4 0 20 30 7.50 - - 1 2 - 27.4 4 112 6 18.66 3-45 - - L Rose + 3 5 1 9 19 4.75 - - 1 1 - 37 3 204 3 68.00 3-99 - - Sadler, T W 6 11 5 48* 109 18.16 - - 1 7 - 112.4 22 456 16 28.50 4-47 - - O J Stibbon 1 2 0 21 22 11.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - H C Tebbutt 2 3 0 142 175 58.33 1 - 1 - - 7 1 35 2 17.50 2-35 - - Watts, G H 7 13 0 37 190 14.61 - - 3 7 3 - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 155 - - - - - - - - 196 2 - - - - Total 76 140 13 142 2078 16.36 2 4 30 43 3 619.2 132 2318 100 23.18 7-48 1 6 (28 players) (6 ball overs) In match 52 against Norfolk, Cambridgeshire played with 10 men. 143