Minor Counties Championship 1914

CHESHIRE 1914 Championship matches: Played 7, won 3, lost 4, drawn none (won on first innings none, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings none) Position: Twelfth out of twenty one Won: v Essex 2nd XI at Birkenhead, v Northumberland at Jesmond and v Durham at Stanley Lost: v Staffordshire at Dukinfield, v Essex 2nd XI at Witham, v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent and v Durham at Wallasey Drawn - won on first innings: None Drawn - lost on first innings: None Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Abandoned due to war: v Northumberland at Wallasey Captain: F L Eaton (1 match); V Hope (6 matches) led the side in the matches in which F L Eaton did not play Wicket-keepers: J D Tipping, sen (6 matches) and E Gammond (1 match) Debutants: 12 (G Blackburne, D Boumphrey, D H Coomber, E Gammond, W H Harden, E S M Harding, C Hewitt, H W Hodgson, P Lancaster, H Simpson, A F Willmer and L Wyatt) Final Season: 16 (F Barker, G Blackburne, W T Chambers, F L Eaton, W H Harden, J A Harrison, E S M Harding, C Hewitt, H G Horspool, P Lancaster, H Simpson, R Z H Voss, A F Willmer, F C Wild, J Williams and L Wyatt) Hon Secretary: J J Pendlebury Professionals: 6 (W T Chambers, W H Harden, H G Smoker, J D Tipping, sen, A Williams and J Williams) Home Grounds 3: Birkenhead Park Cricket Club Ground, Park Drive, Birkenhead Park, Birkenhead (1 match); Gorse Hall Road, Dukinfield – new ground (1 match) and New Brighton Cricket Club Ground, Rake Lane, Liscard, Wallasey – new ground (1 match) Notes: Cheshire had a satisfactory season winning one more match than in 1913. On the fixture list Essex 2nd XI and Staffordshire replaced Lincolnshire and Monmouthshire. The batting was not strong but Douglas Coomber in 8 innings averaged 23.28 and Leonard Wyatt in 6 innings 26.83. The bowling relied upon Henry Smoker who took 55 wickets at 10.23 and Vernon Hope who took 27 wickets at 11.96. CHESHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AVERAGES 1914 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 12 players who made their Championship debut for Cheshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1914 was the last or only season that these 16 players appeared for Cheshire 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 Barker 1 2 0 1 2 1.00 - - - 1 - 15 1 54 0 - - - - G Blackburne + 1 1 0 43 43 43.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - D Boumphrey + 4 8 0 16 42 5.25 - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - Chambers, W T 6 11 0 26 114 10.36 - - 1 1 - 15 0 55 1 55.00 1-55 - - D H Coomber + 4 8 1 79 163 23.28 - 1 - 2 - 3 0 19 0 - - - - C Danson 1 2 0 11 16 8.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - F L Eaton 2 4 0 10 14 3.50 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - E Gammond + 1 2 1 6* 7 7.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Harden, W H + 1 2 1 8* 12 12.00 - - - - - 8 1 41 1 41.00 1-26 - - E S M Harding + 1 1 0 18 18 18.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J A Harrison 1 2 0 13 22 11.00 - - - - - 9 1 30 1 30.00 1-30 - - C Hewitt + 2 4 1 41 61 20.33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - H W Hodgson + 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - V Hope 7 13 1 33 184 15.33 - - 1 4 - 126 31 323 27 11.96 8-48 - 3 H G Horspool 1 2 0 11 11 5.50 - - 1 - - 3 0 12 0 - - - - L N Jones 6 10 0 40 166 16.60 - - 1 6 - 6 0 28 0 - - - - W E Jones 1 2 0 20 39 19.50 - - - - - 5 1 14 0 - - - - P Lancaster + 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - H Simpson + 1 2 0 3 5 2.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Smoker, H G 6 10 1 38 102 11.33 - - 1 2 - 196.3 43 563 55 10.23 9-33 2 5 Tipping, J D, sen 6 10 1 5 11 1.22 - - 5 9 - - - - - - - - - R Z H Voss 1 2 0 13 20 10.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - F C Wild 7 13 0 47 142 10.92 - - 1 4 - - - - - - - - - Williams, A 5 8 3 21 58 11.60 - - 1 1 - 81 8 265 11 24.09 5-61 - 1 Williams, J 4 7 4 28* 57 19.00 - - 2 4 - 53.3 10 186 5 37.20 3-22 - - A F Willmer + 2 3 0 55 66 22.00 - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - L Wyatt + 3 6 0 69 161 26.83 - 1 - 4 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 182 - - - - 1 - - - 161 1 - - - - Total 77 138 14 79 1719 13.86 0 3 22 41 0 521 96 1751 102 17.16 9-33 2 9 (27 players) (6 ball overs) 145