Minor Counties Championship 1914

ESSEX SECOND XI 1914 Championship matches: Played 7, won 1, lost 4, drawn 2 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 2, no decision on first innings none) Position: Nineteenth out of twenty one Won: v Cheshire at Witham Lost: v Cheshire at Birkenhead, v Surrey 2nd XI at Leyton, v Kent 2nd XI at Hythe and v Surrey 2nd XI at The Oval Drawn - won on first innings: None Drawn - lost on first innings: v Glamorgan at Swansea and v Kent 2nd XI at Leyton Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Abandoned due to war: v Glamorgan at Leyton Captain: C J Round (4 matches); J Keble Guy (3 matches) led the side in the matches in which C J Round did not play Wicket-keepers: E C Coleman (4 matches) and S Hadden (3 matches) Debutants: 25 (all players) Final Season: 23 (all players except C J Round and S H Waugh) Secretary: O R Borrowdaile Professionals: 5 (S Hadden, H M Hills, H Mead, H W Smith and B T Strutton) Home Grounds 2: The County Ground, High Road, Leyton (2 matches) and The Park, Maldon Road, Witham (1 match) Notes: In their first season playing in the Championship Essex 2nd XI did not have much success as only 1 match was won. The batting and bowling were not strong. H M Hills was both leading run scorer with 219 runs at 21.90 and wicket-taker with 37 wickets at 19.78. He was assisted in the batting by P J Hilleard – 191 runs at 27.28 and C S Richardson 180 runs at 22.50. In bowling H W Smith supported H M Hills with 21 wickets at 26.95. ESSEX SECOND XI MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1914 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 25 players who made their Championship debut for Essext Second XI during the season. Names in bold denote that 1914 was the last or only season that these 23 players appeared for Essex Second XI in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I P Campbell + 3 6 1 43 75 15.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - H Clarke + 2 4 0 14 25 6.25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - E C Coleman + 6 11 0 33 100 9.09 - - 2 10 - 7 1 22 1 22.00 1-13 - - J G Dixon + 2 4 0 30 59 14.75 - - - 2 - 55 14 161 5 32.20 3-49 - - C H Douglas + 3 6 0 35 85 14.16 - - - - - 17.4 3 75 3 25.00 2-2 - - Hadden, S + 3 6 0 24 70 11.66 - - 2 4 - - - - - - - - - P J Hilleard + 4 8 1 85* 191 27.28 - 1 - 1 - 10 1 55 2 27.50 1-14 - - Hills, H M + 7 13 3 100 219 21.90 1 - 2 4 - 280.2 46 732 37 19.78 6-54 1 1 J Keble Guy + 5 10 0 56 196 19.60 - 1 2 2 - - - - - - - - - C P McGahey + 2 4 0 40 67 16.75 - - - - - 15.1 1 69 5 13.80 3-26 - - Mead, H + 3 5 2 4* 4 1.33 - - 3 - - 34.2 8 72 2 36.00 2-12 - - J L Meadowcroft + 2 3 0 10 13 4.33 - - - 2 - 11 1 56 0 - - - - E Meyer + 2 4 0 17 20 5.00 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - L W Newman + 2 4 0 18 32 8.00 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - E R Pallett + 3 6 0 79 124 20.66 - 1 - 1 - 16 0 72 1 72.00 1-30 - - A H Read + 1 2 0 35 50 25.00 - - - 1 - 25 2 116 3 38.66 3-116 - - C S Richardson + 5 9 1 81 180 22.50 - 1 2 2 - 7 1 23 1 23.00 1-7 - - C J Round + 4 7 0 47 101 14.42 - - 1 5 - 25 3 98 3 32.66 3-53 - - Smith, H W + 7 11 6 8* 42 8.40 - - 1 2 - 197.4 31 566 21 26.95 4-44 - - N E S Snell + 1 1 0 77 77 77.00 - 1 - - - 5 1 16 0 - - - - Strutton, B T + 2 4 1 3* 8 2.66 - - 1 - - 6 0 32 1 32.00 1-22 - - C V Thompson + 4 8 1 19 68 9.71 - - 2 3 - 32 4 98 4 24.50 3-30 - - J T Turner + 1 2 1 10 14 14.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - S H Waugh + 1 2 0 7 7 3.50 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - A D Womersle y + 2 4 0 47 47 11.75 - - 3 2 - 17.2 0 91 4 22.75 4-63 - - Extras/Sub/RO/R - - - - 200 - - - - - - - - 203 4 - - - - Total 77 144 17 100 2074 16.33 1 5 26 44 0 761.3 117 2557 97 26.36 6-54 1 1 (25 players) (6 ball overs) 152