Minor Counties Championship 1914

KENT SECOND XI 1914 Championship matches: Played 10, won 4, lost 2, drawn 4 (won on first innings 2, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Fifth out of twenty one Won: v Staffordshire at Gravesend, v Lincolnshire at Woodhall Spa, v Monmouthshire at Newport and v Essex 2nd XI at Hythe Lost: v Lincolnshire at Town Malling and v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent Drawn - won on first innings: v Surrey 2nd XI at The Oval and v Essex 2nd XI at Leyton Drawn - lost on first innings: v Surrey 2nd XI at Canterbury Drawn - no decision on first innings: v Monmouthshire at Folkestone Abandoned due to war: None Captain: G J V Weighall (9 matches); it is not known who led the side in the match against Lincolnshire at Town Malling Wicket-keepers: A Povey (6 matches), A F Leach-Lewis (2 matches), P W Cook (1 match) and G E C Wood (1 match) Debutants: 12 (W H Ashdown, J L Bryan, R T Bryan, J C Colquhoun, P W Cook, G H Heslop, L J Le Fleming, C P Johnstone, F S Lowe, L M Powell, C E S Rucker and G E C Wood) Final Season: 16 (S H Day, A P Freeman, G H Heslop, W E Hickmott, D W Jennings, L J Le Fleming, F S Lowe, L M Powell, C E S Rucker, A Smith, A O Snowden, F N Tuff, G W E Whitehead, J H E Whitehead, G E C Wood and C T Wycherley) Secretary: A J Lancaster Professionals: 11 (W H Ashdown, G C Collins, P W Cook, F Dutnall, A P Freeman, W E Hickmott, D W Jennings, F S Lowe, A Povey, A Smith and C T Wycherley) Home Grounds 5: Lawrence Ground, Old Dover Road, Canterbury (1 match); Folkstone Cricket Club Ground, Cheriton Road, Folkstone (1 match); Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend (1 match); Hythe Cricket Club Ground, The Grove, Ladies Walk, Hythe (1 match) and The Old County Ground, Town Malling (1 match) Notes: Kent 2nd XI, who were able to play all their matches, had a successful season winning 4 matches. The fixture list was increased by the addition of Essex 2nd XI. Frank Dutnall with 427 runs at 25.11 was the leading run scorer. There was a good all-round performance from William Hickmott with 311 runs at 20.73 and 49 wickets at 12.40 runs each. Tich Freeman was again the leading wicket-taker with 57 wickets at 12.47 runs each. During the season career milestones reached were 1000 runs by George Collins and 100 wickets by Tich Freeman. KENT SECOND XI MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1914 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 12 players who made their Championship debut for Kent Second XI during the season. Names in bold denote that 1914 was the last or only season that these 16 players appeared for Kent 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 Ashdown, W H + 3 4 0 8 22 5.50 - - - - - 6 2 31 1 31.00 1-31 - - J L Bryan + 1 2 0 9 14 7.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - R T Bryan + 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - - 1 - 16 4 58 6 9.66 3-13 - - Collins, G C 1 2 0 70 72 36.00 - 1 - 2 - 3 0 12 1 12.00 1-12 - - J C Colquhoun + 10 19 3 80 327 20.43 - 2 2 5 - - - - - - - - - Cook, P W + 1 1 1 20* 20 - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - S H Day 1 2 0 55 56 28.00 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - C K Douglas 7 13 0 78 240 18.46 - 1 4 3 - 61.1 15 161 12 13.41 4-37 - - Dutnall, F 10 19 2 108* 427 25.11 1 2 - 6 - 19 2 95 0 - - - - Freeman, A P 8 12 2 31 110 11.00 - - 3 7 - 230 46 711 57 12.47 7-55 2 7 G H Heslop + 2 4 0 23 50 12.50 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - Hickmott, W E 10 19 4 62 311 20.73 - 2 4 10 - 214 46 608 49 12.40 8-27 1 4 Jennings, D W 4 7 0 53 92 13.14 - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - C P Johnstone + 3 4 0 19 36 9.00 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - A F Leach-Lewis 3 4 0 17 40 10.00 - - 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - L J le Fleming + 1 2 0 85 94 47.00 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - Lowe, F S + 4 6 0 35 102 17.00 - - - 1 - 40 8 137 6 22.83 2-7 - - Povey, A 6 7 3 19* 26 6.50 - - 2 5 9 - - - - - - - - L M Powell + 4 8 0 16 76 9.50 - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - C E S Rucker + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 20 3 79 2 39.50 2-54 - - Smith, A 10 12 6 5* 25 4.16 - - 1 4 - 191.2 35 594 28 21.21 6-26 - 2 A O Snowden 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - F N Tuff 2 3 1 3 3 1.50 - - 1 2 - 25 9 60 3 20.00 2-20 - - G J V Weigall 9 15 1 104* 301 21.50 1 1 - 3 - 1.2 1 1 1 1.00 1-1 - - G W E Whitehead 2 4 0 16 48 12.00 - - - - - 4 0 15 0 - - - - J H E Whitehead 1 2 0 61 67 33.50 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - G E C Wood + 1 2 0 47 49 24.50 - - - 4 1 - - - - - - - - Wycherley, C T 3 4 1 22 59 19.66 - - - 2 - 12 2 38 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO/R - - - - 260 - - - - - - - - 223 3 - - - - Total 110 181 24 108* 2932 18.67 2 13 23 70 12 842.5 173 2823 169 16.70 8-27 3 13 (28 players) (6 ball overs) 158