Minor Counties Championship 1914

LINCOLNSHIRE 1914 Championship matches: Played 6, won 3, lost 3, drawn none (won on first innings none, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings none) Position: Eighth equal with Buckinghamshire and Surrey 2nd XI out of twenty one Won: v Kent 2nd XI at Town Malling, v Suffolk at Grimsby OC and v Cambridgeshire at Cambridge PP Lost: v Northumberland at Jesmond, v Durham at South Shields and v Kent 2nd XI at Woodhall Spa 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 Lincoln, v Durham at Grantham, v Suffolk at Bury St Edmunds and v Cambridgeshire at Skegness Captain: W E Thompson who had led the side since its first full season in 1907 became ill and was unable to play. C J Nevile was then appointed to replace him and played in the six matches. Wicket-keepers: W R Rose (5 matches) and F C R Beechey (1 match) Debutants: 11 (F C R Beechey, H F Brice-Smith, G T Cliff, S W Curtis, S W Falding, H B Hews, J Kitchen, F B Mantle, T A Marper, J B Meunier, and H G Nevile) Final Season: 19 (F C R Beechey, H F Brice-Smith, J J Broughton, G T Cliff, S W Curtis, S W Falding, S T Haddelsey, G E Hemingway, H B Hews, J Kitchen, F B Mantle, J B Meunier, B P Nevile, C J Nevile, H G Nevile, W Peach, E Pullein, L A F Weigall and C J Williamson) Hon Secretary: S T Watkins Professionals: 6 (J J Broughton, J W Day, J Kitchen, J B Meunier, W Peach and E E Riley) Home Grounds 2: Grimsby Rovers Ground, Clee Lane, Old Clee, Grimsby (1 match) and The Cricket Ground, Petwood House, Stixwould Road, Woodhall Spa (1 match) Notes: Lincolnshire won half of the matches they were able to play. The batting was not strong, no batsman scored more than 170 runs and of the batsmen who played in more than one match only the debutant Joseph Kitchen with 151 runs at 21.57 had an average above 20. The bowling was stronger with the two professionals John Broughton and John Day each taking 35 wickets at 13.20 and 10.54 respectively. During the season John Day reached the career milestone of 200 wickets. LINCOLNSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1914 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 11 players who made their Championship debut for Lincolnshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1914 was the last or only season that these 19 players appeared for Lincolnshire 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 C R Beechey + 1 1 1 1* 1 - - - - 5 - - - - - - - - - H F Brice-Smith + 1 2 0 7 9 4.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Broughton, J J 6 11 1 46 101 10.10 - - 1 5 - 162.1 29 462 35 13.20 9-80 2 3 Capt G T Cliff + 3 6 2 17 21 5.25 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - S W Curtis + 5 8 1 37 56 8.00 - - 2 1 - 2 0 10 0 - - - - Day, J W 5 9 0 50 170 18.88 - 1 1 5 - 155.4 47 369 35 10.54 8-34 1 4 S W Falding + 2 3 0 21 29 9.66 - - - - - - - - - - - - - A E Gibson 1 2 0 35 37 18.50 - - - - - 39.1 10 125 6 20.83 4-64 - - S T Haddelsey 4 8 1 32 90 12.85 - - 2 2 - - - - - - - - - E E Hallam 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - - 1 - 12 2 46 4 11.50 3-20 - - G E Hemingway 1 1 0 29 29 29.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - H B Hews + 1 2 0 5 9 4.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Kitchen, J + 4 8 1 59* 151 21.57 - 2 - 6 - - - - - - - - - E F Long 1 2 0 5 9 4.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - F B Mantle + 1 2 1 27* 36 36.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - T A Marper + 1 2 1 2* 2 2.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Meunier, J B + 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - - 1 - 3 0 16 1 16.00 1-16 - - B P Nevile 1 1 0 11 11 11.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - C J Nevile 6 11 0 46 150 13.63 - - 1 9 - - - - - - - - - H G Nevile + 2 3 0 26 47 15.66 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Peach, W 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - - 5 1 25 1 25.00 1-25 - - E Pullein 2 4 0 33 68 17.00 - - - 4 - 8 1 25 0 - - - - Riley, E E 4 7 0 23 85 12.14 - - 1 2 - 76 20 226 12 18.83 3-51 - - W R Rose 5 9 0 25 128 14.22 - - 1 4 4 - - - - - - - - L A F Weigall 2 3 1 5 12 6.00 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - C J Williamson 4 8 2 18 57 9.50 - - 1 2 - 28.3 5 86 8 10.75 3-10 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 99 - - - - - - - - 79 4 - - - - Total 66 117 12 59* 1415 13.47 0 3 15 52 4 491.3 115 1469 106 13.85 9-80 3 7 (26 players) (6 ball overs) 160