Minor Counties Championship 1914

SUFFOLK 1914 Championship matches: Played 6, won 1, lost 5, drawn none (won on first innings none, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings none) Position: Twentieth out of twenty one Won: v Cambridgeshire at Ipswich Lost: v Hertfordshire at Hertford, v Bedfordshire at Bedford ES, v Cambridgeshire at Cambridge PP, v Lincolnshire at Grimsby OC and v Hertfordshire at Felixstowe Drawn - won on first innings: None Drawn - lost on first innings: v None Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Abandoned due to war: v Bedfordshire at Ipswich, and v Lincolnshire at Bury St Edmunds Captain: H Bassett (3 matches), O Mortimer (1 match) and F L Titchmarsh (1 match) led the side in the matches in which H Bassett did not play. It is not known who led the side in the match against Lincolnshire at Grimsby OC. Wicket-keepers: E Godley (4 matches), E E G Alderwick (1 match) and P P Cornell (1 match) Debutants: 10 (E E G Alderwick, M C Clodd, R H Day, H T W Gaffney, C H Hillier, B C Lake, C B W Magney, R G Oxlade, R D Paffard and O W Stickland) Final Season: 27 (all players) Hon Secretaries: P P Cornell and H A Groom Professional: 1 (W Penfold) Home Grounds 2: The Town Ground, Dellwood Avenue, Felixstowe (1 match) and The Ipswich and East Suffolk Cricket Club Ground, Portman Road, Ipswich (1 match) Notes: Suffolk had another very poor season, losing five of the six matches they played. However they did win one match which was their first victory since 1911. The batting was poor, the only score of note being 110 not out by Frederic Bird against Cambridgeshire at Ipswich. The bowling depended heavily upon William Penfold who took 52 wickets at 15.53. Only Walter English gave him any real support with 15 wickets. SUFFOLK MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1914 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 10 players who made their Championship debut for Suffolk during the season. Names in bold denote that 1913 was the last or only season that these 27 players appeared for Suffolk in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I E E G Alderwick + 4 8 0 37 161 20.12 - - - 3 1 - - - - - - - - A B Barnes 2 4 0 12 27 6.75 - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - H Bassett 3 6 1 34 102 20.40 - - 1 - - 26.2 2 75 2 37.50 1-8 - - Rev F N Bird 2 4 1 110* 122 40.66 1 - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - H A Busher 2 4 1 23 40 13.33 - - - 1 - 1.4 0 6 0 - - - - M C Clodd + 1 2 0 9 11 5.50 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - P P Cornell 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - 1 - - - - - - - - R H Day + 3 6 1 17 42 8.40 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - P S Driver 2 4 0 12 25 6.25 - - - - - 34.4 4 143 8 17.87 4-50 - - W G English 4 8 0 11 62 7.75 - - - 4 - 123 28 348 15 23.20 4-55 - - J Forrest 3 6 1 27 57 11.40 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - H T W Gaffney + 2 4 0 10 12 3.00 - - 2 1 - 30 3 136 7 19.42 3-33 - - E Godley 4 8 0 45 117 14.62 - - - 4 4 - - - - - - - - C A H Hillier + 2 4 0 26 36 9.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - H Hoyland 2 4 1 4* 5 1.66 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - B C Lake + 2 4 1 23 35 11.66 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - H W Lake 1 2 0 5 9 4.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - E S Lock 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - C B W Magnay + 2 4 0 44 58 14.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - O Mortimer 6 12 0 66 221 18.41 - 2 3 1 - 14 3 51 2 25.50 1-10 - - R G Oxlade + 1 2 1 4 6 6.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - R D Paffard + 4 8 0 57 143 17.87 - 1 - 3 - 12 1 63 0 - - - - Penfold, W 6 12 1 84 207 18.81 - 1 1 5 - 249 50 808 52 15.53 7-109 3 8 R S J Rands 1 2 1 5 7 7.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - O W Stickland + 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 1 - 1 0 2 0 - - - - F L Titchmarsh 3 6 2 25 54 13.50 - - - 3 - 14 0 83 2 41.50 1-27 - - F P Wood 1 2 0 35 52 26.00 - - - 2 - 7 0 30 1 30.00 1-21 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 170 - - - - - - - - 91 4 - - - - Total 66 132 12 110* 1786 14.88 1 4 18 43 6 512.4 91 1836 93 19.74 7-109 3 8 (27 players) (6 ball overs) In Match 6 v Hertfordshire the Suffolk bowling for the Hertfordshire innings is 9 runs short. 169