Minor Counties Championship 1914

WILTSHIRE 1914 Championship matches: Played 4, won 2, lost 1, drawn 1 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings none) Position: Fourth out of twenty one Won: v Cornwall at Camborne and v Buckinghamshire at Bletchley Lost: : v Glamorgan at Cardiff Drawn - won on first innings: v Surrey 2nd XI at Westbury Drawn - lost on first innings: None Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Abandoned due to war: v Cornwall at Trowbridge, v Dorset at Melksham, v Buckinghamshire at Trowbridge, v Glamorgan at Trowbridge, v Dorset at Wimborne and v Surrey 2nd XI at The Oval Captain: A M Miller (2 matches). R W Awdry (1 match) and S J H Taunton (1 match) led the side in the matches in which A M Miller did not play. Wicket-keepers: G C Davenport (3 matches) and C E C Kendle (1 match) Debutants: 3 (E L W Henslow, V R Rogers and C Williams, sen) Final Season: 10 (D C Brown, C E C Kendle, W R C Laverton, H Mitchell, F E Newman, V R Rogers, J R Tayler, A Whitehead, C Williams, sen and W E Yockney) Hon Secretary: R W Awdry Professionals: 5 (H Mitchell, A W Newman, F E Newman, W Overton, and A S Sellick) Home Ground 1: Leighton Recreation Centre, Westbury (1 match) Notes: Wiltshire were only able to play four matches but they won two of these – the same number as they won in 1913. Cornwall were additional opponents this season. In spite of the short season Arthur Newman scored 193 runs at 32.60 and took 19 wickets at 13.52 runs each. As in 1913 Harry Mitchell was the leading wicket-taker with 37 wickets at 10.32 runs each. During the season Arthur Newman reached the career milestone of 100 matches. WILTSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1914 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 3 players who made their Championship debut for Wiltshire during the season. The name in bold denotes that 1914 was the last or only season that these 10 players appeared for Wiltshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I R W Awdry 3 5 0 38 67 13.40 - - 1 5 - - - - - - - - - D C Brown 1 1 0 18 18 18.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - G C Davenport 3 6 0 43 125 20.83 - - 1 3 4 - - - - - - - - Capt E L W Henslow + 2 4 1 57 99 33.00 - 1 - - - 3 0 10 1 10.00 1-10 - - C E C Kendle 1 1 0 7 7 7.00 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - W R C Laverton 2 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 1 - 23 2 105 1 105.00 1-60 - - G W Mathews 3 5 0 28 50 10.00 - - 2 2 - - - - - - - - - A M Miller 2 3 0 26 29 9.66 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Mitchell, H 4 6 4 7* 22 11.00 - - 2 4 - 150 38 382 37 10.32 7-43 2 4 Newman, A W 4 7 1 44 193 32.16 - - - 8 - 100 18 257 19 13.52 5-36 - 1 Newman, F E 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Overton, W 3 5 0 20 36 7.20 - - - 2 - 44 10 140 9 15.55 4-37 - - Rev V R Rogers + 1 2 0 5 6 3.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - T C G Sandford 1 1 0 23 23 23.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sellick, A S 1 1 0 8 8 8.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - S J H Taunton 1 2 1 1* 2 2.00 - - - - - 3 1 9 0 - - - - J R Tayler 3 6 1 43 91 18.20 - - - - - 1.5 0 10 1 10.00 1-10 - - A Whitehead 1 2 0 8 14 7.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - C Williams, sen + 4 7 0 43 92 13.14 - - - 2 - 16 1 59 4 14.75 3-37 - - W E Yockney 3 5 2 10 27 9.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 54 - - - - - - - - 52 5 - - - - Total 44 72 10 57 969 15.62 0 1 7 33 5 340.5 70 1024 77 13.29 7-43 2 5 (20 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 10 players made their last or only appearance for Wiltshire in the Championship in 1914. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I D C Brown 1913 7 13 1 48* 219 18.25 - - 1 3 - 30 27 0 - - - - C E C Kendle 1911 5 9 0 26 111 12.33 - - - 6 2 - - - - - - - W R C Laverton 1907 21 35 0 66 437 12.48 - 2 7 7 - 708 489 22 22.22 3-19 - - Mitchell, H 1909 44 73 21 41* 443 8.51 - - 17 36 - 8729 4307 290 14.85 8-30 9 29 Newman, F E 1908 15 22 0 53 241 10.95 - 2 4 9 - 60 60 1 60.00 1-18 - - Rev V R Rogers 1914 1 2 0 5 6 3.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - J R Tayler 1910 12 24 1 62 410 17.82 - 1 1 3 - 117 105 4 26.25 2-7 - - A Whitehead 1908 7 11 4 30* 111 15.85 - - 2 4 - 18 9 0 - - - - C Williams, sen 1914 4 7 0 43 92 13.14 - - - 2 - 96 59 4 14.75 3-37 - - W E Yockney 1911 4 7 2 10 34 6.80 - - 1 1 - 42 31 0 - - - - (10 players) 172