Minor Counties Championship 1914

WHITEHEAD; George William Edendale [1912-1914] b Bromley, Kent 27.8.1895 d Lauwe, Menin, West Flanders, Belgium 17.10.1918. RHB, LBG. FC: Kent. Brother of JHE Whitehead [Kent 2nd XI]. Lieutenant 53rd Squadron Royal Air Force and Royal Field Artillery. Bat 3-6-0-61-16-10.16 Bowl 15-0 WHITEHEAD; James Hugh Edendale [1912-1914] b Bromley, Kent 8.7.1890 d St James Park, Westminster, Middlesex 13.3.1919. LB. FC: MCC. Brother of GWE Whitehead [Kent 2nd XI]. Second Lieutenant 9th Battalion Queen's Own [Royal West Kent Regiment]. Bat 5-9-1-219-81-27.37-0-2 ct 3 WYCHERLEY; Charles Thomas [1913-1914] b West Ham, Essex 30.1.1890 d Mesopotamia 11.1.1918. Whip in Hunting Kennels. Acting Corporal 2nd Battalion Queen's Own [Royal West Kent Regiment]. Bat 8-12-1-115-22-10.45 ct 3 Bowl 139-1-139.00-1/38 Lancashire 2nd XI BENTLEY; Frank Mercer [1908] b Bury, Lancashire 4.9.1881 d Passchendaele, West Flanders, Belgium 13.10.1918. Newspaper Proprietor. Captain 1st/5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. MC. Bat 1-1-0-0-0-0.00 ct 1 HARTLEY; Alfred [1907] b New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America 11.4.1879 d near Maissemy, Aisne, France 9.10.1918. RHB. FC: Lancashire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Gentlemen. Son of G Hartley [Lancashire]; Brother of CR Hartley [Lancashire, Lancashire 2nd XI] and EH Hartley [Cheshire]. Cotton Merchant. Lieutenant 263rd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery. Bat 11-16-0-566-123-35.37-2-2 Bowl 36-4-9.99-4/36 TURNER; Frederick Harding [1908] b Sefton Park, Liverpool, Lancashire 29.5.1888 d near Kemmel, West Flanders, Belgium 10.1.1915. FC: Oxford University. Rugby Union [Scotland, Oxford University]. Second Lieutenant 10th Battalion The King's [Liverpool Regiment]. Bat 2-3-0-12-7-4.00 ct 4 Bowl 4-1-4.00-1/4 TYLDESLEY; William Knowles [1907-1908] b Aspull, Wigan, Lancashire 12.8.1887 d Kemmel, West Flanders, Belgium 26.4.1918. LHB, LMF, occasional WK. FC: Lancashire. Brother of H Tyldesley [Lancashire, MCC, Lancashire 2nd XI], JD Tyldesley [Lancashire, Lancashire 2nd XI] and RK Tyldesley [England, Lancashire, MCC, The Rest, J Sharp’s XI, Players, North, Sir L Parkinson’s XI]. Electrician. Lieutenant 5th Battalion attached 9th Battalion The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Bat 10-18-3-244-51-16.26-0-1 ct 9 Bowl 49-3-16.33-3/17 VALIANT; James [1908] b Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire 17.7.1884 d Gaza, Palestine 28.10.1917. FC: Essex. Farmer. Lieutenant 7th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Bat 1-2-0-19-15-9.50 ct 1 Lincolnshire BEECHEY; Frank Collett Reeve [1914] b Friesthorpe, Lincolnshire 12.10.1886 d Serre, Somme, France 14.11.1916. RHB, WK. Schoolmaster. Second Lieutenant 13th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment. Bat 1-1-1-1-1*-no av ct 5 CHEALES; Clement Bellingham [1895] b Friskney, Lincolnshire 6.4.1876 d Alexandria, Egypt 5.9.1915. RHB, underarm. Brother of AE Cheales [Lincolnshire] and JP Cheales [Lincolnshire, Wiltshire]. Able Seaman Hawke Battalion Royal Navy Division Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Bat 3-6-1-38-13-7.60 ct 1 Bowl 12-0 CLIFF; Grosvenor Talbot [1914] b Scawby Grove, Lincolnshire 27.9.1880 d Tincourt, Somme, France 10.2.1918. Brother of AT Cliff [Worcestershire]. Major 3rd Dragoon Guards [Prince of Wales' Own]. Bat 3-6-2-21-17-5.25 ct 1 DE HOGHTON; Vere [1910] b North Thoresby, Lincolnshire 6.3.1882 d Hohenzollern Redoubt, Auchy-les-Mines, Pas-de-Calais, France between 11.10.1915 and 13.10.1915. Other: Straits Settlements. Captain and Adjutant 1st & 5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. Bat 1-2-0-6-6-3.00 183