Minor Counties Championship 1914

THE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP 1914 INTRODUCTION This book contains the match scores, a statistical survey and the full averages, both by county and by player in alphabetical order, for 1914, which was the twentieth season of the Minor Counties Championship. It follows the same format as the previous ACS publications which covered the first nineteen seasons of the competition. However a major addition in this volume is a list of all those Minor County cricketers from the period 1895-1914 who lost their lives at war, with their biographical information. To provide this required a significant undertaking by Kevin Clement whose meticulous and detailed research is published here. In many cases he has identified more accurate places of death than other sources, which often show the place of burial. For 40 to 50% of the players Kevin has also recorded a civilian occupation, in some cases more than one. Many thanks are due to him for this valuable addition to this publication. THE ANNUAL MEETING The Annual Meeting of the Minor Counties’ Cricket Association was held in the pavilion at Lord's on the morning of Tuesday 9 December, 1913. Mr R H Mallett (Durham) presided over what was a short meeting, there being little business of a contentiousness nature to discuss. The following representatives from affiliated counties were in attendance:- BEDFORDSHIRE – Mr W W Marks BERKSHIRE – Sir C E M Y Nepean and Major C Turner BUCKINGHAMSHIRE – Mr E H D Sewell CAMBRIDGESHIRE – Major O Papworth CORNWALL – Mr J M Bray DORSET – Mr C P Goodden DURHAM – Messrs A Beresford Horsley and T A Bulmer ESSEX (2 nd XI) – Messrs H A Groom and O R Borradaile GLAMORGAN – Mr T A L Whittington HERTFORDSHIRE – Mr J H Thorpe and Dr J Earl Norman KENT (2 nd XI) – Mr T Pawley LINCOLNSHIRE – Messrs W E Thompson and S T Watkins MONMOUTHSHIRE – Messrs A Butler and E S Phillips NORFOLK – Mr C B Leathes Prior NORTHUMBERLAND – Mr S P Bell STAFFORDSHIRE – Mr P Briggs SUFFOLK – Messrs P P Cornell and H Titchmarsh SURREY (2 nd XI) – Mr A W F Rutty WILTSHIRE – Mr R W Awdry YORKSHIRE (2 nd XI) – Messrs R W Frank and F C Toone. DEVON were not represented. It is to be noted that, although YORKSHIRE (2 nd XI) were represented at the meeting, they did not take part in the 1914 Championship. After the minutes had been agreed, Dr J Earl Norman (Hertfordshire) was re-elected hon secretary and, with Messrs R H Mallett and A M Miller (Wiltshire), re-appointed as the representatives to the Advisory County Committee. 4