Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 16: KENT 2 ND XI V LINCOLNSHIRE At The Old County Ground, Town Malling on Monday 6, Tuesday 7 July 1914 Result: Lincolnshire won by 105 runs Points: Lincolnshire 5 Toss: Lincolnshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Kent 2 nd XI none; Lincolnshire 3 (F B Mantle, T A Marper, H G Nevile) First day score: Lincolnshire 196 and 30-2 wickets (H G Nevile -*, Capt G T Cliff 0*); Kent 2 nd XI 124 Lincolnshire * C J Nevile b Freeman 18 (1) b Freeman 17 + W R Rose lbw b Freeman 25 (6) c Colquhoun b Tuff 13 Day, J W c Hickmott b Douglas 28 (3) b Hickmott 0 Broughton, J J c Colquhoun b Douglas 0 (7) b Freeman 9 T A Marper b Freeman 0 (11) not out 2 S W Curtis b Douglas 3 (9) c Douglas b Freeman 3 Riley, E E lbw b Freeman 0 (10) st Leach-Lewis b Freeman 2 H G Nevile c Freeman b Douglas 4 (2) b Freeman 26 Kitchen, J c Powell b Freeman 59 (8) st Leach-Lewis b Freeman 6 F B Mantle not out 27 (4) c Tuff b Hickmott 9 Capt G T Cliff c Powell b Tuff 4 (5) lbw b Tuff 0 Extras b 19, lb 4, w 1, nb 4 28 b 9, lb 2, nb 2 13 Total (all out) 196 (all out) 100 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 56 57 67 69 75 80 83 89 191 196 Second innings 23 24 30 60 68 77 85 89 97 100 Hickmott 8 2 19 0 - - (1) 5 1 9 2 - 2 Tuff 8 3 22 1 - - (2) 12 4 20 2 - - Douglas 20 3 37 4 - - Freeman 23 3 66 5 1 - (3) 14.5 1 54 6 - - Smith 9 3 24 0 - 4 (4) 1 0 4 0 - - Extras - - 28 0 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 68 14 196 10 1 4 32.5 6 100 10 0 2 Kent 2 nd XI J C Colquhoun b Riley 15 (1) lbw b Broughton 9 Dutnall, F c and b Broughton 36 (2) c Mantle b Broughton 9 L M Powell c C J Nevile b Riley 13 (3) b Day 3 C P Johnstone run out 12 (4) b Day 0 Hickmott, W E c and b Broughton 0 (5) b Broughton 8 C K Douglas lbw b Day 16 (6) b Broughton 5 Ashdown, W H lbw b Broughton 7 (7) c Rose b Day 8 F N Tuff c Kitchen b Broughton 3 (8) c Rose b Day 0 + A F Leach-Lewis b Broughton 9 (9) c Rose b Day 17 Freeman, A P b Broughton 3 (10) c Cliff b Broughton 0 Smith, A not out 2 (11) not out 5 Extras b 2, lb 2, nb 4 8 lb 3 3 Total (all out) 124 (all out) 67 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 29 70 74 79 85 98 109 110 113 124 Second innings 15 26 27 31 31 50 54 54 54 67 Day 17 3 48 1 - - (2) 16.1 7 24 5 - - Broughton 18.1 3 44 6 - 2 (1) 13 5 29 5 - - Riley 13 6 24 2 - 2 (3) 4 0 11 0 - - Extras - - 8 1 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 48.1 12 124 10 0 4 33.1 12 67 10 0 0 Notes: Lincolnshire won this match 15 minutes after lunch on the second day by 105 runs. For the winners Kitchen scored 59 with 8 fours and with Mantle added 102 runs for the ninth wicket in the first innings. Broughton took 11 wickets in the match for 73 runs including 6 for 44 in the Kent 2nd XI first innings and 5 for 29 in the second innings. Day took 5 wickets for 24 runs in the Kent second innings. For Kent Dutnall top-scored with 36 in the first innings. Freeman took 11 wickets in the match for 120 runs including 5 for 66 in the Lincolnshire first innings and 6 for 54 in the second. In the Lincolnshire first innings C J Nevile retired injured having scored 8 with the score at 17, returning after the fall of the sixth wicket. In the second innings he retired injured having scored 9 and returned after the fall of the 8th wicket. In both cases he had been hit by express deliveries from Hickmott. [Missing: Umpires; H G Nevile's overnight score; Kent captain; precise time completed.] Sources: Kent Year Book 1915, p 226-227; Kent Messenger 11 July; Kent and Sussex Courier 10 July; Grantham Journal 11 July; Grimsby News 10 July; Lincolnshire Chronicle 10 July; Lincolnshire Echo 8 July; World of Cricket 11 July, p 338. 58