Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 37: LINCOLNSHIRE V SUFFOLK At Grimsby Rovers Ground, Clee Lane, Old Clee, Grimsby on Wednesday 22, Thursday 23 July 1914 Result: Lincolnshire won by five wickets Points: Lincolnshire 5 Toss: Suffolk Umpires: Not known Debutants: Lincolnshire 1 (S W Falding); Suffolk 1 (H T W Gaffney) First day score: Suffolk 72 and 12-1 wicket (R D Paffard 6*, R H Day 4*); Lincolnshire 83 Suffolk R D Paffard c Kitchen b Hallam 8 (1) b Broughton 6 P S Driver b Hallam 3 (2) c Hallam b Broughton 2 J Forrest b Hallam 0 (7) b Williamson 6 Penfold, W c Nevile b Broughton 14 (8) not out 29 O Mortimer b Broughton 27 (5) c Haddelsey b Williamson 25 H Hoyland b Day 0 (10) b Broughton 0 + E Godley st Rose b Broughton 2 (6) lbw b Williamson 8 F L Titchmarsh c Kitchen b Day 2 (4) b Hallam 25 A B Barnes st Rose b Day 1 (9) c Rose b Broughton 10 R H Day not out 3 (3) b Day 14 H T W Gaffney c and b Broughton 10 (11) b Day 0 Extras 2 9 Total (all out) 72 (all out) 134 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 11 13 13 39 40 50 57 59 59 72 Second innings 8 19 36 64 88 94 95 129 134 Hallam 6 1 20 3 - - (3) 6 1 26 1 - - Broughton 11.5 2 25 4 - - (2) 18 4 45 4 - - Day 12 2 25 3 - - (1) 18.5 8 44 2 - - Williamson (4) 6 2 10 3 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 29.5 5 72 10 - - 48.5 15 134 10 - - Lincolnshire + W R Rose b Gaffney 15 * C J Nevile c Barnes b Penfold 28 (5) st Godley b Gaffney 4 Day, J W b Penfold 13 (6) c Barnes b Gaffney 9 Broughton, J J c Hoyland b Penfold 13 (7) not out 5 Kitchen, J b Penfold 2 (1) not out 59 S T Haddelsey c and b Gaffney 0 (3) b Penfold 5 L A F Weigall b Gaffney 4 C J Williamson b Penfold 0 (4) st Godley b Penfold 18 S W Curtis not out 2 S W Falding run out 2 (2) b Penfold 21 E E Hallam c Day b Penfold 4 Extras 0 4 Total (all out) 83 (5 wickets) 125 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 36 48 61 70 71 75 75 75 77 83 Second innings 58 68 90 91 115 - - - - - Driver 4 1 19 0 - - (2) 2 1 3 0 - - Penfold 11.4 1 31 6 - - (1) 17.2 5 53 3 - - Gaffney 8 0 33 3 - - (3) 9 0 44 2 - - Paffard (4) 6 1 21 0 - - Extras - - 0 1 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 23.4 2 83 10 - - 34.2 7 125 5 - - Notes: Lincolnshire won this match by 5 wickets at 3.30 pm on the second day. Rain delayed the start on the first day until 3.15 pm. For the winners Kitchen scored 59 not out. For Suffolk Penfold took 6 wickets for 31 runs in the Lincolnshire first innings. [Missing: Umpires; Suffolk captain; extras breakdown; in Suffolk second innings fall of ninth wicket; in Lincolnshire second innings boundaries in Kitchen’s 59 not out.] Sources: Boston Guardian 25 July; Grantham Journal 25 July; Grimsby News 24 July; Lincolnshire Echo 22,23 July; East Anglian Daily Times 23,24 July; World of Cricket 1 August, p 394. 79