Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 38: KENT 2 ND XI V STAFFORDSHIRE At Bat and Ball Ground, Wrotham Road, Gravesend on Monday 27, Tuesday 28 July 1914 Result: Kent 2 nd XI won by 97 runs Points: Kent 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Kent 2 nd XI Umpires: J Whiteside and A C McArthur Debutants: Kent 2 nd XI 1 (L J Le Fleming); Staffordshire none First day score: Kent 2 nd XI 113 and 66-1 wicket (G C Collins 34*, L J Le Fleming 23*); Staffordshire 168 Kent 2 nd XI J C Colquhoun b Barnes 0 (4) c Russell b Sedgwick 3 Collins, G C b Barnes 2 (1) c Sedgwick b Nichols 70 Dutnall, F b Sedgwick 9 (2) run out 1 L J Le Fleming c Russell b Barnes 9 (3) b Sedgwick 85 * G J V Weigall c Russell b Sedgwick 8 (6) b Sedgwick 26 C K Douglas b Barnes 7 (5) b Sedgwick 0 Hickmott, W E c Campbell b Barnes 15 (7) b Sedgwick 4 Freeman, A P b Sedgwick 16 (9) not out 15 F S Lowe c Russell b Barnes 35 (8) b Heath 10 + Povey, A c Russell b Sedgwick 1 (10) b Sedgwick 0 Smith, A not out 3 (11) b Sedgwick 4 Extras b 5, lb 2, nb 1 8 b 14, lb 3, nb 2 19 Total (all out) 113 (all out) 237 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 1 8 22 26 30 51 53 69 73 113 Second innings 22 120 153 155 184 190 209 219 223 237 Barnes 19.5 5 41 6 - - (1) 16 7 47 0 - 1 Sedgwick 17 3 55 4 - 1 (2) 21.2 3 75 7 - 1 Heath 2 0 9 0 - - (5) 16 1 51 1 - - Nichols (3) 11 0 43 1 - - Clark (4) 2 1 2 0 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 19 1 - - Total 38.5 8 113 10 0 1 66.2 12 237 10 0 2 Staffordshire L F Taylor b Hickmott 29 (1) b Hickmott 2 H E Bourne c Collins b Hickmott 6 (2) b Freeman 39 J S Heath b Hickmott 8 (3) lbw b Smith 8 F B Clark b Freeman 1 (4) c Povey b Hickmott 3 Nichols, J E c Le Fleming b Freeman 18 (5) run out 7 * B Meakin b Freeman 49 (6) c Colquhoun b Freeman 1 C H Campbell b Freeman 13 (7) c Collins b Freeman 2 Barnes, S F lbw b Collins 6 (8) c Weigall b Freeman 0 + J B Russell b Lowe 26 (9) b Freeman 0 H Dearing c Douglas b Freeman 3 (10) b Hickmott 0 Sedgwick, H A not out 4 (11) not out 9 Extras b 4, lb 1 5 b 9, lb 4, w 1 14 Total (all out) 168 (all out) 85 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 20 42 43 45 79 105 122 146 164 168 Second innings 23 44 49 60 65 72 74 74 75 85 Hickmott 10 1 39 3 - - (1) 16 3 35 3 1 - Douglas 4 1 27 0 - - Freeman 17.2 4 57 5 - - (4) 6.3 4 6 5 - - Lowe 9 2 28 1 - - (2) 2 0 10 0 - - Collins 3 0 12 1 - - Smith (3) 7 2 20 1 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 14 1 - - Total 43.2 8 168 10 0 0 31.3 9 85 10 1 0 Notes: Kent 2nd XI won this match by 97 runs on the second day. For Kent Freeman took 5 for 57 runs in the Staffordshire first innings and somehow was allowed to bowl 11 balls in one over, bowling Meakin with the sixth, and still going on. In the second innings he took 5 for 6, giving him match figures of 10 for 63. Collins and Le Fleming added 98 runs for the second wicket in the Kent second innings. Collins scored 70 in 90 minutes with 7 fours and Le Fleming in 135 minutes scored 85 which included 1 six and 12 fours. For Staffordshire Meakin top-scored with 49 in the first innings. In the Kent first innings Barnes took 6 for 41. Sedgwick took 4 for 55 in the first innings and 7 for 75 in the second giving him match figures of 11 for 130. [Missing: Precise time completed.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Annual Report; Kent Messenger 1 August; Staffordshire Advertiser 1 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 27,28 July; World of Cricket 1 August, p 398. 80