Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 41: LINCOLNSHIRE V KENT 2 ND XI At The Cricket Ground, Petwood House, Stixwould Road, Woodhall Spa, on Friday 31 July, Saturday 1 August 1914 Result: Kent 2 nd XI won by 153 runs Points: Kent 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Kent 2 nd XI Umpires: Not known Debutants: Lincolnshire 2 (H F Brice-Smith, H B Hews); Kent 2 nd XI 1 (G E C Wood) First day score: Kent 2 nd XI 186 and 50-1 wicket (Wood 33*); Lincolnshire 108 Kent 2 nd XI + G E C Wood b Broughton 2 (2) c Brice-Smith b Gibson 47 J C Colquhoun c Weigall b Williamson 28 (1) c and b Broughton 15 Dutnall, F c Haddelsey b Gibson 20 (3) b Gibson 2 S H Day st Rose b Broughton 1 (4) c Nevile b Williamson 55 C P Johnstone lbw b Peach 19 * G J V Weigall b Williamson 10 Hickmott, W E lbw b Gibson 62 (5) not out 18 Lowe, F S run out 12 A F Leach-Lewis c Weigall b Gibson 14 Freeman, A P b Gibson 9 Smith, A not out 0 Extras b 3, lb 3, nb 3 9 lb 2 2 Total (all out) 186 (4 wickets declared) 139 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 31 40 72 80 91 135 156 177 186 Second innings 50 52 91 139 - - - - - - Broughton 26 4 76 2 - 3 (1) 15 1 55 1 - - Gibson 23.1 8 64 4 - - (2) 16 2 61 2 - - Peach 5 1 25 1 - - Williamson 7 1 12 2 - - (3) 1.5 0 21 1 - - Extras - - 9 1 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 61.1 14 186 10 0 3 32.5 3 139 4 0 0 Lincolnshire E F Long b Hickmott 4 (2) c Wood b Freeman 5 H B Hews c and b Hickmott 4 (1) c Dutnall b Smith 5 S T Haddelsey c Hickmott b Lowe 10 (3) c Weigall b Smith 10 A E Gibson b Freeman 35 (5) c Johnstone b Smith 2 Broughton, J J c Dutnall b Lowe 2 (6) c Johnstone b Smith 7 + W R Rose c Wood b Hickmott 23 (4) st Wood b Freeman 7 * C J Nevile c Dutnall b Freeman 4 (7) c Day b Smith 17 C J Williamson c Wood b Hickmott 4 (8) not out 0 H F Brice-Smith b Freeman 7 (10) b Smith 2 L A F Weigall not out 3 (9) c and b Freeman 5 Peach, W c Wood b Hickmott 0 (11) c and b Freeman 0 Extras b 10, lb 2 12 b 2, lb 1, nb 1 4 Total (all out) 108 (all out) 64 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 4 10 32 34 77 86 90 102 107 108 Second innings 10 22 26 31 31 47 62 64 64 64 Hickmott 17.4 4 55 5 - - (1) 2 0 2 0 - - Lowe 9 2 15 2 - - Freeman 9 2 26 3 - - (2) 10.2 0 32 4 - - Smith 1 1 0 0 - - (3) 11 2 26 6 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - - - 4 0 - 1 Total 36.4 9 108 10 0 0 23.2 2 64 10 0 1 Notes: Kent won this return match by 153 runs on the second day. Due to rain play did not start on Saturday until 3.30 pm and after Kent declared their second innings, Lincolnshire were bowled out for just 64 having been set 218 to win in 2 hours. The match between the two sides at Town Malling in July had been won by Lincolnshire. For the winners Hickmott scored 62 with 1 six and 8 fours in the first innings and Day 55 in the second. Hickmott took 5 wickets for 55 runs in the Lincolnshire first innings and Smith took 6 for 26 in the second. For Lincolnshire Gibson top-scored with 35 in the first innings. [Missing: Umpires; in Kent second innings boundaries in Day’s 55; precise time completed.] Sources: Kent Year Book 1915, p 232-233; Horncastle News 8 August; Lincolnshire Echo 31 July, 1,3 August; The Sportsman 1,3 August; World of Cricket 8 August, p 416. 83