minc1516	Kent Second XI v Essex Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1914
Venue	The Grove, Hythe on 14th, 15th August 1914 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Kent Second XI won by 5 wickets
Points	Kent Second XI 5; Essex Second XI 0
Close of play day 1	Kent Second XI (1) 194/8 (Douglas 37*, Cook 8*)

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Essex Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EC Coleman	b Douglas	1
PJ Hilleard	c Cook b Hickmott	2
+S Hadden	b RT Bryan	15
*JK Guy	c and b Hickmott	24
CS Richardson	b Hickmott	0
CV Thompson	b Douglas	13
SH Waugh	b RT Bryan	0
E Meyer	b RT Bryan	0
ER Pallett	c Heslop b Douglas	79
HM Hills	b Hickmott	100
HW Smith	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 49.1 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-5, 3-38, 4-38, 5-48, 6-48, 7-48, 8-81, 9-242, 10-242 (49.1 ov)

Kent Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hickmott	18	3	77	4	-	1
Douglas	11.1	3	27	3	-	-
RT Bryan	9	1	45	3	-	-
Smith	7	0	46	0	-	-
Whitehead	1	0	9	0	-	-
Dutnall	3	0	30	0	-	-

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Kent Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GH Heslop	c Hadden b Smith	0
JL Bryan	lbw b Hills	9
F Dutnall	b Smith	53
GWE Whitehead	c Hadden b Hills	3
*GJV Weigall	b Thompson	3
JC Colquhoun	lbw b Hilleard	23
CK Douglas	lbw b Hills	46
WE Hickmott	b Smith	27
RT Bryan	b Smith	4
+PW Cook	not out	20
GAJ Smith	b Hills	2
Extras	(24 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	28
Total	(all out, 67.4 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-34, 3-44, 4-64, 5-90, 6-115, 7-165, 8-169, 9-216, 10-218 (67.4 ov)

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	26	5	72	4	-	-
Hills	27.4	8	68	4	1	-
Pallett	4	0	15	0	-	1
Thompson	6	1	16	1	-	-
Hilleard	4	0	19	1	-	-

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Essex Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Hilleard	lbw b Smith	32
CV Thompson	c Cook b Hickmott	0
*JK Guy	b Douglas	9
ER Pallett	c RT Bryan b Douglas	8
CS Richardson	b Hickmott	1
EC Coleman	c Hickmott b RT Bryan	14
SH Waugh	b RT Bryan	7
HM Hills	b Hickmott	36
+S Hadden	b Smith	0
E Meyer	b RT Bryan	0
HW Smith	not out	4
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(all out, 36.4 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-17, 3-43, 4-50, 5-67, 6-76, 7-95, 8-105, 9-106, 10-132 (36.4 ov)

Kent Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hickmott	12.4	4	34	3	-	2
Douglas	9	3	28	2	-	2
RT Bryan	7	3	13	3	1	-
Smith	8	0	36	2	-	-

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Kent Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GH Heslop	lbw b Hills	4
GWE Whitehead	c Waugh b Coleman	16
F Dutnall	c Guy b Hills	50
JL Bryan	run out	5
*GJV Weigall	b Smith	5
WE Hickmott	not out	52
JC Colquhoun	not out	15
CK Douglas	did not bat
RT Bryan	did not bat
+PW Cook	did not bat
GAJ Smith	did not bat
Extras	(11 b)	11
Total	(5 wickets, 49.3 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-40, 3-55, 4-65, 5-117

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	20	2	61	1	-	-
Hills	24.3	1	73	2	-	-
Coleman	5	1	13	1	-	-

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Notes
--> SH Waugh made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JL Bryan made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RT Bryan made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PW Cook made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CS Richardson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Meyer made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GH Heslop made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GWE Whitehead made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GAJ Smith made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ER Pallett (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HM Hills (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HM Hills (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GWE Whitehead (2) equalled his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
Kent 2nd XI won this return match by 5 wickets on the second day.
Earlier in the month Kent had taken the first innings points in a drawn match.
For the winners Dutnall scored 53 and 50 in the match and Hickmott made an unbeaten 52 in the second innings.
The latter also took 7 wickets in the match.
For the losers Hills scored 100 and Pallett 79; together they put on 161 runs for Essex’s ninth wicket.
Hills also took 6 wickets in the match.
[Missing: Toss; umpires; in Essex first innings duration and boundaries in Hills’ 100 and boundaries in Pallett’s 79; in Kent first innings boundaries in Dutnall’s 53; in Kent second innings boundaries in Dutnall’s 50 and Hickmott’s 52 not out; precise time completed]
Sources: Kent Year Book p 240-241; Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald 15,22 August; Essex County Chronicle 21 August; The Sportsman 17 August; World of Cricket September p 448.