Kent County Cricket Club in 1909

Kent County Cricket Club
1909 season
Captain EW Dillon
Ground(s) Canterbury
Catford
Dover
Gravesend
Tonbridge
Tunbridge Wells
Blackheath
County Championship 1st
Most runs E Humphreys (1,390)
Most wickets C Blythe (185)
Most catches J Seymour (38)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals FH Huish (63)
← 1908 1910 →

Kent County Cricket Club's 1909 season was the twentieth season in which the County competed in the County Championship. Kent played 30 first-class cricket matches during the season, losing only two matches overall, and won their second Championship title. They finished clearly ahead of second place Lancashire in the 1909 County Championship with the previous years winners Yorkshire in third place.

Two of the County's players Arthur Day and Douglas Carr were selected as Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1910 as a result of their performances during the season. Carr made his debut in first-class cricket during the season at the age of 37 and played in his only Test match in August.[1]

The Championship title was the second of four by Kent during the Golden Age of cricket in the years leading up to the First World War. It followed their first title in 1906, with the nucleus of the side unchanged from then. It was followed by their third title in 1910 and fourth in 1913.

1909 season

Kent started the season with a match against the MCC at Lord's which they won by 97 runs before the County Championship got under way with six away matches. The series of games saw four wins and two draws, with the first three matches of the season won by an innings in each case. A match against Oxford University divided this series of Championship matches and was also won by the margin of an innings.

A draw against Essex in Kent's first home match of the season in June at Catford was followed by two losses to Worcestershire and Lancashire, both matches taking place at Tonbridge. These were to be the only two losses of the Championship season as Kent went unbeaten for the remainder of the season.[2]

Seven wins and a draw from the middle of June to the end of July saw Kent in a commanding position in the Championship. These included an innings victory against Gloucestershire at Catford which saw Kent score 593, the second highest total in the Championship in 1909.[3] They were to continue their good form in August, winning their first two matches of the month during Canterbury Cricket Week and going on to draw three and win three of the remaining Championship matches, including a rain affected draw against third placed Yorkshire at Dover. A match against the touring Australian side at Canterbury in the middle of the month was also a rain affected draw.[4]

A draw, despite being asked to follow-on in a rain shortened match, in the Champion County match in September at The Oval completed the season.

Players

Frank Woolley who made 29 appearances for Kent in 1909

The 1909 side was captained by Ted Dillon in his first year of captaincy and featured England international players Colin Blythe, Kenneth Hutchings and Arthur Fielder. All three had toured Australia over the 1907–08 winter.[5][6][7] Frank Woolley made his Test debut during the summer against the touring Australians, the first of his 64 Tests,[8] with Douglas Carr making his sole Test appearance in the same match.[9]

Carr, who bowled leg-spin and who was an early proponent of the relatively new googly delivery, made his first-class cricket debut against Oxford University in May at the age of 37.[9] He had not previously played any first-class cricket but, after developing his googly in 1908, he used it so well in club cricket that Kent offered him a trial. He had played only six first-class matches when he was selected for the fifth Test of the summer's Ashes series, taking five wickets in the first Australian innings and seven overall in the match.[10]

Carr capped his remarkable rise to fame by being selected as one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year in 1910 alongside batsman Arthur Day.[10][11] He played only one Test, although he made regular appearances for Kent until the end of the 1913 season.[9]

Dillon was unavailable from early August and Jack Mason, who had been club captain between 1897 and 1902, stepped in to captain the side in the last five Championship matches.[12][13] The 1909 side also included Woolley, by now a well established all-rounder, and James Seymour who each played in 29 of the 30 matches in the season as well as Punter Humphreys, Bill Fairservice, Fred Huish and Wally Hardinge, all six of whom were professionals and provided the core of the Kent team for the season. Huish was the main wicket-keeper and was considered the senior professional, beginning a streak of 151 consecutive County Championship appearances in 1909.[14] The reserve wicket-keeper was Jack Hubble who, as a result of Huish's dominant position, played only two matches in 1909.[15]

As well as Carr, batsmen David Jennings and Harold Prest made their debuts for Kent in 1909, Jennings playing once and Prest four times.[16][17]

List of players

Ages given as of the first day of Kent's 1909 County Championship season, 17 May 1909.

Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Apps Notes
Blythe, CC Blythe (1879-05-30)30 May 1879 (aged 29) Right Slow left arm 28
Carr, DWDW Carr (1872-03-17)17 March 1872 (aged 37) Right Right arm leg-break 11
Day, APAP Day (1885-04-10)10 April 1885 (aged 24) Right Right arm leg-break
Right arm fast-medium 		20
Day, SHSH Day (1878-12-29)29 December 1878 (aged 30) Right Right arm fast 11
Dillon, EWEW Dillon (1881-02-15)15 February 1881 (aged 28) Right Right arm leg-break 24 Club captain
Fairservice, WJWJ Fairservice (1881-05-16)16 May 1881 (aged 28) Right Right arm off-break 24
Fielder, AA Fielder (1877-07-19)19 July 1877 (aged 31) Right Right arm fast 23
Hardinge, HTWHTW Hardinge (1886-02-25)25 February 1886 (aged 23) Right Slow left arm 17
Hubble, JCJC Hubble (1881-02-10)10 February 1881 (aged 28) Right – 2 Wicket-keeper
Huish, FHFH Huish (1869-11-15)15 November 1869 (aged 39) Right – 28 Wicket-keeper
Humphreys, EE Humphreys (1881-08-24)24 August 1881 (aged 27) Right Slow left arm 28
Hutchings, KLKL Hutchings (1882-12-07)7 December 1882 (aged 26) Right Right arm fast 29
Jennings, DWDW Jennings (1889-06-14)14 June 1889 (aged 19) Right – 1
Marsham, CHBCHB Marsham (1879-02-10)10 February 1879 (aged 30) Right – 2
Mason, JRJR Mason (1874-03-26)26 March 1874 (aged 35) Right Right arm fast-medium 14 Acted as captain for much of August
Prest, HEWHEW Prest (1890-01-09)09 January 1890 (aged 19) Right – 4
Preston, HJBHJB Preston (1883-10-25)25 October 1883 (aged 25) Right Right arm medium 4
Seymour, JJ Seymour (1879-10-25)25 October 1879 (aged 29) Right Right arm off-break 29
Troughton, LHWLHW Troughton (1879-05-17)17 May 1879 (aged 30) Right Right arm medium 3
Woolley, FEFE Woolley (1887-05-27)27 May 1887 (aged 21) Left Slow left arm
Left arm medium 		29

Source: CricketArchive and CricInfo statistics

Statistics

Kenneth Hutchings who led Kent in County Championship run scoring in 1909

During 1909 Kent played 30 first-class matches, including 26 in the County Championship. They won 18, drew ten and lost only two matches, both during Tonbridge week in June.[2]

Match type P W L D Tie Ab Pts Pos
County Championship 26 16 2 8 0 0 14 1st
Other first-class matches 4 2 0 2 0 0 – –

Punter Humphreys led the county in run scoring with a total of 1,390 runs, including 1,207 in the County Championship, closely followed by Kenneth Hutchings with 1,368 total runs. Hutchings led the Championship aggregate for Kent with 1,251 runs.[18] Frank Woolley, James Seymour and Arthur Day also scored more than 1,000 runs for Kent during the season. Day and Hutchings both scored three centuries, as did Jack Mason who averaged 65.25 with the bat in 14 innings. Humphreys scored the County's highest score of the season with 208, at the time a record highest individual score for Kent.

Woolley and Arthur Fielder shared a partnership of 235 for the tenth wicket against Worcestershire at Amblecote.[6] As of April 2016 this remains the highest last-wicket partnership in the County Championship.[19] The pair came together when Kent were still 40 behind Worcestershire's first innings of 360 and raised Kent's total to 555 before Kent went on to win by an innings. Woolley, who scored 185, had retired hurt earlier in the innings after being hit in the mouth by a ball from Ted Arnold. Fielder contributed 112 not out to the partnership, the only first-class century of his career.[6]

Colin Blythe was Kent's leading wicket taker in 1909, taking 178 Championship wickets at an average of 14.07, a total which led all bowlers in the Championship. He took 185 wickets in total during the season for Kent, including taking 10 wickets in a match five times and five wickets in an innings 18 times during the season with his left arm spin bowling.[20] Fast bowler Arthur Fielder took 95 wickets with spinners Woolley, Douglas Carr and Bill Fairservice all making significant contributions.

Kent's best individual bowling figures for the season were Blythe's 9/42 taken against Leicestershire in May, closely followed by the same bowler's 9/44 against Northamptonshire in the same month.[21] His 16/102 in the match against Leicestershire were the season's best bowling figures in the County Championship, followed by his 14/75 in the match against Northamptonshire.[22]

Fred Huish took 63 wicket-keeping dismissals for Kent during the season, including 35 catches and 22 stumpings in the County Championship.[18] James Seymour took 35 catches in the Championship as part of Kent's well respected slip cordon.[18] Seymour played in every Championship match for Kent during the season, with Blythe, Humphreys, Hutchings and Woolley all playing in 25.[18]

Batting statistics

The table below includes all first-class batting for Kent during the 1909 season.

First-class batting
Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Ave 100 50
Blythe, CC Blythe 28335237388.4600
Carr, DWDW Carr 1110166207.3300
Day, APAP Day 202411,01417744.0935
Day, SHSH Day 111424718639.2503
Dillon, EWEW Dillon 243328238926.5504
Fairservice, WJWJ Fairservice 2330645749*19.0400
Fielder, AA Fielder 232714278112*21.3810
Hardinge, HTWHTW Hardinge 172414296218.6503
Hubble, JCJC Hubble 220301715.0000
Huish, FHFH Huish 283585376519.8901
Humphreys, EE Humphreys 283941,39020839.7127
Hutchings, KLKL Hutchings 293611,36815539.0938
Jennings, DWDW Jennings 110444.0000
Marsham, CHBCHB Marsham 230372912.3300
Mason, JRJR Mason 14142783179*65.2532
Prest, HEWHEW Prest 4501255725.0001
Preston, HJBHJB Preston 44220610.0000
Seymour, JJ Seymour 293811,0418828.14010
Troughton, LHWLHW Troughton 340744618.5000
Woolley, FEFE Woolley 293401,14618533.7126

Source: CricketArchive statistics and scorecards.

Bowling statistics

The table below includes all first-class bowling for Kent during the 1909 season.

First-class bowling
Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave 5w 10w
Blythe, CC Blythe 1,135.33142,7601859/4214.92185
Carr, DWDW Carr 378.5771,007618/3616.5151
Day, APAP Day 273740––––
Day, SHSH Day 904811/1848.0000
Dillon, EWEW Dillon 142550––––
Fairservice, WJWJ Fairservice 472.31391,171455/2826.0221
Fielder, AA Fielder 5901171,938958/6420.4093
Hardinge, HTWHTW Hardinge 35623911/1539.0000
Humphreys, EE Humphreys 13336356103/2935.6000
Hutchings, KLKL Hutchings 113290––––
Marsham, CHBCHB Marsham 5.50480––––
Mason, JRJR Mason 204.150545213/4125.9500
Preston, HJBHJB Preston 36129542/3923.7500
Seymour, JJ Seymour 2219821/1349.0000
Woolley, FEFE Woolley 523.21301,336707/4219.0920

Source: CricketArchive statistics and scorecards.

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 Rice J, Renshaw A (2011) 1910, The Wisden Collector's Guide, A&C Black, pp.98–99. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  3. ↑ County Championship 1909 - Highest team totals, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  4. ↑ Kent v Australia 1902–1926, Kent County Cricket Club, 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  5. ↑ Obituary - Colin Blythe, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1918. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
  6. 1 2 3 Obituary - Arthur Fielder, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1949. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
  7. ↑ Lieut K L Hutchings - Deaths in the war 1916, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1917. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
  8. ↑ Mukherjee A (2013) Frank Woolley: A giant among the great English all-rounders, Cricket Country, 2013-05-23. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  9. 1 2 3 Carr, Mr Douglass Ward – Obituaries in 1950, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1951. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  10. 1 2 Douglass Carr – Cricketer of the Year, 1910, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1910. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  11. ↑ Arthur Day – Cricketer of the Year, 1910, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1910. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  12. ↑ Lewis P (2014) For Kent and Country, pp.148–151. Brighton: Reveille Press.
  13. ↑ Obituary - Edward Dillon, Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1942. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
  14. ↑ Geraint Jones reaches impressive County Championship milestone, Kent County Cricket Club, 2012-09-03. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  15. ↑ Hubble, John Charlton - Obituaries in 1966, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1966. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  16. ↑ McCrery N (2015) Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War Pen and Sword, pp.432–433. (Available online, retrieved 2016-04-23).
  17. ↑ Harold Prest, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  18. 1 2 3 4 Batting and fielding for Kent - County Championship 1909, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
  19. ↑ Highest partnership for each wicket in County Championship, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  20. ↑ Bowling for Kent - County Championship 1909, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
  21. ↑ County Championship in 1909 - 5 wickets in an innings, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  22. ↑ County Championship in 1909 - 10 wickets in a match, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-04-19.

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