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| Full name | Lionel Holmes Wood Troughton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1879-05-17)17 May 1879 Seaford, East Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 August 1933(1933-08-31) (aged 54) Southwark, London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right armmedium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1907–1923 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricInfo,5 April 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lionel Holmes Wood TroughtonMC (17 May 1879 – 31 August 1933) was an English amateurcricketer who playedfirst-class cricket forKent County Cricket Club either side of theFirst World War. Primarily abatsman, Troughton wasclub captain of Kent between 1914 and 1923.[1] He served in theRifle Brigade during theFirst World War, rising to the rank oflieutenant colonel and being awarded theMilitary Cross.
Troughton was born inSeaford, East Sussex in 1879, the son of William and Kate Troughton. His father was a wine and spirits merchant who later became a solicitor atGravesend inKent, a profession which his son followed him into.[2] He attendedDulwich College and played cricket for the school First XI during 1897.[3]
Troughton first played forKent'sSecond XI in 1900, but did not make hisfirst-class cricket debut until 1907 when he appeared againstEssex at theCounty Ground, Leyton in aCounty Championship match in June.[4] He played only occasionally for Kent until 1913, never making more than five appearances for the First XI in any season,[5] but played regularly for the Second XI,captaining them for a number of years.[6]
Troughton went on aMarylebone Cricket Club (MCC) tour ofArgentina led byArchie MacLaren in 1911–12.[3] He played in all three first-class matches on the tour, the first first-class matches played byArgentina,[4] and scored a century in another match against Combined Camps inBuenos Aires.[3] In 1914 Troughton succeededTed Dillon as Kent captain, a post he held until 1923. He played much more regularly for the First XI as captain, making 30 first-class appearances in 1914 and at least 18 in each year he was captain.[5] He scored 776 runs in 1914 and 761 in 1921, his best seasons, although hisWisden obituary described him as "never a very prominent batsman".[3] Troughton did prove, however, to be a "capable captain".[3] He was appointed captain of an MCC team ofamateurs to tour New Zealand in 1920–21, but plans for the tour had to be abandoned when theNew Zealand Cricket Council was unable to raise sufficient money.[7][8]
His final first-class season was in 1923 after which he became the club's general manager, succeedingTom Pawley in the post. He held this post until his death in 1933.[3] He was succeeded as club captain byStanley Cornwallis.
Troughton was commissioned, initially as a second lieutenant, in theRifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) during theFirst World War. He served with the 10th (Service) Battalion on theWestern Front from 1915, rising to command the battalion with the rank oflieutenant colonel. In September 1916, whilst a company commander, he was awarded theMilitary Cross for leading his men in an attack atGuillemont with "conspicuous gallantry", as well as a Légion d'honneur, Croix d'Officiers, the first to be awarded in XIV Corps.[6][9][10] He was captured and made aprisoner of war during a German attack atCambrai in 1917,[6][11] and was decommissioned at the end of the war.
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| Preceded by | Kent County Cricket Clubcaptain 1914–1923 | Succeeded by |