Roy Kilner
Roy Kilner was an English professional cricketer. He played nine Test matches for England between 1924 and 1926. An all-rounder, he played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1911 and 1927. In all first-class matches, he scored 14,707 runs at an average of 30. 01 and took 1,003 wickets at anAverage of 18. 45.
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Roy Kilner was an English professional cricketer. He played nine Test matches for England between 1924 and 1926. An all-rounder, he played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1911 and 1927. In all first-class matches, he scored 14,707 runs at an average of 30. 01 and took 1,003 wickets at anAverage of 18. 45. Kilner scored 1,000 runs in a season ten times and took 100 wickets in aSeason five times. On four occasions, he completed the double: scoring 1,00 runs and taking 100 wicket in the same season. He died in 1928, aged 37, after contracting an illness on a coaching trip to India. His funeral was attended by over 100,000 people and there was widespread sadness at his death. He was the second son and one of eleven children of Seth Kilner and Mary Alice Washington. His brother Norman also played cricket, representing Yorkshire and Warwickshire. His father and uncle, Irving Washington, the former Yorkshire player, encouraged him to play cricket from an early age. He showed enough ability to join the local colliery team, Mitchell Main, at the age of 14 in 1904. By 1909 his batting improved; he scored his first century for the team and began to make consistently good scores, attracting the attention of Yorkshire. After being wounded in the war, he returned in 1919 to a Yorkshire side which was short of bowlers. His aggressive batting and warm personality made him a popular player with both cricketers and spectators. His form brought him selection by England in 1924 and a visit to Australia for the Ashes tour of 1924–25. Although the second most successful bowler of the tour, his bowling subsequently declined in effectiveness, and did not trouble batsmen on good pitches.
In 1926, he was selected during the 1926 Ashes but dropped for the final Test. For Harrogate Cricket Club he was more successful, with 519 runs and 28 wickets. Although his form for Yorkshire Second XI was more inconsistent, he made his first- class debut for Yorkshire that season against Somerset in the County Championship. In a further six matches for Yorkshire in 1911, his highest innings was 18 runs, his average with the bat was just 6. 66 in ten innings and he did not take any wickets, but continued to do well for Mitchell Main. In June 1912, he replaced injured all-rounder George Hirst for a match against Nottinghamshire. Although failing to score in the first innings, he came in to score 133 for Yorkshire for the second innings, and shared a partnership of 113 for the fifth wicket and scored 83 not out to take Yorkshire to a five wicket win. This performance kept Kilner in the team for the remainder of the season, even after Hirst’s return. He scored 570 runs at 23 times for Yorkshire and took 16 wickets for the first season, regarded as a respectable first season for the County. In the second season, he took three wickets and had a batting average of 12. 50. For 1911, Yorkshire sent Kilner to play for Harrogated Cricket Club which provided a higher standard of cricket than Mitchell Main: the county had a system whereby promising young players were sent to gain experience in competitive matches.
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