Lionel Troughton

Lionel Holmes Wood Troughton (17 May 1879 – 31 August 1933) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club before and after the First World War. Primarily a batsman, Troughton was club captain of Kent between 1914 and 1923. He served in the Rifle Brigade during the First World War, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel and being awarded the Military Cross.

Early life Troughton was born in Seaford, East Sussex in 1879, the son of William and Kate Troughton. His father was a wine and spirits merchant who later became a solicitor at Gravesend in Kent, a profession which his son followed him into. He attended Dulwich College and played cricket for the school First XI during 1897.

Cricket career

Troughton first played for Kent's Second XI in 1900, but did not make his first-class cricket debut until 1907 when he appeared against Essex at the County Ground, Leyton in a County Championship match in June. He played only occasionally for Kent until 1913, never making more than five appearances for the First XI in any season, but played regularly for the Second XI, captaining them for a number of years.

Troughton went on a Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) tour of Argentina led by Archie MacLaren in 1911–12.

His final first-class season was in 1923 after which he became the club's general manager, succeeding Tom Pawley in the post. He held this post until his death in 1933. He was captured and made a prisoner of war during a German attack at Cambrai in 1917, and was decommissioned at the end of the war.