Lionel Holmes Wood Troughton was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club either side of the First World War.
17 Facts About Lionel Troughton
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Primarily a batsman, Troughton was club captain of Kent between 1914 and 1923.
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Lionel Troughton served in the Rifle Brigade during the First World War, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel and being awarded the Military Cross.
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Lionel Troughton was born in Seaford, East Sussex in 1879, the son of William and Kate Lionel Troughton.
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Lionel Troughton's father was a wine and spirits merchant who later became a solicitor at Gravesend in Kent, a profession which his son followed him into.
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Lionel Troughton attended Dulwich College and played cricket for the school First XI during 1897.
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Lionel 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.
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Lionel Troughton 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.
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Lionel Troughton played in all three first-class matches on the tour, the first first-class matches played by Argentina, and scored a century in another match against Combined Camps in Buenos Aires.
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In 1914 Lionel Troughton succeeded Ted Dillon as Kent captain, a post he held until 1923.
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Lionel Troughton 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.
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Lionel Troughton scored 776 runs in 1914 and 761 in 1921, his best seasons, although his Wisden obituary described him as "never a very prominent batsman".
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Lionel Troughton held this post until his death in 1933.
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Lionel Troughton was succeeded as club captain by Stanley Cornwallis.
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Lionel Troughton was commissioned, initially as a second lieutenant, in the Rifle Brigade during the First World War.
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Lionel Troughton served with the 10th Battalion on the Western Front from 1915, rising to command the battalion with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
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Lionel Troughton 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.