Lionel Troughton

Lionel Holmes Wood Troughton, MC (17 May 1879 – 31 August 1933) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club either side of 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.

Troughton was born in Seaford, East Sussex in 1879. He attended Dulwich College and played cricket for the school First XI during 1897.

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 an MCC tour of Argentina led by Archie MacLaren in 1911–12. He 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.