First-Class Cricket Matches 1908

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v SURREY Played at County Ground, Northampton, July 6, 7, 1908. Surrey won by an innings and 15 runs. SURREY 1 T.W.Hayward c Buswell b Wells 1 2 J.B.Hobbs c Manning b Thompson 125 3 J.N.Crawford c Buswell b Wells 0 4 A.Marshal st Buswell b Driffield 143 5 E.G.Goatly b Thompson 21 6 W.A.Spring c Knight b Thompson 41 7 *H.D.G.Leveson-Gower b Thompson 14 8 W.S.Lees b Driffield 5 9 J.W.Hitch c Wells b Thompson 13 10 W.C.Smith b Thompson 11 11 †H.Strudwick not out 1 Extras b 2 2 —— 377 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-1, 3-98, 4-276, 5-316, 6-347, 7-347, 8-365, 9-365, 10-377 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 W.H.Kingston c Strudwick b Lees 5 c Smith b Hitch 76 2 G.A.T.Vials c Strudwick b Hitch 58 lbw b Lees 36 3 R.F.Knight b Crawford 16 b Crawford 21 4 C.J.T.Pool c Strudwick b Hitch 15 st Strudwick b Lees 0 5 G.J.Thompson b Hitch 24 c Strudwick b Hitch 0 6 M.Cox not out 18 c Hitch b Crawford 5 7 W.Wells c Smith b Hitch 7 b Hitch 4 8 *T.E.Manning b Hitch 16 c Strudwick b Crawford 2 9 †W.A.Buswell b Crawford 23 b Crawford 1 10 L.T.Driffield b Crawford 7 b Hitch 3 11 D.Hardy c Spring b Hitch 0 not out 1 Extras b 1, lb 13, nb 2 16 b 4, lb 1, w 1, nb 2 8 —— —— 205 157 FoW (1): 1-7, 2-64, 3-96, 5-130, 6-163, 7-163, 8-195, 9-204, 10-205 FoW (2): 1-72, 2-72, 3-137, 4-137, 5-141, 6-141, 7-148, 8-148, 9-151, 10-157 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W Thompson 23.2 1 104 6 Wells 21 2 80 2 Driffield 17 1 95 2 Knight 7 0 56 0 Hardy 3 0 9 0 Pool 5 0 31 0 Surrey Bowling O M R W O M R W Lees 28 7 68 1 8 0 28 2 Hitch 27.3 2 99 6 2nb 13 2 44 4 2nb Crawford 8 3 21 3 14.4 4 45 4 1w Smith 1 0 1 0 3 1 16 0 Spring (5) 6 1 16 0 Umpires: H.Baldwin and G.P.Harrison. Toss: Surrey Close of Play: 1st day: Northamptonshire (1) 96-3 (Pool 11*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. J.B.Hobbs’s 125 took 175 minutes and included 19 fours and 1 five. A.Marshal’s 143 took 130 minutes and included 24 fours. A.Marshal retired hurt in the Surrey first innings (team score 61-2) and returned at 98-3 so Hobbs and Marshal added 238 runs in all for the third and fourth wickets. M.Cox retired hurt in the Northamptonshire first innings (team score 121-4) and returned at ?-?. 155