First-Class Cricket Matches 1908

ESSEX v SURREY Played at County Ground, Leyton, August 20, 21, 22, 1908. Match drawn. ESSEX 1 F.L.Fane b Crawford 14 c Hitch b Blacklidge 21 2 J.W.H.T.Douglas run out 88 c Hayward b Hitch 8 3 P.A.Perrin c Spring b Crawford 66 c Vigar b Blacklidge 47 4 *C.P.McGahey c Hobbs b Hayes 0 (9) not out 17 5 †J.R.Freeman not out 46 (6) not out 13 6 A.J.Turner b Crawford 9 (8) c Spring b Marshal 12 7 F.H.Gillingham c and b Marshal 1 b Marshal 0 8 W.Reeves c Spring b Marshal 4 (5) c Hayes b Marshal 8 9 C.P.Buckenham b Marshal 12 10 A.H.Read c and b Marshal 0 (4) c Ducat b Blacklidge 9 11 W.Mead c Leveson-Gower b Marshal 0 Extras b 8, lb 3 11 b 8, w 1 9 —— —— 251 (7 wickets) 144 FoW (1): 1-38, 2-149, 3-149, 4-177, 5-209, 6-214, 7-222, 8-251, 9-251, 10-251 FoW (2): 1-13, 2-64, 3-89, 4-100, 5-104, 6-104, 7-118 SURREY 1 T.W.Hayward c Freeman b Buckenham 56 2 J.B.Hobbs c Freeman b Read 17 3 E.G.Hayes c McGahey b Reeves 30 4 A.Marshal st Freeman b McGahey 50 5 J.N.Crawford c Fane b Buckenham 14 6 A.Ducat c McGahey b Buckenham 7 7 W.A.Spring c Perrin b Reeves 51 8 H.G.Blacklidge b Buckenham 45 9 *H.D.G.Leveson-Gower b Douglas 7 10 †H.E.Vigar lbw b Mead 8 11 J.W.Hitch not out 0 Extras b 5, lb 4 9 —— 294 FoW (1): 1-30, 2-77, 3-136, 4-164, 5-179, 6-187, 7-272, 8-279, 9-287, 10-294 Surrey Bowling O M R W O M R W Hitch 13 3 52 0 10 1 34 1 Crawford 29 7 85 3 15 3 37 0 Marshal 15 4 28 5 (4) 11 3 24 3 Blacklidge 7 0 25 0 (3) 15 3 38 3 1w Spring 4 0 22 0 Hayes 11 3 28 1 Hayward (5) 1 0 2 0 Essex Bowling O M R W Mead 25.2 6 66 1 Read 21 5 79 1 Reeves 12 2 37 2 McGahey 10 2 37 1 Buckenham 15 2 51 4 Douglas 4 1 15 1 Umpires: J.Carlin and C.E.Dench. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 149-2 (Perrin 47*); 2nd day: Surrey (1) 290-8 (Blacklidge 41*, Vigar 8*). Fane appeared in the match under the assumed name of H.Temple. 242