The Minor Counties Championship 1901

29 MATCH NUMBER 6 : BEDFORDSHIRE V SURREY 2 ND XI At The Bedford Modern School Ground, Clarendon Street, Bedford on Monday 10, Tuesday 11 June 1901 Result: Surrey 2 nd XI won by ten wickets Points: Surrey 2 nd XI +1, Bedfordshire -1 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: J Relf and A Rylott Debutants: Bedfordshire 3 (F B Brooks, C H Browning, Rev R H Moss); Surrey 2 nd XI 2 (H W Edwards, E G Goatly) First day score: Bedfordshire 122 and 30-1 wicket (F Taylor 24*, G Pollitt 0*); Surrey 2 nd XI 235 Bedfordshire * H R Orr c Kersley b Dolbey 5 (5) b Dolbey 11 Pollitt, G b Dolbey 7 (3) run out 5 F G Brooks b Smith 25 (4) c Barker b Montgomery 29 Gregory, E B W c Montgomery b Dolbey 3 (2) lbw b Montgomery 4 F B Brooks b Smith 6 (7) b Holland 30 L Parbury run out 15 (6) c Strudwick b Dolbey 0 Taylor, F c Strudwick b Smith 0 (1) c Kersley b Dolbey 33 Brown, T A c Kersley b Smith 38 (8) c Montgomery b Holland 2 + C H Browning c Baker b Smith 2 (10) not out 1 Rev R H Moss c Montgomery b Dolbey 17 (9) c Strudwick b Holland 2 Moore, H not out 0 (11) c Montgomery b Holland 0 Extras 4 w 2 7 Total 122 124 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 11 18 26 41 54 54 102 104 106 122 Second innings 24 45 54 71 71 96 121 123 124 124 Dolbey 14.5 2 59 4 - - (1) 14 1 51 3 2 - Smith 17 6 47 5 - - (3) 8 2 18 0 - - Kersley 5 2 9 0 - - (5) 8 0 22 0 - - Montgomery 2 0 3 0 - - (4) 7 2 14 2 - - Edwards (2) 2 0 10 0 - - Holland (6) 3 1 2 4 - - Extras - - 4 1 - - - - 7 1 - - Total 38.5 10 122 10 - - 42 6 124 10 2 - Surrey 2 nd XI Baker, A b Gregory 36 (1) retired hurt 1 Goatly, E G c Gregory b Parbury 19 (2) not out 7 Holland, F C c Taylor b Parbury 91 (3) not out 5 Penfold, R F c Browning b Parbury 25 * K E M Barker c F G Brooks b Parbury 16 Montgomery, W c Orr b Parbury 0 Kersley, T c Brown b Moss 29 Smith, W C c Pollitt b Parbury 5 H O Dolbey st Browning b Parbury 7 + Strudwick, H b Parbury 1 Edwards, H W not out 4 Extras lb 2 2 0 Total 235 (no wicket) 13 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 26 96 161 183 188 190 206 229 230 235 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Parbury 20.4 1 89 8 - - (1) 2.1 0 12 0 - - Brown 13 2 45 0 - - Moore 3 0 20 0 - - Moss 15 3 48 1 - - (2) 2 1 1 0 - - Gregory 5 0 31 1 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 56.4 6 235 10 0 0 4.1 1 13 0 0 0 Notes: Surrey 2 nd XI won by 10 wickets at 1.35 pm on the second day. For the winners, Holland’s 91 included 11 fours, and he also took 4 wickets for 2 runs in the Bedfordshire second innings. For Bedfordshire, Brown played the highest innings with 38. In the visitors’ second innings, Baker retired hurt with the score at 3 when a knee, which had previously given him trouble, gave way. [Missing: In Bedfordshire 1 st inns extras breakdown; in Bedfordshire 2 nd inns extras breakdown.] Sources: Bedfordshire Mercury 14 June; Bedfordshire Standard 14 June; Bedfordshire Times 14 June; Surrey Year Book 1901, p 119; The Sportsman 11,12 June.