The Minor Counties Championship 1901

45 MATCH NUMBER 22 : SURREY 2 ND XI V NORTHAMPTONSHIRE At The Oval, Kennington, London on Monday 15 July, Tuesday 16 July 1901 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Surrey 2 nd XI Umpires: - Brown and G T Rye Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI 2 (H V Gillett, W S Lees); Northamptonshire 1 (L C Crockett) First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 158 and 13-1 wicket (A Baker 3*, J E Raphael 6*); Northamptonshire 190 Surrey 2 nd XI Baker, A c Papillon b East 10 (2) st Smith b Crockett 39 J E Raphael b East 61 (3) b G J Thompson 8 Goatly, E G b G J Thompson 0 (1) lbw b G J Thompson 4 H V Gillett c Smith b Driffield 8 (4) b Crockett 52 * K E M Barker b G J Thompson 2 (6) run out 36 Gooder, L M H b G J Thompson 0 (7) c Kingston b Colson 5 Thompson, H b G J Thompson 0 (9) not out 24 Lees, W S b Cox 53 (5) c and b Colson 68 Kersley, T b Cox 6 (8) c and b G J Thompson 3 Nice, E H L c Driffield b G J Thompson 13 (10) c Smith b East 13 + Strudwick, H not out 4 (11) b East 0 Extras lb 1 1 b 4, lb 11, nb 1 16 Total 158 268 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 26 27 46 51 59 59 118 140 143 158 Second innings 16 107 114 209 221 221 225 264 268 Thompson, G J 18 4 63 5 - - (1) 29 9 104 3 - 1 East 16 2 36 2 - - (2) 22.5 5 52 2 - - Driffield 8 0 50 1 - - (3) 12 1 28 0 - - Cox 2 0 8 2 - - (5) 5 0 13 0 - - Colson (4) 8 1 22 2 - - Horton (6) 4 3 2 0 - - Crockett (7) 5 0 31 2 - - Extras - - 1 0 - - - - 16 1 - - Total 44 6 158 10 0 0 85.5 19 268 10 0 1 Northamptonshire G K Papillon c Lees b Kersley 17 (2) b Lees 12 W H Kingston b Lees 9 (1) lbw b Gooder 28 Colson, G H b Kersley 1 (3) c Strudwick b Goatly 26 Thompson, G J c Kersley b Lees 2 East, W lbw b Lees 9 C R Wetherall b Lees 7 Cox, M lbw b Barker 28 L C Crockett c Strudwick b Lees 0 + B C Smith c H Thompson b Nice 15 (4) not out 73 * T Horton b Nice 62 L T Driffield not out 21 (5) not out 13 Extras b 5, lb 13, nb 1 19 b 23, lb 7 30 Total 190 (3 wickets) 182 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 27 27 30 30 46 47 47 82 158 190 Second innings 18 60 128 - - - - - - - Lees 29 9 60 5 - - (1) 15 5 24 1 - - Nice 10 2 32 2 - 1 (4) 6 3 11 0 - - Kersley 14 6 32 2 - - (2) 10 2 22 0 - - Gooder 6 1 25 0 - - (3) 11 4 32 1 - - Thompson, H 4 0 10 0 - - (7) 3 0 16 0 - - Barker 4 0 12 1 - - (5) 6 2 16 0 - - Goatly (6) 4 0 16 1 - - Raphael (8) 5 2 15 0 - - Extras - - 19 0 - - - - 30 0 - - Total 67 18 190 10 0 1 60 18 182 3 0 0 Notes: This match ended as a draw with Northamptonshire requiring a further 55 runs to win with 7 wickets remaining. The visitors had been left a little over three hours to score the 237 runs required for victory. G J Thompson performed the ‘hat-trick’ for Northamptonshire in the Surrey 2 nd XI first innings, his victims being Barker, Gooder and H Thompson. For the visitors, there were 11 fours in Smith’s 73 not out, scored in 90 minutes, and 1 five and 8 fours in Horton’s 62. In the Northamptonshire first innings, Cox and Horton added 76 for the ninth wicket, which was the third highest for that wicket during the season. For the home team, Lees had scores of 53, with 1 six and 8 fours, and 68, with 1 eight, 2 fives and 5 fours. Raphael’s 61, an innings of two hours, contained 8 fours, and Gillett’s 52 included 6 fours. In the Surrey first innings, Raphael and Lees added 59 runs for the seventh wicket. During the match, 15 players bowled. [Missing: Umpire Brown’s initials; in Surrey 2 nd inns fall of first wicket.] Sources: Surrey Year Book 1901, p 122; Northampton Daily Chronicle 16,17 July; Northampton Daily Reporter 16,17 July; Northampton Mercury 19 July; The Sportsman 16,17 July.