The Minor Counties Championship 1901

46 MATCH NUMBER 23 : SURREY 2 ND XI V BEDFORDSHIRE At The Oval, Kennington, London on Wednesday 17, Thursday 18 July 1901 Result: Surrey 2 nd XI won by ten wickets Points: Surrey 2 nd XI +1, Bedfordshire -1 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: R Barber and - Rogers Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI 1 (J H Moulder); Bedfordshire 1 (H V Baumgartner) First day score: Bedfordshire 110 and 16-2 wickets (F G Brooks 4*, T A Brown 6*); Surrey 2 nd XI 197 Bedfordshire F G Brooks b Nice 3 ( ) b Smith 13 Pollitt, G c Strudwick b Smith 52 ( ) b Gooder 44 B L Peel b Nice 0 ( ) c Strudwick b Lees 4 * H R Orr b Smith 7 ( ) c Strudwick b Gooder 44 Brown, T A lbw b Smith 0 (4) b Smith 13 S G Wilkinson b Kersley 13 ( ) b Gooder 0 L G Stileman-Gibbard b Nice 16 ( ) not out 1 L Parbury not out 14 ( ) b Nice 5 + C H Browning c Strudwick b Lees 0 ( ) b Moulder 3 J F Morris c Strudwick b Lees 0 ( ) c Kersley b Smith 0 H V Baumgartner b Smith 1 ( ) b Moulder 5 Extras lb 4 4 b 5, lb 1, nb 2 8 Total 110 140 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 110 Second innings 140 Nice 16 5 38 3 - - (3) 11 2 29 1 - 2 Smith 12 5 12 4 - - (2) 14 2 31 3 - - Lees 8 3 18 2 - - (1) 9 3 21 1 - - Kersley 5 1 19 1 - - (4) 4 0 19 0 - - Gooder 4 1 19 0 - - (5) 5 0 21 3 - - Moulder (6) 4 1 11 2 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 45 15 110 10 0 0 47 8 140 10 0 2 Surrey 2 nd XI Baker, A b Brown 31 ( ) not out 13 Moulder, J H c Browning b Brown 3 H V Gillett lbw b Parbury 7 * K E M Barker b Parbury 0 Lees, W S c Brooks b Parbury 25 Gooder, L M H lbw b Brown 0 ( ) not out 41 Thompson, H not out 74 Nice, E H L c Brown b Parbury 17 Smith, W C b Parbury 3 Kersley, T c Orr b Parbury 28 + Strudwick, H st Browning b Baumgartner 6 Extras b 3 3 0 Total 197 (no wicket) 54 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 61 197 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Parbury 31 6 90 6 - - (1) 6 0 45 0 - - Brown 27 1 87 3 - - (2) 6 2 9 0 - - Baumgartner 4.5 1 15 1 - - Morris 1 0 2 0 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 63.5 8 197 10 0 0 12 2 54 0 0 0 Notes: Surrey 2 nd XI won by ten wickets shortly after lunch on the second day, thus completing the ‘double’ over Bedfordshire. The margin of victory had been the same when the two teams met at Bedford in June. For the winners, there were 5 fours in Thompson’s 74 not out. Strudwick took 5 catches in the match to equal the Championship record, which had been achieved on 5 previous occasions. For the losers, Pollitt’s 52 included 6 fours. The Bedfordshire first innings total of 110 was the lowest completed innings with a batsman scoring fifty during the season. When taking his third wicket in the Surrey first innings, Brown reached the career milestone of one hundred wickets in championship matches for Bedfordshire. [Missing: Umpire Rogers initials; fall of wickets; in Bedfordshire 2 nd inns batting order; in Surrey 2 nd inns batting order; precise time completed.] Sources: Surrey Year Book 1901, p 123; Bedfordshire Mercury 19,26 July; Bedfordshire Standard 26 July; Sporting Life 18,19 July; The Sportsman 18,19 July.