The Minor Counties Championship 1901

52 MATCH NUMBER 29 : SURREY 2 ND XI V WILTSHIRE At The Oval, Kennington, London on Monday 22, Tuesday 23 July 1901 Result: Surrey 2 nd XI won by an innings and 10 runs Points: Surrey 2 nd XI +1, Wiltshire -1 Toss: Surrey 2 nd XI Umpires: G Bean and W T Westell Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI none; Wiltshire none First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 307; Wiltshire 81-5 wickets (W R R Smith 7*) Surrey 2 nd XI Baker, A b Martin 51 Moulder, J H c Medlicott b Martin 47 H V Gillett b Martin 4 * K E M Barker c Medlicott b Radcliffe 77 Penfold, R F c W R R Smith b Newman 24 Thompson, H c Medlicott b Martin 39 Gooder, L M H c Miller b Bowes 0 Nice, E H L b Radcliffe 5 Kersley, T b Radcliffe 0 Smith, W C c Awdry b Martin 33 + Strudwick, H not out 10 Extras w 2, nb 1 17 Total 307 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 307 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Overton 17 8 22 0 - - Smith, W R R 22 11 52 0 - - Miller 3 0 27 0 - 1 Radcliffe 7 0 37 3 - - Martin 23.5 2 106 5 2 - Newman 9 1 32 1 - - Bowes 3 0 14 1 - - Extras - - 17 0 - - Total 84.5 22 307 10 2 1 Wiltshire (Followed on) J E Stevens b Gooder 30 ( ) b W C Smith 7 W S Medlicott lbw b Gooder 28 ( ) c Barker b Nice 4 H P Taunton b Nice 1 ( ) c and b Thompson 27 R W Awdry b Nice 5 ( ) b Kersley 5 O G Radcliffe c Nice b W C Smith 0 ( ) c Strudwick b Kersley 3 Smith, W R R not out 30 ( ) c and b Thompson 49 * A M Miller b W C Smith 20 ( ) c Barker b Nice 27 R F B Bowes c Kersley b Thompson 19 ( ) b Nice 0 + Newman, F lbw b Nice 3 ( ) b Nice 0 Overton, W c Gillett b Nice 0 absent hurt - Martin, - b Nice 2 ( ) not out 0 Extras 11 b 24, lb 1, w 1 26 Total 149 148 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 81 149 Second innings 16 148 - Smith, W C 21 8 52 2 - - (2) 10 4 24 1 - - Nice 20 8 38 5 - - (1) 14 8 20 4 - - Gooder 14 9 19 2 - - (3) 9 2 13 0 - - Barker 3 0 8 0 - - (4) 4 0 21 0 1 - Thompson 7 4 21 1 - - (5) 6 0 31 2 - - Kersley (6) 7.1 4 13 2 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 26 0 - - Total 65 29 149 10 - - 50.1 18 148 9 1 0 Notes: Surrey 2 nd XI won by an innings and ten runs at around 4.15 pm on the second day, after Wiltshire followed on 158 runs behind. They completed the double over Wiltshire, having won at Swindon when the sides had met the previous week. For the winners, Barker scored 77 with 7 fours, an innings of just under two hours, Baker 51 with 9 fours, and Moulder 47 also with 9 fours. W R R Smith top-scored for Wiltshire with 49. Miller kept wicket for Wiltshire when Newman bowled. When Nice took his third wicket in the Wiltshire first innings, he became the first bowler to take one hundred wickets for Surrey in championship matches. [An alternative version of this score based on Wiltshire sources has the Wiltshire first innings total as 148, with Miller scoring 19, Thompson conceding 20 runs and the margin of victory being an innings and 11 runs.] [Missing: Part extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Wiltshire 2 nd inns batting order; initials of Martin.] Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 25 July; North Wilts Guardian 25 July; North Wilts Herald 26 July; Salisbury Journal 27 July; Swindon Advertiser 26 July; Wiltshire Chronicle 27 July; Wiltshire Telegraph 27 July; Surrey Year Book 1901, p 125; Sporting Life 23,24 July; The Sportsman 23,24 July.