The Minor Counties Championship 1901

87 MATCH NUMBER 64 : SURREY 2 ND XI V DEVON At The Oval, Kennington, London on Monday 19, Tuesday 20 August 1901 Result: Surrey 2 nd XI won by 153 runs Points: Surrey 2 nd XI +1, Devon -1 Toss: Surrey 2 nd XI Umpires: W Hearne and J J Tuck Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI none; Devon 1 (R C Wilkinson) First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 224; Devon 129-7 wickets (Lt J F Orchard 21*, - Roles 14*) Surrey 2 nd XI Hayes, E G b Roles 24 (1) b Roles 123 Gooder, L M H b Roles 11 (2) run out 8 H V Gillett c Minto b Roles 18 (3) c Brutton b Roles 57 Thompson, H b Roles 0 (4) b Roles 0 Montgomery, W b Roles 17 (5) c Sandford b Roles 28 Penfold, R F c and b Brutton 67 (6) not out 4 * W T Graburn b Roles 46 A C E von Ernsthausen b Brutton 0 Kersley, T c Wilkinson b Roles 6 (7) not out 3 Davis, W E c Orchard b Roles 22 + Strudwick, H not out 10 Extras b 2, nb 1 3 b 4 4 Total 224 (5 wickets declared) 227 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 30 44 44 61 75 184 184 191 191 224 Second innings 15 176 176 193 222 - - - - - Roles 31.2 11 78 8 - - (1) 15 2 62 4 - - Minto 16 0 63 0 - 1 (5) 10 1 44 0 - - Aston 12 2 43 0 - - (2) 6 0 22 0 - - Francis 5 1 11 0 - - (4) 5 0 18 0 - - Brutton 8 2 26 2 - - (3) 3 0 23 0 - - Wilkinson (6) 4 0 26 0 - - Copleston (7) 4 0 28 0 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 4 1 - - Total 72.2 16 224 10 0 1 47 3 227 5 0 0 Devon T C G Sandford b Hayes 14 (1) c Gooder b Kersley 67 Rev E B Brutton c Gillett b Hayes 16 (2) c Penfold b von Ernsthausen 5 R C Wilkinson b von Ernsthausen 3 (3) c Penfold b Kersley 21 H A Francis b Kersley 22 (4) b Kersley 0 * J H H Copleston b Gooder 26 (5) c Penfold b Kersley 1 Lt J F Orchard b von Ernsthausen 27 (6) c and b Kersley 7 W J Hussey c and b Kersley 0 (7) c Graburn b Kersley 3 Aston, H b Gooder 0 (8) b Kersley 3 Roles, - c Penfold b Hayes 21 (9) not out 11 + Davies, T b Hayes 4 (10) c Gooder b Kersley 10 Minto, W J not out 0 (11) b Gooder 1 Extras b 14, lb 3 17 b 16, lb 1, w 1, nb 1 19 Total 150 148 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 19 36 36 83 99 101 102 140 150 150 Second innings 16 78 78 80 103 123 126 135 145 148 Von Ernsthausen 22 8 46 2 - - (1) 9 1 26 1 - - Hayes 24 7 32 4 - - (2) 10 0 38 0 - - Kersley 12 1 28 2 - - (3) 11 1 38 8 - 1 Gooder 7 2 17 2 - - (4) 9.1 3 27 1 1 - Davis 2 0 10 0 - - Extras - - 17 0 - - - - 19 0 - - Total 67 18 150 10 0 0 39.1 5 148 10 1 1 Notes: Surrey 2 nd XI won this return match by 153 runs shortly before 5.00 pm on the second day. The game at Exeter the previous week had been drawn. For the winners, there was 1 six, 17 fours, 6 threes and 6 twos in Hayes’s 123, an innings of just under 2 hours. Penfold scored 67 and Gillett 57, which included 6 fours. In the Surrey first innings, Penfold and Graburn added 109 runs for the sixth wicket and, in the second innings, Hayes and Gillett put on 161 for the second wicket in two hours. The latter partnership was the highest for that wicket during the season. Kersley took 10 wickets in the match for 66 runs, including 8 for 38 in the Devon second innings. For the losers, Roles took 12 wickets in the match for 140 runs, including 8 for 78 in the first innings. There were 6 fours in Sandford’s 67 . [An alternative version of this score, found only in the Devon scorebook and not supported by any other sources listed, gives in the Devon first innings Hayes and Gooder bowling 6 and 3 maidens respectively; and in the Devon second innings total 149, Hussey scoring 4 runs, and Hayes bowling 1 maiden.] [Missing: In Surrey 1 st inns boundaries in Penfold’s 67; initials of Roles.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Surrey Year Book 1901, p 132; Devon Evening Express 20 August; Western Daily Mercury 20,21 August; Sporting Life 20,21 August; The Sportsman 20,21 August.