The Minor Counties Championship 1902

136 SURREY 2 ND X1 1902 Championship matches: Played 10, won 6, lost none, drawn 4 (won on first innings 2, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Second out of sixteen Won: v Glamorgan at The Oval, v Yorkshire 2 nd XI at Harrogate, v Glamorgan at Swansea, v Dorset at Weymouth, v Dorset at The Oval, and v Wiltshire at The Oval Lost: None Drawn – won on first innings: v Northamptonshire at The Oval, and v Wiltshire at Swindon Drawn – lost on first innings: v Northamptonshire at Northampton Drawn – no decision on first innings: v Yorkshire 2 nd XI at The Oval. Captain: K E M Barker (8 matches) – J E Raphael was captain in the two matches in which K E M Barker did not play Wicket-keepers: E W Bale (1 match), E Booker (1 match) and H Strudwick (8 matches) Debutants: 5 (E W Bale, H A Bates, E Booker, G H Hadfield and E Wiltshire) Final season: 3 (K E M Barker, E Booker and G H Hadfield) Secretary: C W Alcock Professionals: 14 (A Baker, E W Bale, H P Clode, W E Davis, E G Goatley, L M H Gooder, F C Holland, T Kersley, W S Lees, W Montgomery, J H Moulder, E H L Nice, W C Smith and H Strudwick) Home ground 1: The Oval, Kennington, London (5 matches). Notes: For the second season running, Surrey 2 nd XI were placed second in the Championship. Under the old points system, they would have won the title. A reduced number of 10 matches were played compared to 14 in 1901. Bedfordshire, Devon and Norfolk were no longer met, and Dorset were new opponents. Career milestones passed during the season were two thousand runs by A Baker, one hundred wickets by W C Smith and 50 wicket-keeping dismissals by H Strudwick. SURREY 2 ND XI MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1902 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 5 players who made their Championship debut for Surrey 2 nd XI during the season. Names in bold denote that 1902 was the last or only season that these 3 players appeared for Surrey 2 nd XI in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Baker, A 9 15 0 96 547 36.46 - 5 3 5 - - - - - - - - - Bale, E W + 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - K E M Barker 8 10 1 27 83 9.22 - - - 5 - 16 1 60 4 15.00 3-24 - - H A Bates + 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - - - - 2 2 0 0 - - - - E Booker + 1 2 1 10* 18 18.00 - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - Clode, H P 1 1 1 19* 19 - - - - - - 34 12 56 10 5.60 8-26 1 1 Davis, W E 10 14 3 42* 197 17.90 - - 2 4 - 51.1 4 193 19 10.15 5-28 - 1 Goatly, E G 4 6 0 18 64 10.66 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Gooder, L M H 9 13 2 92* 207 18.81 - 1 2 7 - 92.3 33 230 19 12.10 5-54 - 1 G H Hadfield + 5 3 0 15 15 5.00 - - 2 5 - 64.1 25 149 14 10.64 5-18 - 1 Holland, F C 5 9 2 80 209 29.85 - 1 - 5 - 17 6 43 4 10.75 3-28 - - Kersley, T 4 4 0 31 31 7.75 - - 3 1 - 32 9 55 2 27.50 1-10 - - Lees, W S 5 7 1 24 67 11.16 - - - 4 - 142.2 56 220 22 10.00 6-32 - 2 Montgomery, W 5 6 2 14* 49 12.25 - - - 3 - 28 9 55 5 11.00 2-8 - - Moulder, J H 10 16 2 72 180 12.85 - 1 3 4 - - - - - - - - - Nice, E H L 6 8 1 56 133 19.00 - 1 - 2 - 90.3 23 208 18 11.55 6-58 - 1 J E Raphael 3 4 0 43 107 26.75 - - - 1 - 3 1 5 0 - - - - Smith, W C 7 6 1 43 54 10.80 - - 2 6 - 149.2 55 283 31 9.12 6-45 1 3 Strudwick, H 8 9 5 17 55 13.75 - - - 13 7 - - - - - - - - E Wiltshire + 8 14 2 127* 454 37.83 1 2 1 1 - 4 1 10 3 3.33 2-6 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 110 - - - - - - - - 103 7 - - - - Total 110 148 24 127* 2603 20.99 1 11 18 69 8 726 237 1670 158 10.57 8-26 2 10 (20 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 3 players made their last or only appearances for Surrey 2 nd XI in the Championship in 1902. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I K E M Barker 1899 28 42 5 86 779 21.05 - 4 6 16 - 417 261 9 29.00 3-24 - - E Booker 1902 1 2 1 10* 18 18.00 - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - G H Hadfield 1902 5 3 0 15 15 5.00 - - 2 5 - 385 149 14 10.64 5-18 - 1 (3 players)