The Minor Counties Championship 1902

54 MATCH NUMBER 31 : DORSET V SURREY 2 ND XI At The Weymouth College Cricket Ground, Weymouth on Wednesday 23, Thursday 24 July 1902 Result: Surrey 2 nd XI won by an innings and 123 runs. Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 3 Toss: Surrey 2 nd XI Umpires: Not known Debutants: Dorset 1 (W Andrew); Surrey 2 nd XI none First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 262; Dorset 59 and - -3 wickets (J A Lush -* , F A S Sewell -*) Surrey 2 nd XI Baker, A c Budge b Andrew 79 E Wiltshire c Sewell b Bowley 56 Moulder, J H b Bowley 18 Gooder, L M H b Sewell 34 Davis, W E c Crimmins b Bowley 29 * K E M Barker c Blucke b Sewell 4 Goatly, E G lbw b Bowley 11 Nice, E H L b Bowley 5 Montgomery, W c Castleman b Sewell 3 Smith, W C c Battrick b Sewell 1 + Strudwick, H not out 2 Extras w 1 20 Total 262 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 262 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Sewell 9.3 0 57 4 - - Andrew 18 2 63 1 - - Crimmins 5 1 20 0 - - Bowley 22 1 75 5 - - Battrick 8 1 27 0 1 - Extras - - 20 0 - - Total 62.3 5 262 10 1 0 Dorset (Followed on) C P Turle b Nice 0 (1) b Gooder 23 * E R Kindersley run out 10 (2) c Baker b Gooder 10 W Andrew b Nice 0 (3) b Gooder 1 F A S Sewell c Strudwick b Smith 3 (5) c Smith b Wiltshire 28 J A Lush run out 1 (4) c Smith b Gooder 2 W H Budge c Gooder b Nice 0 ( ) lbw b Smith 3 E W F Castleman b Davis 18 ( ) not out 4 + Rev R S K Blucke b Nice 10 ( ) c Goatly b Wiltshire 0 Battrick, G c Barker b Gooder 15 ( ) c Gooder b Nice 1 Bowley, T not out 1 ( ) b Nice 2 P Crimmins absent hurt - absent hurt - Extras 1 6 Total 59 80 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 59 - Second innings 28 34 80 - Smith 13 9 14 1 - - (4) 6 1 14 1 - - Nice 15 3 26 4 - - ( ) 3.2 1 4 2 - - Gooder 3.1 0 16 1 - - (2) 14 5 26 4 - - Davis 1 0 2 1 - - (1) 5 0 18 0 - - Montgomery (3) 4 3 6 0 - - Wiltshire ( ) 3 1 6 2 - - Extras - - 1 2 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 32.1 12 59 9 - - 35.2 11 80 9 - - Notes: Surrey 2 nd XI completed their victory shortly before noon on the second day. It was Dorset’s fourth consecutive defeat by an innings. For the winners, Baker scored 79 and Wiltshire 56. Bowley arrived late on the first day when the Surrey 2 nd XI score was 64 for nought. J F A Barnard had fielded as substitute. Crimmins badly damaged a finger when he caught Davis and retired from the match. The margin of the Surrey 2 nd XI victory was the second largest of the season. No evidence has yet been found to confirm that Weymouth College was the venue for this match. However, as all recent Dorset friendly matches played at Weymouth had been on this ground, it is likely to have been the location. When dismissing Budge in the Dorset second innings, Smith reached the career milestone of 100 wickets in championship matches. [Missing: Ground location; umpires; first day score and Dorset batsmen’s not out scores; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Surrey inns boundaries in Baker’s 79 and Wiltshire’s 56; in Dorset 2 nd inns part batting order, and part bowling order.] Sources: Dorchester Telegram 29 July; Southern Times 26 July; Weymouth Times 25 July; Surrey Year Book 1902, p 126; The Sportsman 25 July.