The Minor Counties Championship 1902

85 MATCH NUMBER 62 : SURREY 2 ND XI V DORSET At The Oval, Kennington, London on Monday 18 [no play], Tuesday 19 August 1902 Result: Surrey 2 nd XI won by an innings and 46 runs Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 3 Toss: Not known Umpires: W Hearne and H J Quinnell Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI 1 (H A Bates); Dorset 1 (E B T Lee) First day score: Rain prevented play Dorset C A S Sewell c Baker b Hadfield 5 ( ) b Smith 7 E R Kindersley b Hadfield 23 ( ) st Strudwick b Lees 13 F A S Sewell c Baker b Lees 1 ( ) run out 11 Rev C Kindersley c and b Hadfield 0 ( ) c Smith b Lees 4 Rev A B Burney b Hadfield 2 absent - R E Smart b Smith 0 ( ) c Hadfield b Davis 6 Bowley, T b Smith 0 ( ) c Hadfield b Davis 6 H E Forrester not out 6 ( ) b Davis 5 + Rev R S K Blucke b Smith 0 ( ) b Davis 1 E B T Lee c Davis b Hadfield 1 ( ) c Lees b Davis 1 * W H Manfield b Smith 0 ( ) not out 1 Extras b 1 1 b 3 3 Total 39 58 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 39 Second innings 58 - Hadfield 13 6 18 5 - - Lees 9 3 18 1 - - (3) 7 3 8 2 - - Smith 3.1 1 2 4 - - (1) 10 4 14 1 - - Davis (2) 9 1 28 5 - - Bates (4) 2 2 0 0 - - Raphael (5) 3 1 5 0 - - Extras - - 1 0 - - - - 3 1 - - Total 25.1 10 39 10 0 0 31 11 58 9 0 0 Surrey 2 nd XI Baker, A b Forrester 40 * J E Raphael st Blucke b Burney 22 Moulder, J H b Forrester 20 Holland, F C not out 27 Davis, W E c Manfield b Burney 9 H A Bates lbw b Burney 4 Lees, W S c Smart b Bowley 1 Montgomery, W b Burney 7 Smith, W C not out 5 G H Hadfield + Strudwick, H Extras b 4, lb 4 8 Total (7 wickets declared) 143 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Bowley 16 5 35 1 - - Burney 16 2 64 4 - - Forrester 6 1 18 2 - - C Kindersley 4 1 18 0 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - Total 42 9 143 7 0 0 Notes: This match was completed in a single day, after rain had prevented a start on the Monday. Play on the second day started at 10.30 am and Surrey 2 nd XI won by an innings and 46 runs shortly before 6.30 pm, despite more rain delaying the start of the Dorset second innings by two hours. Surrey 2 nd XI completed the ‘double’ over Dorset having won when the two teams met at Weymouth in July. For Dorset it was there sixth loss in seven matches. The match aggregate of 240 runs for a completed match was the second lowest of the season. The Dorset first innings total of 39 was the third lowest of the season. [Missing: Toss; fall of wickets; in Dorset 2 nd inns batting order, and why Burney absent.] Sources: Surrey Year Book 1902, p 129; Dorchester Telegraph 26 August; Pulman’s Weekly News 26 August; Weymouth Telegram 22 August; The Sportsman 18,19,20 August; Cricket 1902, p 363.