The Minor Counties Championship 1902

92 MATCH NUMBER 69 : SURREY 2 ND XI V WILTSHIRE At The Oval, Kennington, London on Monday 25, Tuesday 26 August 1902 Result: Surrey 2 nd XI won by 201 runs Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 3 Toss: Surrey 2 nd XI Umpires: W Cherry and W Hearne Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI none; Wiltshire none First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 198; Wiltshire 117 Surrey 2 nd XI Baker, A c Stevens b Miller 96 (2) st Ford b Stevens 37 E Wiltshire b Smart 19 (1) not out 127 Holland, F C st Ford b Smart 1 (3) not out 27 * J E Raphael b W R R Smith 43 Gooder, L M H c Medlicott b W R R Smith 1 Davis, W E c Stevens b W R R Smith 9 Moulder, J H b W R R Smith 7 Lees, W S c Ford b Miller 2 G H Hadfield b Smart 15 Smith, W C c Medlicott b Smart 0 + Strudwick, H not out 2 Extras b 2, lb 1 3 b 8, lb 9 17 Total 198 (1 wicket declared) 208 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 49 140 172 198 Second innings 120 - - - - - - - - - Overton 10 2 37 0 - - (2) 10 2 32 0 - - Smith, W R R 27 13 39 4 - - (1) 15 2 41 0 - - Miller 15 2 48 2 - - (4) 9 2 41 0 - - Smart 12.4 1 52 4 - - (3) 5 0 27 0 - - Stevens 4 0 19 0 - - (5) 7 3 25 1 - - Ford (6) 4 0 25 0 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 17 0 - - Total 68.4 18 198 10 0 0 50 9 208 1 0 0 Wiltshire C H Ransome c Lees b Hadfield 7 ( ) c Strudwick b Lees 9 W S Medlicott b W C Smith 0 ( ) c W C Smith b Gooder 36 H P Taunton c Hadfield b W C Smith 6 ( ) b Lees 0 Smith, W R R run out 2 ( ) st Strudwick b Gooder 0 J E Stevens b Lees 42 ( ) b Lees 8 H S Snell not out 36 ( ) c Baker b Lees 1 * A M Miller b W C Smith 17 ( ) b Lees 4 C G Bond lbw b W C Smith 0 ( ) c Holland b Gooder 6 Smart, T st Strudwick b W C Smith 1 ( ) not out 0 Overton, W b Hadfield 1 ( ) c Holland b Gooder 12 + Ford, E S c Wiltshire b Hadfield 1 ( ) b Lees 7 Extras b 4 4 b 4, w 1 5 Total 117 88 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 24 76 117 Second innings 28 44 50 54 58 58 69 69 88 88 Smith, W C 22 9 35 5 - - (1) 13 3 28 0 - - Hadfield 17.1 8 30 3 - - Gooder 6 2 17 0 - - (3) 16 10 23 4 - - Davis 7 1 24 0 - - Lees 8 5 7 1 - - (2) 28.2 12 32 6 1 - Extras - - 4 1 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 60.1 25 117 10 0 0 57.2 25 88 10 1 0 Notes: Surrey 2 nd XI won their final match of the season against Wiltshire by 201 runs shortly before 5.00 pm on the second day. The game between the two teams at Swindon in July had been drawn. The victory kept open Surrey 2 nd XI’s chance of sharing the Championship title, but this depended on Wiltshire gaining no points from their match with Monmouthshire over the next two days. For Surrey 2 nd XI, there was 1 five, 16 fours, and 6 threes in E Wiltshire’s 127 not out, scored in 2½ hours. He scored his century before lunch on the second day, both sides having completed an innings on the first day. Baker’s 96 contained 11 fours. In the Surrey second innings Baker and Wiltshire put on 120 runs for the first wicket, which was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season. When Baker scored 14 in the Surrey first innings, he reached the career milestone of 2,000 runs in championship matches. Similarly, when Overton scored his single in the Wiltshire first innings, he reached the career milestone of 1,000 runs in championship matches. [Missing: Part fall of wickets; in Surrey 2 nd inns ‘2’s in E Wiltshire’s 127 not out; in Wiltshire 2 nd inns batting order.] Sources: Surrey Year Book 1902, p 131; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 28 August; North Wilts Herald 29 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 30 August; Wiltshire Times 30 August; The Sportsman 26,27 August.