The Minor Counties Championship 1903

143 SURREY 2 ND X1 1903 Championship matches: Played 8, won 2, lost 2, drawn 4 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings 2) Position: Eighth equal with Hertfordshire out of seventeen Won: v Yorkshire 2 nd XI at Barnsley, and v Glamorgan at Cardiff Lost: v Northamptonshire at Northampton, and v Yorkshire 2 nd XI at The Oval Drawn – won on first innings: v Northamptonshire at The Oval Drawn – lost on first innings: v Wiltshire at Swindon CG Drawn – no decision on first innings: v Glamorgan at The Oval, and v Wiltshire at The Oval. Captain: W T Graburn (6 matches) - J E Raphael and E Wiltshire each captained the team in one of the two matches in which W T Graburn did not play Wicket-keepers: F Stedman (8 matches) Debutants: 5 (M T Jackson, C Kenward, T Rushby, W G M Sarel and W A Spring) Final season for team: 6 (H P Clode, C Kenward, T Kersley, W S Lees, W G M Sarel and E Wiltshire) Secretary: C W Alcock Professionals: 15 (A Baker, H P Clode, W E Davis, E G Goatly, L M H Gooder, M T Jackson, T Kersley, W S Lees, W Montgomery, J H Moulder, E H L Nice, T Rushby, W C Smith, W A Spring and F Stedman) Home ground: The Oval, Kennington, London (4 matches). Notes: After two seasons of occupying second place, Surrey2nd XI fell back to sharing eighth place with Hertfordshire. W T Graburn, the Surrey coach, succeeded K E M Barker as captain. Eight matches were played compared with ten in 1902, the fixtures with Dorset being dropped. No major career milestones were passed during the season. Of those playing their final season for the county, H P Clode was to play 2 championship matches for Durham between 1912 and 1921 and W G M Sarel played 12 matches for Kent 2 nd XI between 1911 and 1913. SURREY 2 ND XI MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1903 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 1903 was the last or only season that these 6 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 6 8 1 63 131 18.71 - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - Clode, H P 2 2 1 46* 55 55.00 - - - - - 27 8 67 2 33.50 1-28 - - Davis, W E 5 7 1 23 41 6.83 - - 2 3 - 10 0 42 0 - - - - Goatly, E G 7 12 0 54 285 23.75 - 3 - 1 - - - - - - - - - Gooder, L M H 8 12 3 60* 158 17.55 - 1 1 4 - 127.3 22 291 10 29.10 3-52 - - W T Graburn 6 8 2 32* 61 10.16 - - 2 2 - - - - - - - - - Jackson, M T + 5 4 2 3 4 2.00 - - - - - 77.5 9 186 12 15.50 6-25 - 1 C Kenward + 4 7 1 20* 41 6.83 - - 2 1 - 26 1 104 5 20.80 3-39 - - Kersley, T 5 8 3 32* 83 16.60 - - 2 4 - 74.1 15 216 10 21.60 4-17 - - Lees, W S 1 2 0 27 32 16.00 - - - 1 - 29 10 74 6 12.33 4-37 - - Montgomery, W 5 5 0 23 38 7.60 - - 1 1 - 21 0 72 3 24.00 2-21 - - Moulder, J H 5 10 0 121 210 21.00 1 - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Nice, E H L 4 4 0 73 104 26.00 - 1 1 1 - 63 9 162 9 18.00 3-24 - - J E Raphael 2 2 0 5 7 3.50 - - - - - 5 1 15 0 - - - - Rushby, T + 1 - - - - - - - - - - 9 3 22 0 - - - - W G M Sarel + 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Smith, W C 7 10 1 18 47 5.22 - - 3 7 - 156.1 29 408 37 11.02 8-43 2 3 Spring, W A + 2 4 0 19 30 7.50 - - - 3 - 5 0 27 0 - - - - Stedman, F 8 12 0 28 119 9.91 - - 2 11 7 - - - - - - - - E Wiltshire 4 6 0 65 110 18.33 - 1 1 - - 4.1 1 9 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 64 - - - - - - - - 92 3 - - - - Total 88 123 15 121 1620 15. 00 1 7 19 40 7 634.5 108 1787 97 18.42 8-43 2 4 (20 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 6 players made their last or only appearances for Surrey 2 nd XI in the Championship in 1903. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Clode, H P 1899 15 21 8 47* 276 21.23 - - 2 5 - 1934 837 44 19.02 8-26 1 2 C Kenward 1903 4 7 1 20* 41 6.83 - - 2 1 - 156 104 5 20.80 3-39 - - Kersley, T 1899 33 47 8 46 571 14.64 - - 12 24 - 2837 1256 70 17.94 8-38 1 3 Lees, W S 1901 9 14 1 68 256 19.69 - 2 - 6 - 1556 497 44 11.29 6-32 - 4 W G M Sarel 1903 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E Wiltshire 1902 12 20 2 127* 564 31.33 1 3 2 1 - 49 19 3 6.33 2-6 - - (6 players)