The Minor Counties Championship 1903

24 MATCH NUMBER 1 : YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI V SURREY 2 ND XI At The Barnsley Cricket Club Ground, Shaw Lane, Barnsley on Tuesday 26, Wednesday 27 May 1903 Result: Surrey 2 nd XI won by 73 runs Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 3 Toss: Surrey 2 nd XI Umpires: W Copeland and J Gregory Debutants: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 3 (J S Auty, C E W Hallas, F Ward); Surrey 2nd XI 1 (C Kenward) First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 111 and 193-9 wickets (W T Graburn 26*); Yorkshire 2 nd XI 113 Surrey 2 nd XI Goatly, E G b Brown 10 (2) b Ringrose 15 Gooder, L M H c Higgins b Brown 2 (1) c Bedford b Brown 1 Moulder, J H c Higgins b Brown 9 (3) b Ringrose 18 Davis, W E b Ringrose 7 (4) b Ringrose 23 Lees, W S b Ward 27 (5) c Cooper b Ward 5 Nice, E H L b Brown 0 (6) b Brown 73 + Stedman, F c Brown b Ward 28 (7) c Higgins b Cooper 16 * W T Graburn b Brown 0 (8) not out 32 C Kenward c Rothery b Ward 1 (9) st Higgins b Frank 5 Kersley, T not out 26 (10) c and b Frank 6 Smith, W C st Higgins b Ward 0 (11) c Higgins b Brown 7 Extras b 1 1 b 1, lb 4 5 Total 111 206 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 13 26 28 35 67 68 73 111 111 Second innings 2 31 46 59 71 120 174 187 193 206 Ringrose 9 0 40 1 - - (2) 14 4 52 3 - - Brown 13 1 49 5 - - (1) 18.4 0 75 3 - - Ward 6 1 21 4 - - (3) 7 1 38 1 - - Cooper (4) 3 0 18 1 - - Hallas (5) 2 0 11 0 - - Frank (6) 5 1 7 2 - - Extras - - 1 0 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 28 2 111 10 0 0 49.4 6 206 10 0 0 Yorkshire 2 nd XI Newstead, J T c Lees b Kenward 10 (3) c Kersley b Lees 0 Rothery, J W c Gooder b Kenward 16 (2) b Nice 11 J S Auty b Lees 0 (4) c Stedman b Nice 5 Bedford, W (Rotherham) c Davis b Lees 38 (5) c Davis b Nice 21 + Higgins, J b Kenward 4 (6) run out 27 C E W Hallas b Lees 10 (7) st Stedman b Kersley 14 Cooper, J W c Goatly b Nice 11 (8) c Gooder b Kersley 19 * R W Frank c and b Nice 5 (1) b Lees 14 Brown, W b Lees 4 (9) b Kersley 2 Ringrose, W b Nice 2 (10) b Kersley 12 Ward, F not out 0 (11) not out 0 Extras b 9, lb 4 13 b 1, lb 5 6 Total 113 131 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 26 26 26 35 66 81 89 94 107 113 Second innings 21 21 25 47 52 96 105 119 120 131 Kenward 9 1 39 3 - - (4) 4 0 27 0 - - Lees 14 4 37 4 - - (2) 15 6 37 2 - - Nice 6 0 24 3 - - (1) 17 2 44 3 - - Kersley (3) 5.1 1 17 4 - - Extras - - 13 0 - - - - 6 1 - - Total 29 5 113 10 0 0 41.1 9 131 10 0 0 Notes: Surrey 2 nd XI won this opening championship match of the season by 73 runs just before 2.00 pm on the second day. For the winners, there were 13 fours in Nice’s 73. In the Surrey second innings, Nice and Graburn added 54 runs for the seventh wicket. The four catches held by Higgins in the match were the most by a wicket-keeper during the season, a feat equalled on three other occasions. The six dismissals made by Higgins in the match were the most during the season, a feat achieved by two others. The gate amounted to £12 which “was considered disappointing”. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Yorkshire Scorebook; Yorkshire Year Book 1904, p 181; Yorkshire Post 27,28 May; Barnsley Independent 30 May; Surrey Year Book 1903, p 114; The Sportsman 27,28 May.