The Minor Counties Championship 1903

40 MATCH NUMBER 17 : SURREY 2 ND XI V NORTHAMPTONSHIRE At The Oval, Kennington, London on Monday 29, Tuesday 30 June 1903 Result: Match drawn – Surrey 2 nd XI won on first innings Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 1 Toss: Northamptonshire Umpires: R Barber and A G Eldridge Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI 1 (W A Spring); Northamptonshire none First day score: Northamptonshire 229; Surrey 2 nd XI 148-2 wickets (A Baker 57*, W A Spring 8*) Northamptonshire G K Papillon c Gooder b W C Smith 2 (1) c W C Smith b Gooder 16 W H Kingston c Graburn b W C Smith 6 (2) c and b W C Smith 48 Thompson, G J not out 146 (6) not out 55 H E Kingston c Stedman b W C Smith 1 (3) c Spring b W C Smith 7 C J T Pool b W C Smith 0 (4) c W C Smith b Gooder 12 * T Horton c Stedman b Gooder 14 (5) b W C Smith 92 East, W b Gooder 18 T E Manning c Kersley b W C Smith 21 H Hawkins run out 3 + B C Smith c Kersley b W C Smith 4 Mold, A W b W C Smith 0 Extras b 8, lb 4, w 2 14 b 2, lb 1 3 Total 229 (5 wickets declared) 233 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 4 11 17 23 63 131 188 214 229 229 Second innings 31 44 79 91 233 - - - - - Smith, W C 35 8 74 7 2 - (1) 25.4 3 84 3 - - Jackson 17 2 45 0 - - (5) 10 1 27 0 - - Gooder 21 3 47 2 - - (2) 26 4 57 2 - - Kersley 6 1 27 0 - - (6) 6 1 23 0 - - Davis 6 0 22 0 - - (3) 4 0 20 0 - - Spring (4) 4 0 19 0 - - Extras - - 14 1 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 85 14 229 10 2 0 75.4 9 233 5 0 0 Surrey 2 nd XI E Wiltshire b East 65 (1) c East b Mold 10 Baker, A b East 63 (2) st B C Smith b East 25 Goatly, E G c B C Smith b East 13 (3) c Horton b Thompson 16 Spring, W A c B C Smith b East 19 (4) c Mold b Thompson 1 + Stedman, F c Mold b East 7 (5) c W H Kingston b Thompson 14 * W T Graburn c Thompson b East 21 (6) b Hawkins 0 Kersley, T st B C Smith b East 14 (7) not out 32 Davis, W E c W H Kingston b East 0 Gooder, L M H c Horton b East 21 (8) not out 5 Smith, W C run out 0 Jackson, M T not out 0 Extras b 4, lb 3, nb 1 8 b 2, lb 1, nb 2 5 Total 231 (6 wickets) 108 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 102 118 157 165 187 196 199 210 224 231 Second innings 23 39 46 60 60 88 - - - - East 35.3 6 80 9 - - (1) 13 4 21 1 - - Mold 13 2 37 0 - - (2) 9 1 31 1 - - Thompson 22 2 67 0 - 1 (3) 9 4 10 3 - 2 Hawkins 7 0 19 0 - - (4) 4 0 10 1 - - H E Kingston 2 0 20 0 - - (5) 3 0 31 0 - - Extras - - 8 1 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 79.3 10 231 10 0 1 38 9 108 6 0 2 Notes: This return match was drawn. Northamptonshire had won the game between the two sides at Northampton earlier in the month. For the visitors, there were 17 fours, 4 threes and 11 twos in Thompson’s 146, an innings of just under 3½ hours. Horton’s 92 included 1 five and 9 fours, and Thompson’s 55 not out contained 5 fours. In the Northamptonshire first innings, Thompson and Manning added 57 runs for the seventh wicket. In the Northamptonshire second innings, Horton and Thompson added 142 for the fifth wicket, which was the highest partnership for that wicket during the season. East took 10 wickets in the match for 101 runs, including 9 for 80 in the Surrey 2 nd XI first innings, which was statistically the third best innings bowling performance of the season. Thompson's run aggregate for the match of 201 was the equal second highest of the season. For the home team, W C Smith took 10 wickets in the match for 158 runs. The 60.4 overs he bowled in the match were the third highest of the season and the 158 runs conceded the highest of the year. Wiltshire’s 65 contained 8 fours and Baker’s 63 1 five and 7 fours. They had an opening partnership of 102 runs in the Surrey 2 nd XI first innings. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Surrey Year Book 1903, p 122; Northampton Herald 4 July; Northampton Mercury 3 July; Northampton Daily Chronicle 30 June, 1 July; Northampton Daily Reporter 30 June; The Sportsman 30 June, 1 July.