The Minor Counties Championship 1903

46 MATCH NUMBER 23 : SURREY 2 ND XI V YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI At The Oval, Kennington, London on Monday 13, Tuesday 14 July 1903 Result: Yorkshire 2 nd XI won by ten wickets Points: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 3 Toss: Yorkshire 2 nd XI Umpires: R Barber and A G Eldridge Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI none; Yorkshire 2 nd XI 1 (H Wilkinson) First day score: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 357; Surrey 2 nd XI 81-4 wickets (J H Moulder 31*, E G Goatly 21*) Yorkshire 2 nd XI Rudston, H c Stedman b Nice 63 (1) not out 17 Rothery, J W b Gooder 41 (2) retired hurt 22 Swithenbank, S c Stedman b Nice 20 (3) not out 9 H Wilkinson b Kersley 81 Myers, H lbw b Nice 48 + Higgins, J c Spring b Kersley 17 Wainwright, W b Kersley 8 * R W Frank c Spring b Smith 17 Brown, W c Moulder b Smith 18 Hartington, H E b Smith 20 Ward, F not out 3 Extras b 13, lb 6, w 1, nb 1 21 lb 1 1 Total 357 (no wicket) 49 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 88 131 143 215 257 284 303 328 335 357 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Smith 25.3 4 84 3 - - (2) 4 0 23 0 - - Nice 36 6 89 3 1 1 (1) 4 1 5 0 - - Kersley 23 3 76 3 - - Gooder 22 1 75 1 - - Spring 1 0 8 0 - - Raphael 1 0 4 0 - - (4) 4 1 11 0 - - Wiltshire (3) 4.1 1 9 0 - - Extras - - 21 0 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 108.3 14 357 10 1 1 16.1 3 49 0 0 0 Surrey 2 nd XI (Followed on) * J E Raphael b Hartington 5 (5) b Brown 2 E Wiltshire b Hartington 8 (4) b Frank 9 Baker, A b Brown 3 (1) b Frank 10 Moulder, J H c Brown b Frank 121 (2) lbw b Frank 18 Nice, E H L b Brown 6 (9) c Hartington b Frank 25 Goatly, E G c and b Brown 53 (3) b Brown 7 + Stedman, F b Myers 13 (8) c Wilkinson b Frank 0 Gooder, L M H c Higgins b Brown 18 (6) not out 60 Spring, W A b Frank 1 (7) b Brown 9 Kersley, T st Higgins b Frank 0 (10) c Wilkinson b Frank 5 Smith, W C not out 0 (11) b Hartington 18 Extras b 6, lb 1, w 1, nb 2 10 lb 3, nb 1 4 Total 238 167 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 18 19 27 33 134 171 224 225 225 238 Second innings 18 31 37 46 54 68 69 129 135 167 Hartington 21 4 65 2 - 1 (3) 7.3 0 33 1 - - Brown 20 3 74 4 - 1 (2) 14 1 46 3 - 1 Wainwright 7 3 10 0 1 - Ward 8 4 6 0 - - Frank 10 3 37 3 - - (1) 19 4 73 6 - - Myers 8 0 36 1 - - (4) 3 1 11 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 74 17 238 10 1 2 43.3 6 167 10 0 1 Notes: Yorkshire 2 nd XI won by 10 wickets on the second day. Surrey 2 nd XI had won the match between the two sides at Barnsley in May. For the winners, there were 12 fours in Wilkinson’s 81 and 7 fours in Rudston’s 63. For the losers, Moulder’s 121 contained 1 six, 2 fives, 10 fours, 5 threes and 11 twos. There were 8 fours in Gooder’s 60 not out and 1 five and 3 fours in Goatly’s 53. In the Surrey first innings, Moulder and Goatly put on 101 runs for the fifth wicket and Moulder and Gooder 53 for the seventh wicket. In the second innings Gooder and Nice added 60 for the eighth wicket, which was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season. [Missing: In Surrey first innings duration of Moulder’s 121; time completed.] Sources: Yorkshire Scorebook; Surrey Year Book 1903, p 124; Yorkshire Year Book 1904, p 185; Yorkshire Post 14,15 July; Sporting Life 14,15 July; The Sportsman 14,15 July.