The Minor Counties Championship 1905

159 SURREY 2 ND X1 1905 Championship matches: Played 8, won none, lost 3, drawn 5 (won on first innings 2, lost on first innings 2, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Fourteenth equal with Dorset and Northumberland Won: None Lost: v Yorkshire 2 nd XI at Ripon, v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent, and v Wiltshire at Chippenham Drawn – won on first innings: v Yorkshire 2 nd XI at Reigate, and v Staffordshire at The Oval Drawn – lost on first innings: v Wiltshire at The Oval, and v Glamorgan at The Oval Drawn – no decision on first innings: v Glamorgan at Swansea. Captain: W T Garrett (6 matches) – W T Graburn (1 match) and F L Nightingale (1 match) captained the team in the two matches in which W T Garrett did not play. Wicket-keepers: E W Bale (4 matches), F Stedman (3 matches) and H Strudwick (1 match) Debutants: 8 (R M Bell, T Bowring, W V Butcher, E J Cotton, J W Meads, F L Nightingale, W G Pringle and F W Robarts) Final season: 6 (E W Bale, W V Butcher, W T Garrett, W T Graburn, W G Pringle and H Strudwick) Secretary: C W Alcock Professionals: 15 (E W Bale, E J Cotton, W E Davis, E G Goatly, L M H Gooder, M T Jackson, J WMeads, J H Moulder, E H L Nice, G J W Platt, T Rushby, W C Smith, W A Spring, F Stedman and H Strudwick) Home grounds 2: The Oval, Kennington, London (3 matches) and The Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground, Reigate – new ground (1 match). Notes: Surrey 2 nd XI had another disappointing season not winning a match and ending up in fourteenth place equal with Dorset and Northumberland. It was a marginal improvement on 1904 when the team were seventeenth. William Garrett succeeded William Graburn as captain, but was to hold the position for just one year. Staffordshire replaced Northamptonshire in their fixture list. The leading batsman was Garnett Goatly, for the second year running, with 377 runs at 29.00, and Len Gooder with 247 at 22.45. The leading bowlers were James Meads with 20 wickets at 14.75 and Len Gooder with 29 at 16.82. Of those playing in their final season, Herbert Strudwick was to achieve fame playing for Surrey and England. The career milestone of one thousand runs was reached in the season by two players – Garnett Goatly and Len Gooder. It was mistakenly stated in the 1904 book that E W Bale was playing his final season for Surrey in the competition in that year, whereas he was to play a further five matches in 1905. SURREY 2 ND XI MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1905 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 8 players who made their Championship debut for Surrey 2 nd XI during the season. Names in bold denote that 1905 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 Bale, E W 5 7 0 13 61 8.71 - - - 8 2 - - - - - - - - R M Bell + 1 1 0 11 11 11.00 - - - - - 10.5 1 43 2 21.50 2-43 - - T Bowring + 5 9 0 58 129 14.33 - 1 2 2 - 14 1 49 1 49.00 1-7 - - W V Butcher + 1 2 0 5 7 3.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cotton, E J + 1 1 0 8 8 8.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Davis, W E 1 2 0 64 79 39.50 - 1 - 1 - 4 0 24 0 - - - - W T Garrett 6 10 2 78 146 18.25 - 1 2 4 - 2 1 1 0 - - - - Goatly, E G 8 15 2 128 377 29.00 1 1 1 5 - 6 1 12 1 12.00 1-3 - - Gooder, L M H 8 13 2 51 247 22.45 - 1 - 2 - 171.3 41 488 29 16.82 7-67 - 2 W T Graburn 1 1 0 10 10 10.00 - - - - - 3 0 15 0 - - - - Jackson, M T 1 1 1 0* 0 - - - - 1 - 8 2 39 0 - - - - Meads, J W + 7 9 2 47 185 26.42 - - - 3 - 136.4 33 295 20 14.75 7-36 - 2 Moulder, J H 8 15 1 47 215 15.35 - - 1 - - 9 2 37 0 - - - - Nice, E H L 1 2 0 46 57 28.50 - - - 1 - 46 12 104 5 20.80 5-72 - 1 F L Nightingale + 6 11 2 70 160 17.77 - 1 3 5 - 40 5 104 4 26.00 3-50 - - Platt, G J W 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 3 - 37 6 120 3 40.00 2-59 - - W G Pringle + 4 5 2 10* 18 6.00 - - 1 2 - 67.5 14 159 17 9.35 8-48 1 1 F W Robarts + 4 7 1 23 78 13.00 - - - 3 - 9 3 17 0 - - - - Rushby, T 4 6 1 42 53 10.60 - - 2 2 - 79 19 202 5 40.40 3-51 - - Smith, W C 2 3 1 5* 10 5.00 - - - 1 - 79 19 181 5 36.20 3-56 - - Spring, W A 6 10 1 37 93 10.33 - - - 3 - 88.4 25 185 9 20.55 5-63 - 1 Stedman, F 6 10 0 100 188 18.80 1 - 3 4 4 9.2 1 37 2 18.50 2-24 - - Strudwick, H 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 109 - - - - 1 - - - 134 7 - - - - Total 88 143 18 128 2241 17.92 2 6 18 54 6 820.5 186 2246 110 20.41 8-48 1 7 (23 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 1905. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Bale, E W 1902 13 16 2 34 162 11.57 - - 1 21 5 - - - - - - - W V Butcher 1905 1 2 0 5 7 3.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - W T Garrett 1904 11 18 2 102 384 24.00 1 2 4 5 - 18 7 0 - - - - W T Graburn 1899 23 31 6 46 413 16.52 - - 6 6 - 139 85 2 42.50 1-14 - - W G Pringle 1905 4 5 2 10* 18 6.00 - - 1 2 - 407 159 17 9.35 8-48 1 1 Strudwick, H 1899 34 40 19 29* 170 8.09 - - 5 58 11 - - - - - - - (6 players)