The Minor Counties Championship 1905

45 MATCH NUMBER 19 : SURREY 2 ND XI V STAFFORDSHIRE At The Oval, Kennington, London on Monday 10, Tuesday 11 July 1905 Result: Match drawn – Surrey 2 nd XI won on first innings Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 2 Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: T H Holton and B WMason Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI 2 (W G Pringle, F W Robarts); Staffordshire 3 (P S Bayliss, A W M Boneham, A Tinsley) First day score: Staffordshire 206; Surrey 2 nd XI 126-6 wickets (F Stedman 46*, E W Bale 3*) Staffordshire Brown, W c and b Pringle 33 (2) c Bale b Smith 18 Hollowood, A c Bale b Smith 0 (1) b Gooder 7 Barnes, S F c Meads b Gooder 27 (3) b Smith 20 E H Bourne b Pringle 0 (4) c Bale b Gooder 6 W J Beddows c and b Pringle 8 (5) b Pringle 21 * H D Stratton c Smith b Pringle 21 (6) b Pringle 73 Tinsley, A b Pringle 82 (7) b Meads 1 Mee, R J c Meads b Pringle 0 (8) c Bale b Smith 1 + H Dearing c Goatly b Pringle 21 (9) b Goatly 7 A W M Boneham b Pringle 1 (10) b Pringle 15 P S Bayliss not out 1 (11) not out 2 Extras b 12 12 b 10, lb 2 12 Total 206 183 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 51 51 69 73 164 168 187 201 206 Second innings 11 35 44 56 93 94 107 121 180 183 Smith 21 2 52 1 - - (3) 24 8 56 3 - - Gooder 17 3 57 1 - - (2) 19 5 38 2 - - Meads 13 2 27 0 - - (5) 12 4 21 1 - - Pringle 17 3 48 8 - - (1) 14.5 1 38 3 - - Robarts 5 2 10 0 - - (7) 2 0 6 0 - - Nightingale (4) 7 1 9 0 - - Goatly (6) 2 0 3 1 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - - - 12 0 - - Total 73 12 206 10 0 0 80.5 19 183 10 0 0 Surrey 2 nd XI F W Robarts c Stratton b Boneham 19 (1) c Barnes b Mee 23 Goatly, E G b Barnes 0 (2) not out 39 Moulder, J H c Dearing b Mee 3 (3) st Dearing b Bourne 6 F L Nightingale c Barnes b Mee 0 (4) not out 6 Meads, J W b Brown 47 * W T Garrett c Dearing b Boneham 4 Stedman, F b Bayliss 100 + Bale, E W b Mee 5 Gooder, L M H st Dearing b Barnes 44 W G Pringle c Tinsley b Bayliss 0 Smith, W C not out 5 Extras b 7, nb 2 9 0 Total 236 (2 wickets) 74 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 8 8 35 44 117 138 224 224 236 Second innings 33 56 - - - - - - - - Barnes 23.5 4 74 2 - 2 Mee 22 4 60 3 - - (3) 7 2 13 1 - - Boneham 16 3 43 2 - - (2) 9 1 24 0 - - Bayliss 13 0 40 2 - - (1) 4 0 18 0 - - Brown 4 2 10 1 - - Bourne (4) 2 0 5 1 - - Hollowood (5) 1 0 14 0 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 78.5 13 236 10 0 2 23 3 74 2 0 0 Notes: This match was drawn with Surrey 2 nd XI winning on first innings. For the home team, Stedman’s 100 contained 1 five and 13 fours, 5 threes and 6 twos, an innings of just under 2½ hours. In the Surrey 2 nd XI first innings, Stedman and Gooder added 86 runs for the eighth wicket. Pringle, who was making his debut, took 11 wickets in the match for 86 runs, including 8 for 48 in the Staffordshire first innings. For the visitors, there were 7 fours in Tinsley’s 82 and 1 five and 7 fours in Stratton’s 73. In the Staffordshire second innings, Stratton and Boneham put on 59 runs for the ninth wicket. In the same innings Stratton scored 18 off a single over bowled by Smith. When he had scored 32 in the Surrey second innings, Goatly reached the career milestone of one thousand runs in championship matches. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Surrey Year Book 1905, p 113; Staffordshire Advertiser 15 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 10,11,15 July; Birmingham Daily Post 11,12 July; The Sportsman 11,12 July.