Minor Counties Championship 1907

178 SURREY 2 ND X1 1907 Championship matches: Played 9, won 6, lost 1, drawn 2 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: First out of five in Midlands Division, losing semi-finalist in the play-offs Won: v Berkshire at Reigate, v Worcestershire 2nd XI at Stourbridge, v Wiltshire at Swindon CG, v Worcestershire 2nd XI at The Oval, v Wiltshire at The Oval and v Buckinghamshire at Wolverton Lost: v Glamorgan at Cardiff Drawn – won on first innings: v Buckinghamshire at The Oval Drawn – lost on first innings: v Berkshire at Reading Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: P H Slater (5 matches) – N C Tufnell (3 matches) and F W Roberts (1 match) led the side in the matches in which P H Slater did not play Wicket-keepers: H E Vigar (7 matches) and F Stedman (2 matches) Debutants: 11 (W J Abel, H S Altham, G J Carver, F Edwards, H C Greenfield, H S Harrison, J W Hitch, W H Lawrence, P H Slater, N C Tufnell and H S Wrinch) Final season: 7 (T Bowring, J S Brocklesby, G J Carver, A Ducat, H C Greenfield, J H Moulder, F W Robarts) Secretary: C W Alcock Professionals: 20 (W J Abel, A Baker, H G Blacklidge, G J Carver, W E Davis, A Ducat, F Edwards, E G Goatley, H S Harrison, J W Hitch, M T Jackson, W H Lawrence, J W Meads, J H Moulder, G J W Platt, T Rushby, W C Smith, W A Spring, F Stedman and H E Vigar) Home grounds 2 : The Oval, Kennington, London (3 matches); and The Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground, Reigate (1 match) Notes: Surrey 2nd XI had a good season winning the Midlands Division with six victories. In the semi-final they were defeated by Glamorgan by four wickets. Their fixture list was greatly altered as Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Worcestershire 2nd XI replaced Glamorgan, Lancashire 2nd XI, Staffordshire and Yorkshire 2nd XI. William Spring had a good season scoring 486 runs at 60.75 and taking 25 wickets at 16.72. Other batsmen scoring over three hundred runs were Albert Baker, Bill Davis and Andrew Ducat. Bill Hitch took 42 wickets at 12.40. Career milestones reached during the season were one thousand runs by Bill Davis and two hundred wickets by W C Smith. SURREY 2 ND XI MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1907 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 11 players who made their Championship debut for Surrey 2 nd XI during the season. Names in bold denote that 1907 was the last or only season that these 7 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 Abel, W J + 6 9 0 66 219 24.33 - 2 - 5 - - - - - - - - - H S Altham + 2 3 1 44 87 43.50 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Baker, A 5 7 0 140 366 52.28 2 1 - 7 - - - - - - - - - Blacklidge, H G 4 4 1 26 42 14.00 - - - 2 - 17.5 3 57 3 19.00 2-9 - - T Bowring 1 2 0 20 24 12.00 - - - - - 9 2 20 2 10.00 2-20 - - J S Brocklesby 2 3 1 37 60 30.00 - - - 2 - 4.2 0 12 1 12.00 1-6 - - Carver, G J + 3 3 1 30 45 22.50 - - - 1 - 68 27 120 13 9.23 5-24 - 1 Davis, W E 8 11 1 107 340 34.00 1 - - 7 - 101.3 16 260 12 21.66 4-42 - - Ducat, A 7 10 0 210 333 33.30 1 1 1 6 - - - - - - - - - Edwards, F + 1 1 0 12 12 12.00 - - - - - 30.2 11 70 4 17.50 4-51 - - Goatly, E G 6 9 0 97 290 32.22 - 2 1 3 - 29 11 51 4 12.75 2-11 - - H C Greenfield + 2 4 0 19 26 6.50 - - 1 - - 8 2 20 0 - - - - Harrison, H S + 2 3 0 28 49 16.33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hitch, J W + 5 8 2 21 59 9.83 - - 1 4 - 174 40 521 42 12.40 8-87 3 5 Jackson, M T 1 1 1 13* 13 - - - - - - 10 0 32 0 - - - - Lawrence, W H + 1 2 0 33 44 22.00 - - - - - 8 3 20 3 6.66 3-20 - - Meads, J W 8 10 2 71 243 30.37 - 2 1 3 - 113.4 39 253 18 14.05 5-20 - 1 Moulder, J H 2 3 1 35 71 35.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Platt, G J W 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - - - - 25 2 79 1 79.00 1-36 - - F W Robarts 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Rushby, T 1 2 0 2 2 1.00 - - 1 - - 46.1 6 122 9 13.55 6-61 - 1 P H Slater + 6 8 0 136 209 26.12 1 - 1 4 - - - - - - - - - Smith, W C 2 2 0 9 9 4.50 - - 1 2 - 94 27 184 13 14.15 5-89 - 1 Spring, W A 7 9 1 135 486 60.75 2 3 2 3 - 162.5 38 418 25 16.72 6-44 1 1 Stedman, F 3 4 1 40* 72 24.00 - - 1 4 - - - - - - - - - N C Tufnell + 3 5 1 53 77 19.25 - 1 1 3 - - - - - - - - - Vigar, H E 7 8 1 102 164 23.42 1 - - 10 2 - - - - - - - - H S Wrinch + 2 3 0 22 54 18.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 163 - - - - - - - - 148 9 - - - - Total 99 136 15 210 3563 29.44 8 12 13 71 2 901.4 227 2387 159 15.01 8-87 4 10 (28 players) (6 ball overs)