Minor Counties Championship 1907

38 MATCH NUMBER 6 : SURREY 2 ND XI V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE At The Oval, Kennington, London on Tuesday 11, Wednesday 12 June 1907 Result: Match drawn – Surrey 2 nd XI won on first innings Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 3 Toss: Buckinghamshire Umpires: G Perkins and J Relf Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI 1 (P H Slater); Buckinghamshire none First day score: Buckinghamshire 323; Surrey 2 nd XI 81-2 wickets (P H Slater 22*, W E Davis 12*) Buckinghamshire C R H Gresson b Smith 9 ( ) c Vigar b Platt 7 + E C Hobbs b Meads 52 ( ) b Blacklidge 31 T Stacey st Vigar b Smith 26 ( ) c Slater b Blacklidge 33 Rev F Symes-Thompson c Davis b Blacklidge 62 G M Faulkner b Smith 16 * P J de Paravicini c Meads b Smith 59 W Wheeler c Vigar b Smith 32 G R Greaves c Ducat b Meads 28 ( ) not out 11 H Baker not out 10 W E Ford b Meads 4 Vickerstaff, S J A b Brocklesby 3 Extras b 16, lb 6 22 b 2 2 Total 323 (3 wickets) 84 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 323 Second innings 84 - - - - - - - Smith 41 9 89 5 - - (1) 8 2 16 0 - - Jackson 10 0 32 0 - - Platt 18 2 43 0 - - (2) 7 0 36 1 - - Meads 20 4 57 3 - - (3) 4 0 15 0 - - Davis 10 1 26 0 - - Blacklidge 12 0 48 1 - - (4) 5.5 3 9 2 - - Brocklesby 2.2 0 6 1 - - (5) 2 0 6 0 - - Extras - - 22 0 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 113.2 16 323 10 0 0 26.5 5 84 3 0 0 Surrey 2 nd XI * P H Slater b Faulkner 136 Goatly, E G lbw b Ford 37 Ducat, A run out 3 Davis, W E lbw b Greaves 41 Platt, G J W lbw b Vickerstaff 4 J S Brocklesby b Faulkner 37 Meads, J W c Vickerstaff b Stacey 71 Blacklidge, H G b Faulkner 2 + Vigar, H E lbw b Stacey 102 Smith, W C st Hobbs b Stacey 9 Jackson, M T not out 13 Extras b 19, lb 15, nb 1 35 Total 490 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 52 490 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Faulkner 35 7 86 3 - - Vickerstaff 24 6 85 1 - - Stacey 27.5 2 123 3 - - Ford 19 2 85 1 - 1 Greaves 7 0 35 1 - - Wheeler 11 1 41 0 - - Extras - - 35 1 - - Total 123.5 18 490 10 0 1 Notes: Drawn high-scoring match with Surrey 2 nd XI winning on first innings. For the home team, there were 14 fours in debutant Slater’s 136, and 1 five and 9 fours in Vigar’s 102, an innings of 105 minutes and Meads scored 71. In the Surrey 2 nd XI innings, Meads and Vigar added 124 for the eighth wicket in 70 minutes. For Buckinghamshire, de Paravicini ’s 59 included 8 fours and Hobbs’s 52 6 fours and Symes -Thompson scored 62. Rain late on the second day caused the match to be abandoned at 6.00 pm. The Surrey 2 nd XI total of 490 was the third highest of the season. [Missing: Fall of wickets; large partnerships; in Buckinghamshire first innings boundaries in Symes- Thompson’s 62; in Surrey innings duration of Slater’s 136 and boundaries in Meads’s 71; in Buckinghamshire second innings batting order. Sources: Surrey Year Book 1907, p 107; Bucks Advertiser 15 June; Bucks Herald 15 June; South Bucks Free Press 14 June; South Bucks Standard 14 June; The Sportsman 12,13 June; Cricketer and Hockey Player 20 June.