Minor Counties Championship 1907

45 MATCH NUMBER 13 : SURREY 2 ND XI V BERKSHIRE At The Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground, Reigate on Thursday 20, Friday 21 June 1907 Result: Surrey 2 nd XI won by an innings and 195 runs Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Berkshire Umpires: R Barber and G Perkins Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI 1 (G J Carver); Berkshire none First day score: Berkshire 84 and 13-0 wicket (A P Strange 4*, L P Collins 9*); Surrey 2 nd XI 413 Berkshire A P Strange b Spring 6 (1) b Smith 7 L P Collins c Smith b Spring 21 (2) b Smith 29 E D Matthews b Smith 7 (3) c Vigar b Spring 0 Watts, E b Spring 1 (4) c Slater b Spring 8 Barker, W b Smith 1 (5) b Smith 0 Shoosmith, H W b Smith 15 (6) c Spring b Davis 26 Barrett, H b Spring 8 (7) c Davis b Smith 3 * Sir C E M Y Nepean c Davis b Spring 10 (8) c Baker b Spring 5 + Capt E F Rowe c Smith b Spring 9 (9) b Spring 8 Cave, W not out 2 (10) b Carver 37 Spencer, - b Smith 4 (11) not out 0 Extras 0 11 Total 84 134 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 34 36 84 Second innings 49 82 133 134 Smith 19 5 40 4 - - (2) 26 11 39 4 - - Spring 19 5 44 6 - - (3) 22 4 50 4 - - Carver (1) 9 3 23 1 - - Davis (4) 3 0 11 1 - - Extras - - 0 0 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 38 10 84 10 0 0 60 18 134 10 - - Surrey 2 nd XI * P H Slater b Barker 4 Baker, A c Shoosmith b Spencer 20 Ducat, A c Strange b Barker 210 Davis, W E st Rowe b Nepean 12 Stedman, F c Shoosmith b Barrett 21 Spring, W A c Watts b Spencer 102 + Vigar, H E b Shoosmith 15 Meads, J W c Cave b Barker 9 Blacklidge, H G not out 13 Carver, G J c Strange b Cave 4 Smith, W C b Cave 0 Extras 3 Total 413 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 83 111 149 310 408 413 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Barker 23 1 110 3 - - Cave 23 2 92 2 - - Shoosmith 15 1 79 1 - - Spencer 16 1 71 2 - - Nepean 6 1 36 1 - - Barrett 3 0 22 1 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - Total 86 6 413 10 - - Notes: Surrey 2 nd XI won by an innings and 195 runs on the second day. For the winners, there were 26 fours in Ducat’s 210, an innings of 205 minutes, and 10 fours in Spring’s 102, scored in just under 2 hours. Together they added 161 runs for the Surr ey 2 nd XI fifth wicket. I n the Berkshire second innings, Shoosmith and Cave put on 51 runs for the ninth wicket. Ducat’s innings of 210 was the second highest of the season and the highest score for Surrey in the competition beating Holland’s 207 in 1905. [Missing: Extras breakdow n; fall of wickets ;precise time completed; Spencer’s initials.] Sources: Surrey Year Book 1907, p 108; Surrey Mirror 21 June; Berkshire Chronicle 29 June; Reading Mercury 29 June; Reading Observer 29 June; The Sportsman 21,22 June; Cricketer and Hockey Player 27 June.