Minor Counties Championship 1907

54 MATCH NUMBER 22 : WORCESTERSHIRE 2 ND XI V SURREY 2 ND XI At The Stourbridge Cricket Club Ground, Amblecote, Stourbridge on Wednesday 26, Thursday 27 June 1907 Result: Surrey 2 nd XI won by an innings and 132 runs Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Surrey 2 nd XI Umpires: G L R Hutchings and J Relf Debutants: Worcestershire 2 nd XI 5 (W E Hatfield, J O Hingley, J F C Jackson, W C Smith, H Southall); Surrey 2 nd XI 2 (W J Abel, F Edwards) First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 347; Worcestershire 2 nd XI 107-8 wickets (T Straw 4*, E W Solly 0*) Surrey 2 nd XI Baker, A st Straw b Days 140 Abel, W J c and b Hatfield 66 Moulder, J H b Days 35 Davis, W E st Straw b Days 17 * P H Slater c Straw b Hatfield 20 Spring, W A b Hatfield 0 Meads, J W st Straw b Hatfield 0 + Vigar, H E c Smith b Hunt 4 Blacklidge, H G run out 26 Edwards, F b Solly 12 Carver, G J not out 11 Extras b 10, lb 5, nb 1 16 Total 347 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 93 162 188 230 230 230 308 347 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Solly 21.3 4 86 1 - - Days 30 5 92 3 - - Hatfield 13 1 69 4 - 1 Southall 1 0 8 0 - - Hunt 25 7 76 1 - - Extras - - 16 1 - - Total 90.3 17 347 10 0 1 Worcestershire 2 nd XI (Followed on) J F C Jackson c Vigar b Edwards 5 (1) b Carver 37 Hunt, F b Spring 19 (2) c Baker b Spring 11 T C Hiatt b Edwards 21 (3) c Vigar b Spring 3 H Southall run out 22 (5) c and b Meads 13 W C Smith b Edwards 12 (4) c Blacklidge b Carver 17 Days, J E c Baker b Davis 2 (6) c Baker b Meads 4 J O Hingley c Blacklidge b Davis 1 (7) b Carver 4 W E Hatfield b Davis 12 (8) b Carver 9 + Straw, T not out 7 (9) c Slater b Meads 0 Solly, E W run out 1 (10) b Carver 0 * P H Foley b Edwards 0 (11) not out 0 Extras b 4, lb 1, nb 4 9 lb 6 6 Total 111 104 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 16 52 56 111 111 Second innings 32 64 79 83 104 Spring 16 5 32 1 - - (3) 9 4 23 2 - - Edwards 21.2 8 51 4 - 4 (5) 9 3 19 0 - - Carver 1 0 4 0 - - (4) 17 8 24 5 - - Davis 8 2 15 3 - - (1) 10 3 13 0 - - Meads (2) 8.2 4 19 3 - - Extras - - 9 2 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 46.2 15 111 10 0 4 53.2 22 104 10 0 0 Notes: Surrey 2 nd XI won by an innings and 132 runs on the second day after enforcing the follow- on. For the winners, Baker’s 140 included 21 fours in an innings of 3 hours and 50 minutes and debutant Abel scored 66. [Missing: Part fall of wickets; in the Surrey innings details of eighth wicket partnership, boundaries in Abel’s 66; precise time completed.] Sources: Stourbridge County Express 29 June; Worcester Daily Times 26,27 June; Birmingham Daily Post 27,28 June; Surrey Year Book 1907, p 109; The Sportsman 27,28 June; Cricketer and Hockey Player 4 July.