Minor Counties Championship 1907

88 MATCH NUMBER 56 : SURREY 2 ND XI V WILTSHIRE At The Oval, Kennington, London on Friday 2, Saturday 3 August 1907 Result: Surrey 2 nd XI won by an innings and 221 runs Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: R Barber and R Head Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI 3 (H S Altham, N C Tufnell, H S Wrinch); Wiltshire none First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 498; Wiltshire 62-3 wickets (A W Newman 22*, T T N Perkins 10*) Surrey 2 nd XI H S Wrinch lbw b Miller 22 Abel, W J b Miller 53 Ducat, A c Luce b Miller 10 Goatly, E G b Overton 3 * N C Tufnell b Miller 13 H S Altham c Smart b Smith 44 Davis, W E b Smith 107 Spring, W A c Luce b Miller 135 + Stedman, F not out 40 Meads, J W b Miller 20 Hitch, J W c Overton b Smart 21 Extras b 20, lb 6, w 3, nb 1 30 Total 498 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 170 405 410 498 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Smith 28 2 93 2 - - Smart 14.3 3 59 1 - - Miller 31 1 167 6 2 - Overton 13 3 57 1 1 - Newman 12 3 42 0 - - Laverton 4 0 29 0 - - R W Awdry 3 0 21 0 - 1 Extras - - 30 0 - - Total 105.3 12 498 10 3 1 Wiltshire (Followed on) Smith, W b Hitch 5 ( ) c Stedman b Hitch 13 H Taunton b Hitch 5 ( ) b Spring 29 Newman, A W c Davis b Hitch 22 ( ) c Davis b Hitch 5 C S Awdry b Hitch 18 ( ) c and b Davis 21 T T N Perkins b Hitch 25 ( ) b Davis 6 W R C Laverton c Goatly b Hitch 27 ( ) c Ducat b Spring 0 R W Awdry not out 22 ( ) b Hitch 13 * A M Miller run out 6 ( ) c Altham b Spring 13 Smart, T c Tufnell b Meads 8 ( ) c Altham b Davis 4 + T S Luce b Hitch 0 ( ) not out 13 Overton, W c Tufnell b Hitch 6 ( ) c Hitch b Davis 6 Extras b 4, nb 2 6 lb 1, w 1, nb 2 4 Total 150 127 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 150 Second innings 127 Hitch 24 5 87 8 - 2 (1) 9 2 29 3 - 2 Meads 10 6 11 1 - - (2) 6 2 11 0 - - Davis 14 1 46 0 - - (3) 12.3 2 42 4 - - Goatly 1 1 0 0 - - Spring (4) 10 0 41 3 1 - Extras - - 6 1 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 49 13 150 10 0 2 37.3 6 127 10 1 2 Notes: Surrey 2 nd XI won this return match by an innings and 221 runs on the second day, after enforcing the follow-on. The match between the two teams at Swindon in June had also been won by Surrey 2 nd XI. For the winners, there were 2 fives, 24 fours, 3 threes and 6 twos in Spring’s 135, scored in two hours, and 17 fours, 3 threes and 5 twos in Davis’s 104, an innings of 2½ hours. They put on 235 runs for the seventh wicket. Abel scored 53. Hitch took 11 wickets in the match for 116 runs, including 8 for 87 in the Wiltshire first innings. The Surrey 2 nd XI total of 498 was the second highest of the season. The 167 runs conceded by Miller were the most in an innings all season. [Missing: Toss; fall of wickets; large partnerships; in Surrey innings boundaries in Abel’s 53; in Wiltshire second innings batting ord er; precise time completed.] Sources: Surrey Year Book 1907, p 113; North Wilts Guardian 10 August; Wiltshire Times 10 August; Cricketer and Hockey Player 8 August; The Sportsman 3,5 August; Sporting Life 3,5 August.