Minor Counties Championship 1907

90 MATCH NUMBER 58 : BERKSHIRE V SURREY 2 ND XI At The County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on Monday 5, Tuesday 6 August 1907 Result: Match drawn – Berkshire won on first innings Points: Berkshire 3 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Berkshire none; Surrey 2 nd XI 1 (W H Lawrence) First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 240; Berkshire 228-8 wickets (Capt E F Rowe 9*, W Cave 2*) Surrey 2 nd XI Goatly, E G c F E Rowe b Barker 10 (1) c Nepean b Shoosmith 97 Lawrence, W H run out 11 (2) c and b Barker 33 Ducat, A b Shoosmith 50 (3) c Nepean b Barker 40 Davis, W E c Bennett b Cave 17 (4) c Watts b Shoosmith 9 H S Altham b Goodliffe 10 (7) not out 33 Spring, W A c F E Rowe b Cave 74 (6) c Cave b Barker 0 Harrison, H S b Cave 28 (8) b Cave 8 * P H Slater b Cave 13 (9) b Barker 7 Meads, J W not out 16 (5) b Shoosmith 40 + Vigar, H E b Barker 1 Hitch, J W b Cave 4 (10) not out 5 Extras nb 5 6 nb 9 9 Total 240 (8 wickets declared) 281 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 22 22 115 240 Second innings 144 - - Barker 23 4 72 2 - 5 (4) 22 1 96 4 - 9 Cave 21.4 1 48 5 - - (1) 14 3 54 1 - - Shoosmith 16 4 62 1 - - (2) 30 7 103 3 - 1 Goodliffe 13 2 52 1 - - (3) 5 0 19 0 - - Extras - - 6 1 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 73.4 11 240 10 - 5 71 11 281 8 - 10 Berkshire G G M Bennett c Vigar b Hitch 57 L P Collins c Ducat b Hitch 81 E Garnett c Ducat b Hitch 17 F E Rowe c Meads b Spring 9 Shoosmith, H W b Hitch 0 G V Goodliffe c Slater b Lawrence 20 Watts, E c Davis b Spring 16 * Sir C E M Y Nepean b Lawrence 0 + Capt E F Rowe not out 56 Cave, W lbw b Lawrence 25 Barker, W run out 7 Extras nb 3 26 Total 314 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 111 287 314 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Hitch 28.4 1 142 4 - 3 Meads 9 2 35 0 - - Spring 14 1 64 2 - - Davis 9 1 27 0 - - Lawrence 8 3 20 3 - - Extras - - 26 1 - - Total 68.4 8 314 10 - 3 Notes: Drawn return match with Berkshire winning on first innings. The match had been set aside for the benefit of Watts. The Surrey 2 nd XI declaration set Berkshire in their second innings 208 runs to win in 1½ hours, but a heavy rain storm broke in the interval and the match was abandoned. The match between the two teams at Reigate in June had been won by Surrey 2 nd XI. For the home side, Collins’s scored 81, Bennett 57 with 10 fours and E F Rowe 56 not out. For the visitors, Goatly scored 97, Sp ring 74 and Ducat 50. Goatly and Lawrence put on 144 for the first wicket in the second innings. In the Berkshire innings, when batting, Garnett accidentally hit the Surrey wicket-keeper, Vigar, who received a nasty wound over the eye and took no further part in the match. The Berkshire Captain allowed Stedman to act as his substitute. Bennett and Collins put on 111 for the first wicket. The 142 runs conceded by Hitch were the third most in an innings during the season. [Missing: Toss; umpires; extras break down; fall of wickets; large partnerships; in Berkshire innings boundaries in Collins’s 81 and E F Rowe’s 56 not out; in the Surrey first innings boundaries in Spring’s 74 and Ducat’s 50; in the Surrey second innings boundaries in Goatly’s 97.] Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 7 August; Reading Mercury 10 August; Reading Observer 10 August; Reading Standard 10 August; Surrey Year Book 1907, p 114; Cricketer and Hockey Player 15 August; The Sportsman 6,7 August.