Minor Counties Championship 1908

109 MATCH NUMBER 76 : SURREY 2 ND XI V WILTSHIRE – SOUTH DIVISION At The Oval, Kennington, London on Monday 10, Tuesday 11 August 1908 Result: Match drawn - Wiltshire won on first innings Points: Wiltshire 3 Toss: Not known Umpires: R Head and T H Holton Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI 1 (J C Adams); Wiltshire 1 (T C G Sandford) First day score: Wiltshire 440; Surrey 2 nd XI 18-1 wicket (W J Abel 8*, W E Davis 0*) Wiltshire J E Stevens st Stedman b Davis 49 C S Awdry c Altham b Rushby 95 T C G Sandford c Harrison b W C Smith 29 S J H Taunton st Stedman b W C Smith 49 T T N Perkins b Rushby 1 R W Awdry b Altham 43 Newman, A W c Jackson b W C Smith 77 + T S Luce c Harrison b Abel 1 * A M Miller not out 59 Smith, W b W C Smith 1 Smart, T b Davis 14 Extras b 14, lb 4, nb 4 22 Total 440 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 344 406 440 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Rushby 32 5 120 2 - 4 Harrison 4 0 27 0 - - Smith, W C 32 4 112 4 - - Jackson 15 2 60 0 - - Davis 11.3 0 63 2 - - Altham 5 0 14 1 - - Abel 5 0 22 1 - - Extras - - 22 0 - - Total 104.3 11 440 10 0 4 Surrey 2 nd XI (Followed on) H S Altham b W Smith 9 (1) c Luce b Newman 14 Abel, W J c Smart b W Smith 36 ( ) c Taunton b Sandford 20 Davis, W E st Luce b W Smith 24 (2) c Stevens b Sandford 92 Harrison, H S b Smart 5 ( ) c Luce b Perkins 35 J C Adams c W Smith b Sandford 30 ( ) not out 93 Vigar, H E c Taunton b Smart 6 ( ) lbw b Smart 6 * A W F Rutty c Perkins b Sandford 36 ( ) c Luce b Smart 1 + Stedman, F c Perkins b Smart 17 ( ) b Smart 13 Smith, W C b Smart 22 ( ) c C S Awdry b Sandford 8 Rushby, T st Luce b Smart 1 ( ) c R W Awdry b Miller 2 Jackson, M T not out 10 ( ) c C S Awdry b Miller 14 Extras b 6, lb 2, nb 1 9 b 8, lb 4, w 3, nb 1 16 Total 205 314 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 14 205 Second innings 104 212 314 Smith, W 23 4 67 3 - 1 (1) 17 5 63 0 2 1 Miller 5 1 29 0 - - (6) 8.3 0 45 2 - - Perkins 3 0 16 0 - - (5) 4 1 15 1 - - Smart 14.1 3 44 5 - - (2) 16 2 65 3 - - Newman 7 4 11 0 - - (4) 11 4 31 1 - - Sandford 7 1 29 2 - - (3) 15 1 79 3 1 - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 16 0 - - Total 59.1 13 205 10 0 1 71.3 13 314 10 3 1 Notes: Drawn return match with Wiltshire winning on first innings and enforcing the follow-on with Surrey 235 runs in arrears. The match between the two teams at Chippenham in July had been won by Wiltshire. For the visitors, there were 15 fours in C S Awdry’s 95, 12 fours in Newman’s 77, and 4 fives and 3 fours in Miller’s 59 not out. Stevens and C S Awdry put on 148 for the first wicket, scored in 70 minutes, before Awdry retired hurt hit on the elbow by a return stroke by his partner Stevens. For the home side, Adams’s 93 not out contained 1 five and 14 fours and Davis’s 92 1 six, 2 fives, and 14 fours, scored in just 45 minutes. Two of his hits were reported to have landed on the pavilion roof, and another two in the pavilion seats. In the Surrey second innings, Altham and Davis put on 104 runs in 45 minutes for the first wicket. [Missing: Toss; part fall of wickets; large partnerships; in Surrey first innings bowler of no ball; in Surrey second innings batting order.] Sources: Surrey Year Book 1908, p 117; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 13 August; North Wilts Herald 14 August; The Sportsman 11,12 August; Cricket 20 August, p 366.