Minor Counties Championship 1908

114 MATCH NUMBER 81 : SURREY 2 ND XI V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE – SOUTH DIVISION At The Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground, Reigate on Wednesday 12, Thursday 13 August 1908 Result: Surrey 2 nd XI won by an innings and 276 runs Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: C Hughes and W Pate Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI none; Buckinghamshire 2 (- Etheridge, C Langley) First day score: Surrey 469; Buckinghamshire 114-8 wickets (- Etheridge 0*) Surrey 2 nd XI H S Altham b Wilson 8 J C Adams b Wilson 0 Abel, W J c Vickerstaff b Wilson 48 Davis, W E b Wilson 37 Harrison, H S c E D Shaw b Wright 121 + Vigar, H E c Wilson b Wright 15 * A W F Rutty c E A Shaw b Wright 0 Smith, W C run out 201 Jackson, M T c E D Shaw b Wright 11 Edwards, F not out 10 Rushby, T c Langley b Wright 7 Extras b 4, lb 4, w 3 11 Total 469 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 469 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Wilson 39 3 162 4 3 - Etheridge 8 0 54 0 - - Wright 40.2 7 145 5 - - Boddy 4 0 14 0 - - Vickerstaff 4 0 24 0 - - Langley 3 0 19 0 - - Lowndes 5 0 40 0 - - Extras - - 11 1 - - Total 103.2 10 469 10 3 0 Buckinghamshire (Followed on) Langley, C c Davis b Rushby 1 ( ) b Rushby 13 Boddy, E S b Smith 67 ( ) c Edwards b Jackson 7 Rev E D Shaw c Smith b Rushby 8 ( ) b Rushby 5 + E A Shaw c Smith b Jackson 5 ( ) b Rushby 3 * W F L F Lowndes c Rutty b Rushby 0 ( ) run out 9 Wright, M W c Vigar b Rushby 0 ( ) b Rushby 7 Wilson, G A c Adams b Jackson 11 ( ) c Vigar b Jackson 18 T R Kent st Vigar b Abel 15 ( ) c Edwards b Rushby 1 Etheridge, - not out 0 ( ) not out 0 R W Orton c Davis b Jackson 9 ( ) st Vigar b Jackson 5 Vickerstaff, S J A b Rushby 1 ( ) b Rushby 0 Extras lb 7 7 lb 1 1 Total 124 69 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 114 124 Second innings 69 Rushby 18.3 7 45 5 - - (1) 15.5 5 29 6 - - Jackson 19 6 47 3 - - (2) 15 3 39 3 - - Smith 4 2 8 1 - - Abel 3 0 17 1 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 1 1 - - Total 44.3 15 124 10 0 0 30.5 8 69 10 0 0 Notes: Surrey 2 nd XI won this return match by an innings and 276 runs after two hours play on the second day after enforcing the follow-on. The match between the two sides at Aylesbury in July had also been won by Surrey 2 nd XI. For the winners, there were 1 seven, 28 fours, 7 threes and 14 twos in Smith’s 201, scored in 130 minutes, and 14 fours in Harrison’s 121. Rushby took 11 wickets in the match for 74 runs. The 201 scored by Smith was the fourth highest score of the season. For the losers, Boddy scored 67. The 162 runs conceded by Wilson in the Surrey 2 nd XI innings was the second highest during the season. [Missing: Toss; fall of wickets; large partnerships; in Surrey innings brea kdown and duration of Harrison’s 121, duration of Smith’s 201; in Buckinghamshire first innings boundaries in Boddy’s 67; in Buckinghamshire second innings batting order; precise time completed; Etheridge’s initials.] Sources: Surrey Year Book 1908, p 118; Surrey Mirror; Bucks Herald 22 August; South Bucks Free Press 21 August; Slough Observer 22 August; The Sportsman 13,14 August; Cricket 27 August, p 370.