Minor Counties Championship 1908

184 SURREY 2 ND X1 1908 Championship matches: Played 8, won 6, lost 1, drawn 1 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: Second out of five in South Division Won: v Berkshire at The Oval, v Dorset at Dorchester, v Buckinghamshire at Aylesbury, v Berkshire at Reading, v Dorset at Guildford and v Buckinghamshire at Reigate Lost: v Wiltshire at Chippenham Drawn – won on first innings: v None Drawn – lost on first innings: v Wiltshire at The Oval Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: A W F Rutty (7 matches) – S Coleman (1 match) led the side in the match in which A W F Rutty did not play Wicket-keepers: F Stedman (4 matches) and H E Vigar (4 matches) Debutants: 6 (J C Adams, S Colman, J E V Jewell, A W F Rutty, F E Smith and T C Stafford) Final season: 8 (J C Adams, A Baker, S Colman, W H Lawrence, J W Meads, P H Slater, F E Smith and F Stedman) Secretary: W Findley Professionals: 18 (W J Abel, A Baker, H G Blacklidge, W E Davis, F Edwards, E G Goatley, H S Harrison, J W Hitch, M T Jackson, W H Lawrence, J W Meads, G J W Platt, T Rushby, F E Smith, W C Smith, W A Spring, F Stedman and H E Vigar) Home grounds 3 : Guildford Cricket Club Ground, Woodbridge Road, Guildford – new ground (1 match); The Oval, Kennington, London (2 matches); and Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground, Reigate (1 match) Notes: Surrey 2nd XI with six wins finished runners up in the South Division. Dorset were their new opponents in place of Worcestershire 2nd XI. Bill Davis was the leading run scorer with 288 at 36.00. Of the bowlers Thomas Rushby led the way with 45 wickets at 12.11. Career milestones reached during the season were three thousand runs by Albert Baker and one thousand runs by Wiliam Spring. SURREY 2 ND XI MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1908 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 6 players who made their Championship debut for Surrey 2 nd XI during the season. Names in bold denote that 1908 was the last or only season that these 8 players appeared for Surrey 2 nd XI in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Abel, W J 5 6 0 48 198 33.00 - - 1 - - 11 0 54 2 27.00 1-17 - - J C Adams + 2 3 1 93* 123 61.50 - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - H S Altham 4 5 0 132 194 38.80 1 - - 1 - 7 0 29 1 29.00 1-14 - - Baker, A 4 6 1 57 127 25.40 - 1 - 3 - - - - - - - - - Blacklidge, H G 5 6 0 77 121 20.16 - 1 - 4 - 52.1 10 157 8 19.62 3-22 - - S Colman + 1 2 1 30* 30 30.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Davis, W E 6 8 0 92 288 36.00 - 2 1 10 - 55.3 4 246 10 24.60 3-99 - - Edwards, F 1 1 1 10* 10 - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Goatly, E G 4 5 0 66 143 28.60 - 1 - - - 2 0 11 0 - - - - Harrison, H S 5 6 0 121 198 33.00 1 - - 3 - 4 0 27 0 - - - - Hitch, J W 2 2 0 61 80 40.00 - 1 - 3 - 7.5 3 21 5 4.20 3-4 - - Jackson, M T 5 7 2 29 73 14.60 - - 1 3 - 115 21 354 13 27.23 3-39 - - J E V Jewell + 2 2 0 52 66 33.00 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - Lawrence, W H 1 1 0 16 16 16.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Meads, J W 1 1 0 8 8 8.00 - - - 3 - 12 3 28 2 14.00 2-28 - - Platt, G J W 4 6 1 79 183 36.60 - 2 1 7 - 99.2 30 200 24 8.33 10-15 2 2 Rushby, T 7 7 1 24 49 8.16 - - - 4 - 205.5 49 545 45 12.11 7-32 3 6 A W F Rutty + 7 8 1 63 152 21.71 - 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - - P H Slater 2 2 0 17 26 13.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Smith, F E + 4 5 2 30 59 19.66 - - 1 2 - 130.1 36 269 23 11.69 5-21 - 1 Smith, W C 2 3 0 201 231 77.00 1 - - 2 - 36 6 120 5 24.00 4-112 - - Spring, W A 1 1 0 170 170 170.00 1 - - 1 - 7 4 4 2 2.00 2-4 - - T C Stafford + 1 2 0 4 5 2.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Stedman, F 4 4 1 17 42 14.00 - - - 8 8 - - - - - - - - Vigar, H E 5 7 0 95 164 23.42 - 1 1 7 11 - - - - - - - - H S Wrinch 3 3 0 32 41 13.66 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 132 - - - - - - - - 125 3 - - - - Total 88 109 12 201 2929 30.19 4 12 9 67 19 744.5 166 2190 143 15.31 10-15 5 9 (26 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 8 players made their last or only appearances for Surrey 2 nd XI in the Championship in 1908. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I J C Adams 1908 2 3 1 93* 123 61.50 - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - Baker, A 1899 60 96 9 155 3086 35.47 4 18 6 28 - 24 5 0 - - - - S Colman 1908 1 2 1 30* 30 30.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Lawrence, W H 1907 2 3 0 33 60 20.00 - - - - - 48 20 3 6.66 3-20 - - Meads, J W 1905 26 35 6 71 666 22.96 - 3 3 9 - 2411 903 59 15.30 7-36 - 3 P H Slater 1907 8 10 0 136 235 23.50 1 - 1 4 - - - - - - - - Smith, F E 1908 4 5 2 30 59 19.66 - - 1 2 - 781 269 23 11.69 5-21 - 1 Stedman, F 1899 38 57 5 100 937 18.01 1 2 8 58 28 282 170 2 85.00 2-24 - - (8 players)