Minor Counties Championship 1908

39 MATCH NUMBER 6 : SURREY 2 ND XI V BERKSHIRE – SOUTH DIVISION At The Oval, Kennington, London on Thursday 11, Friday 12 June 1908 Result: Surrey 2 nd XI won by an innings and 201 runs Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: R Barber and G Perkins Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI 2 (A W F Rutty, F E Smith); Berkshire none First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 400-9 wickets declared; Berkshire 86-8 wickets (T M C Hunt 6*, W Barker 0*) Surrey 2 nd XI P H Slater b Cave 17 Baker, A b Hunt 57 Abel, W J b Spencer 47 Harrison, H S c Rowe b Cave 23 Lawrence, W H b Cave 16 Spring, W A c Nepean b Shoosmith 170 * A W F Rutty c Cave b Hunt 8 + Stedman, F c Shoosmith b Cave 3 Hitch, J W b Cave 19 Smith, F E not out 22 Rushby, T Extras b 12, lb 6 18 Total (9 wickets declared) 400 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 89 272 400 - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Barker 11 0 47 0 - - Cave 32 5 96 5 - - Hunt 27 2 126 2 - - Shoosmith 17.3 2 65 1 - - Spencer 10 0 48 1 - - Extras - - 18 0 - - Total 97.3 9 400 9 0 0 Berkshire (Followed on) A P Strange b Smith 18 ( ) c Harrison b Hitch 6 Shoosmith, H W c Stedman b Smith 18 ( ) b Smith 12 K J Seth-Smith c Hitch b Smith 5 ( ) b Hitch 0 Watts, E A b Rushby 4 ( ) b Spring 14 J H Bennett b Rushby 0 ( ) st Stedman b Spring 0 + Capt E F Rowe st Stedman b Rushby 13 ( ) c Rushby b Smith 5 T M C Hunt not out 11 ( ) c Stedman b Smith 7 * Sir C E M Y Nepean b Hitch 17 ( ) c Spring b Rushby 28 Cave, W b Hitch 0 ( ) c Stedman b Rushby 1 Barker, W c Hitch b Rushby 2 ( ) b Smith 13 Spencer, - b Hitch 0 ( ) not out 1 Extras b 15, lb 4, nb 1 20 b 2, nb 2 4 Total 108 91 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 108 Second innings 91 Rushby 18 5 35 4 - - (1) 11 2 39 2 - - Smith 16 2 49 3 - - (4) 12.3 2 27 4 - - Hitch 2.5 1 4 3 - 1 (2) 5 2 17 2 - 2 Spring (3) 7 4 4 2 - - Extras - - 20 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 36.5 8 108 10 0 1 35.3 10 91 10 0 2 Notes: Surrey 2 nd XI won by an innings and 201 runs on the second day. For the winners, there were 26 fours, 5 threes and 11 twos in Spring’s 170, an innings of 160 minutes. Baker’s 57 contained 1 five and 5 fours. In the Surrey 2 nd XI innings, Spring and Smith added 128 runs for the ninth wicket. [Missing: Toss; fall of wi ckets; Berkshire second innings batting order; precise time completed; Spencer’s initials.] Sources: Surrey Year Book 1908, p111; The Sportsman 12.13 June; Cricket 18 June, p 215.