Minor Counties Championship 1908

50 MATCH NUMBER 17 : DORSET V SURREY 2 ND XI – SOUTH DIVISION At The Recreation Ground, Dorchester on Wednesday 1, Thursday 2 July 1908 Result: Surrey 2 nd XI won by ten wickets Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Dorset Umpires: R Barber and G Perkins Debutants: Dorset 3 (E Chester Master, T H Fowler, G M Gordon); Surrey 2 nd XI none First day score: Dorset 248; Surrey 2 nd XI 90-7 wickets (J WMeads 1*, G J W Platt 0*) Dorset * P F C Williams c Meads b Platt 5 ( ) c Baker b Platt 10 Rev W H Arundell st Vigar b Smith 21 ( ) b Platt 0 P Crimmins c Meads b Smith 19 ( ) st Vigar b Platt 0 W H Budge st Vigar b Meads 11 ( ) c Vigar b Platt 4 G M Gordon c and b Platt 56 ( ) c Meads b Platt 1 T H Fowler c and b Smith 76 ( ) not out 9 C P Goodden st Vigar b Platt 5 ( ) b Platt 3 H M Greenhill c Vigar b Platt 0 ( ) b Platt 0 + E Chester Master st Vigar b Meads 23 ( ) b Platt 2 Stacey, F C not out 22 ( ) c Smith b Platt 2 S W Talbot c Blacklidge b Smith 4 ( ) c Baker b Platt 0 Extras b 4, lb 1, w 1 6 0 Total 248 31 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 18 34 54 83 135 204 248 Second innings 31 Platt 33 9 82 4 - - (1) 15.4 7 15 10 - - Smith 42.3 7 93 4 1 - (2) 15 6 16 0 - - Meads 12 3 28 2 - - Blacklidge 7 1 24 0 - - Abel 3 0 15 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 97.3 20 248 10 1 0 30.4 13 31 10 0 0 Surrey 2 nd XI P H Slater b Talbot 9 Baker, A b Gordon 30 (1) not out 17 H S Wrinch b Talbot 8 Abel, W J b Talbot 0 Harrison, H S run out 13 Blacklidge, H G lbw b Gordon 8 * A W F Rutty b Gordon 15 Meads, J W lbw b Gordon 8 Platt, G J W c Talbot b Greenhill 79 (2) not out 44 + Vigar, H E c Budge b Talbot 24 Smith, F E not out 2 Extras b 7, lb 9, w 1 17 b 6 6 Total 213 (no wicket) 67 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 31 51 61 61 83 90 201 213 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Talbot 22 5 56 4 - - Stacey 22 2 82 0 - - (1) 6 1 28 0 - - Gordon 13 2 46 4 - - (2) 5.2 1 33 0 - - Greenhill 2.3 0 12 1 - - Extras - - 17 1 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 59.3 9 213 10 1 0 11.2 2 67 0 0 0 Notes: Surrey 2 nd XI won by 10 wickets on the second day. For the winners, Platt achieved the unusual feat of taking all 10 wickets in the Dorset second innings for just 15 runs, and 14 in the match for 97 runs. It was the only instance during the season when a bowler took all ten wickets in an innings. Platt also scored 123 runs in the match for once out, including an innings of 79 in the Surrey first innings. For the losers, Fowler scored 76 and Gordon 56. The Dorset second innings total of 31 was the lowest of the season. Newspaper reports suggest there was no significant deterioration in the wicket over the two days. This was the first championship match played at this venue. [Missing: Part fall of wickets; large partnerships; in the Dorset first innings boundaries in Fowler’s 76 and Gordon’s 56; Dorset seco nd innings batting order; in Surrey first innings boundaries in Platt’s 79; precise time complet ed.] Sources: Dorset County Chronicle 29 July; East Dorset Herald 29 July; Poole Sun 1,4 July; Surrey Year Book 1908, p 112; Sporting Life 2,3 July; The Sportsman 2,3 July; Cricket 9 July, p 258.