Minor Counties Championship 1908

66 MATCH NUMBER 33 : BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V SURREY 2 ND XI – SOUTH DIVISION At The County Ground, Wendover Road, Aylesbury on Tuesday 21 July 1908 Result: Surrey 2 nd XI won by an innings and 87 runs Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Buckinghamshire Umpires: A F Bannister and B W Mason Debutants: Buckinghamshire 2 (W F L F Lowndes, D L L Mackey); Surrey 2 nd XI none First day score: As match – match completed on first day Buckinghamshire + J G Montague b Rushby 0 (5) run out 7 D L L Mackey b Smith 0 (2) st Stedman b Smith 2 R W Orton st Stedman b Smith 17 (3) b Rushby 0 A W Johnson b Rushby 1 (8) c Stedman b Rushby 6 Wright, M W c Davis b Smith 3 (4) b Rushby 0 Page, H c Platt b Smith 6 (1) c Stedman b Rushby 4 * W F L F Lowndes c and b Rushby 0 (7) b Rushby 11 G M Faulkner not out 7 (6) c Baker b Smith 5 W Wheeler b Rushby 0 (9) st Stedman b Smith 2 Golding, S c Hitch b Rushby 2 (10) c Davis b Smith 4 Vickerstaff, S J A b Smith 1 (11) not out 1 Extras b 5 5 0 Total 42 42 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 0 3 16 29 32 32 32 41 42 Second innings 4 6 6 6 16 19 33 36 41 42 Rushby 15 7 16 5 - - (1) 9 3 23 5 - - Smith 14.5 7 21 5 - - (2) 8.4 2 19 4 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 0 1 - - Total 29.5 14 42 10 0 0 17.4 5 42 10 0 0 Surrey 2 nd XI Goatly, E G b Wright 30 Hitch, J W st Montague b Wright 61 Baker, A b Faulkner 3 H S Wrinch b Faulkner 1 Davis, W E st Montague b Wright 25 Platt, G J W c Orton b Wright 1 * A W F Rutty c Vickerstaff b Wright 18 Blacklidge, H G c and b Wright 3 Smith, F E c Lowndes b Wright 5 Rushby, T st Montague b Wright 10 + Stedman, F not out 9 Extras b 5 5 Total 171 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 72 90 147 171 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Faulkner 16 0 68 2 - - Vickerstaff 5 0 40 0 - - Wright 15.5 3 45 8 - - Golding 4 1 13 0 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - Total 40.5 4 171 10 0 0 Notes: Surrey 2 nd XI won this low-scoring match by an innings and 87 runs on the first day. It was one of two matches during the season completed on the first day. For the winners, Rushby and Smith bowled unchanged through both Buckinghamshire innings, taking 10 wickets for 39 runs and 9 for 40 respectively. There were 9 fours in Hitch’s 61. For the losers, Wright took 8 wickets for 45 runs in the Surrey 2 nd XI innings. The run aggregate of 255 was the lowest in the season for a completed match. [Missing: In Surrey 2nd XI innings part fall of wicketss; precise time completed.] Sources: Bucks Advertiser 25 July; Bucks Herald 25 July; Surrey Year Book 1908, p 113; The Sportsman 22 July; Cricket 23 July, p 303.