Minor Counties Championship 1908

85 MATCH NUMBER 52 : BERKSHIRE V SURREY 2 ND XI – SOUTH DIVISION At The County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on Monday 3, Tuesday 4 August 1908 Result: Surrey 2 nd XI won by an innings and 54 runs Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Surrey 2 nd XI Umpires: Not known Debutants: Berkshire 1 (A M Holdsworth); Surrey 2 nd XI 1 (J E V Jewell) First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 443-8 wickets declared; Berkshire 109-5 wickets (R J Collins 3*) Surrey 2 nd XI Goatly, E G b Hunt 18 H S Altham b Morres 132 H S Wrinch c Cave b Hunt 32 Davis, W E c Collins b Shoosmith 40 J E V Jewell c E F Rowe b F E Rowe 52 Blacklidge, H G st E F Rowe b Hunt 77 Platt, G J W c Morres b Cave 50 Jackson, M T c Holdsworth b Hunt 0 * A W F Rutty not out 11 + Stedman, F Rushby, T Extras b 26, lb 4, w 1 31 Total (8 wickets declared) 443 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 443 - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Cave 29.1 3 108 1 - - Hunt 28 5 103 4 - - Willcocks 10 1 39 0 1 - Morres 6 1 30 1 - - Shoosmith 14 1 84 1 - - Nepean 2 0 14 0 - - F E Rowe 5 0 34 1 - - Extras - - 31 0 - - Total 94.1 11 443 8 1 0 Berkshire (Followed on) F E Rowe c Blacklidge b Platt 30 ( ) b Platt 11 Shoosmith, H W b Platt 30 ( ) c Platt b Blacklidge 61 Watts, E A c Stedman b Platt 29 ( ) c Platt b Davis 53 Capt A M Holdsworth b Davis 4 ( ) b Davis 5 H F M Morres c Davis b Platt 5 ( ) st Stedman b Davis 26 R J Collins c Stedman b Davis 9 ( ) c Stedman b Rushby 31 + Capt E F Rowe c and b Platt 0 ( ) c Davis b Blacklidge 52 * Sir C E M Y Nepean b Platt 1 ( ) c Davis b Blacklidge 10 T M C Hunt c Davis b Platt 1 ( ) c Blacklidge b Platt 3 Cave, W not out 4 ( ) run out 0 H F Willcocks b Platt 0 ( ) not out 0 Extras b 8 8 b 14, lb 1, nb 1 16 Total 121 268 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 109 121 Second innings 268 Rushby 8 2 18 0 - - (4) 16 2 52 1 - - Jackson 7 0 20 0 - - (3) 5 1 14 0 - - Platt 12.4 3 28 8 - - (1) 19 6 39 2 - 1 Davis 7 0 29 2 - - (2) 20 2 99 3 - - Blacklidge 6 2 18 0 - - (6) 7.3 1 22 3 - - Altham (5) 2 0 15 0 - - Goatly (7) 2 0 11 0 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 16 1 - - Total 40.4 7 121 10 0 0 71.3 12 268 10 0 1 Notes: Surrey 2 nd XI won this return match by an innings and 54 runs on the second day.. The match between the two sides at The Oval in June had also been won by Surrey 2 nd XI. For the winners, Altham scored 132, Blacklidge 77, Jewell 52 and Platt 50. Platt also took 10 wickets in the match for 67 runs, including 8 for 28 in the Berkshire first innings. For the losers, Shoosmith scored 61, Watts 58 and there were 10 fours in Rowe’s 52. [Missing: Umpires; fall of wickets; large partnerships; in Surrey innings breakdown and duration of Altham’s 132, boundaries in Jewell’s 52,Blacklidge’s 77 and Platt 50; in Berkshire second innings boundaries in Shoosmith’s 61 and Watts’s 53, and batting order; precise time completed.] Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 8 August; Reading Observer 8 August; Surrey Year Book 1908, p 115; The Sportsman 4,5 August; Cricket 13 August, p 342-343.