Minor Counties Championship 1909

191 SURREY 2 ND X1 1909 Championship matches: Played 8, won 5, lost 1, drawn 2 (won on first innings 2, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings none) Position: Second out of five in South Division Won: v Buckinghamshire at Wolverton OS, v Buckinghamshire at Horley, v Dorset at Poole, v Berkshire at Reading and v Dorset at Guildford Lost: v Wiltshire at The Oval Drawn – won on first innings: v Berkshire at Reigate and v Wiltshire at Chippenham Drawn – lost on first innings: None Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: A W F Rutty (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: H E Vigar (7 matches) and F Windybank (1 match) Debutants: 10 (G A Abel, R H Abel, H E Brooker, I P F Campbell, A J Freeman, D J Knight, W Mason, H P Webb, C T A Wilkinson and F Windybank) Final season: 7 (G A Abel, R H Abel, J W Hitch, T C Stafford, H Thompson, H P Webb and F Windybank) Secretary: W Findlay Professionals: 15 (G A Abel, R H Abel, W J Abel, H G Blacklidge, A J Freeman, E G Goatley, H S Harrison, J W Hitch, M T Jackson, W Mason, G J W Platt, W A Spring, H Thompson, H E Vigar and F Windybank) Home grounds 4 : Guildford Cricket Club Ground, Woodbridge Road, Guildford (1 match); Horley Cricket Club Ground, Horley Row, Horley – new ground (1 match); The Oval, Kennington, London (1 match); and Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground, Reigate (1 match) Notes: Against unchanged opponents Surrey 2nd XI were again runners up in the South Division. Three batsmen, J E V Jewell, H E Vigar and W J Abel each scored over two hundred runs in the season. The bowling of G J W Platt was economical as he took 55 wickets at a cost of 7.80 each. SURREY 2 ND XI MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1909 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 10 players who made their Championship debut for Surrey 2 nd XI during the season. Names in bold denote that 1909 was the last or only season that these 7 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, G A + 2 2 0 29 31 15.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Abel, R H + 1 1 0 15 15 15.00 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - Abel, W J 7 9 0 73 242 26.88 - 2 2 4 - 16 5 39 3 13.00 1-5 - - H S Altham 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - Blacklidge, H G 7 8 0 54 95 11.87 - 1 1 4 - 100.1 30 241 26 9.26 6-41 - 2 H E Brooker + 4 5 2 87* 168 56.00 - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - I P F Campbell + 2 3 0 18 39 13.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - F Edwards 7 8 5 26* 55 18.33 - - 1 4 - 130.2 27 318 18 17.66 3-26 - - Freeman, A J + 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - 0 - - - - Goatly, E G 3 5 0 44 121 24.20 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Harrison, H S 3 4 0 60 89 22.25 - 1 - 2 - 63.5 17 174 10 17.40 5-67 - 1 Hitch, J W 2 3 0 11 13 4.33 - - 1 2 - 28 4 88 4 22.00 2-23 - - Jackson, M T 4 3 2 12* 20 20.00 - - - 4 - 60.2 4 167 7 23.85 3-50 - - J E V Jewell 6 8 0 154 277 34.62 1 - 1 6 - - - - - - - - - D J Knight + 2 3 1 53 59 29.50 - 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - - Mason, W + 2 2 0 11 11 5.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Platt, G J W 6 9 0 81 169 18.77 - 1 4 8 - 180.2 49 429 55 7.80 7-19 4 7 A W F Rutty 8 9 1 20 95 11.87 - - - 6 - - - - - - - - - Spring, W A 3 4 0 17 39 9.75 - - - 2 - 10 0 33 0 - - - - T C Stafford 1 1 0 17 17 17.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thompson, H 1 1 0 17 17 17.00 - - - - - 39.3 5 118 11 10.72 8-59 1 1 Vigar, H E 7 9 2 62 245 35.00 - 2 1 7 8 - - - - - - - - H P Webb + 2 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - - 7 0 26 0 - - - - C T A Wilkinson + 4 6 1 19 52 10.40 - - - 5 - 22 1 70 3 23.33 3-38 - - Windybank, F + 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - H S Wrinch 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 132 - - - - - - - - 127 5 - - - - Total 88 110 14 154 2004 20.87 1 10 17 65 8 658.3 143 1830 142 12.88 8-59 5 11 (26 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 7 players made their last or only appearances for Surrey 2 nd XI in the Championship in 1909. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Abel, G A 1909 2 2 0 29 31 15.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - Abel, R H 1909 1 1 0 15 15 15.00 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - Hitch, J W 1907 9 13 2 61 152 13.81 - 1 2 9 - 1259 630 51 12.35 8-87 3 5 T C Stafford 1908 2 3 0 17 22 7.33 - - - - - - - - - - - - Thompson, H 1899 23 35 7 74* 963 34.39 - 9 5 13 - 1159 522 28 18.64 8-59 1 1 H P Webb 1909 2 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - - 42 26 0 - - - - Windybank, F 1909 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - (7 players)