Minor Counties Championship 1909

52 MATCH NUMBER 21 : SURREY 2 ND XI V WILTSHIRE – SOUTH DIVISION At The Oval, Kennington, London on Monday 28 June 1909 Result: Wiltshire won by an innings and 28 runs Points: Wiltshire 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: R Barber and T H Holton Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI 2 (C T A Wilkinson, F Windybank); Wiltshire 2 (G C Davenport, H Mitchell) First day score: As match - completed in one day Surrey 2 nd XI C T A Wilkinson b Mitchell 2 ( ) c Smith b Newman 10 Abel , W J c and b Mitchell 0 ( ) c Whittaker b Mitchell 13 Goatly, E G b Newman 20 ( ) b Newman 44 Blacklidge, H G b Mitchell 2 ( ) c Mitchell b Newman 1 Hitch, J W c Stevens b Mitchell 0 ( ) b Mitchell 2 H S Altham b Mitchell 0 ( ) c Davenport b Newman 0 J E Jewell st Davenport b Mitchell 26 ( ) b Mitchell 1 Platt, G J W c Mitchell b Newman 0 ( ) run out 0 * A W F Rutty c Newman b Mitchell 1 ( ) b Mitchell 5 Edwards, F not out 12 ( ) not out 2 + Windybank, F b Mitchell 1 ( ) c Miller b Mitchell 0 Extras b 2 2 b 2 2 Total 66 80 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 29 66 Second innings 37 80 Mitchell 11.3 4 30 8 - - (1) 13.3 1 53 5 - - Newman 11 1 34 2 - - (2) 13 3 25 4 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 2 1 - - Total 22.3 5 66 10 0 0 26.3 4 80 10 0 0 Wiltshire J E Stevens c Jewell b Edwards 1 R W Awdry c Wilkinson b Hitch 13 Newman, A W c Hitch b Edwards 7 S R Nicholson b Hitch 10 S J H Taunton lbw b Edwards 61 S Whittaker c Windybank b Blacklidge 6 * A M Miller c Rutty b Blacklidge 15 + G C Davenport b Platt 28 Smart, T not out 11 Smith, W R R c Rutty b Platt 5 Mitchell, H c Windybank b Platt 0 Extras b 13, lb 3, nb 1 17 Total 174 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 76 174 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Edwards 13 4 26 3 - - Hitch 21 3 65 2 - 1 Platt 11.4 3 26 3 - - Blacklidge 7 0 29 2 - - Wilkinson 3 0 11 0 - - Extras - - 17 0 - - Total 55.4 10 174 10 0 1 Notes: Wiltshire won by an innings and 28 runs on the first day. For the winners, the debutant Mitchell took 13 wickets for 83 runs in the match, including 8 for 30 in the first innings. He and Newman bowled unchanged through both innings, the latter taking 6 for 59. Taunton scored 61. For the losers, Goatly top-scored with 44 which included 1 five and 6 fours. Press reports describe Mitchell as being a slow left arm bowler who flicked his wrist at the moment before delivery and that this raised doubts about the fairness of his action. [Missing: Toss; fall of wickets; in Surrey second innings batting order; in Wiltshire innings boundaries in Taunton’s 61; precise time completed.] Sources: Surrey Year Book 1909, p 113; North Wilts Guardian 2 July; Swindon Advertiser 2 July; Wiltshire Times 3 July; Sporting Life 29 June; The Sportsman 29 June; Cricket 15 July, p 260.