Minor Counties Championship 1909

62 MATCH NUMBER 31 : SURREY 2 ND XI V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE – SOUTH DIVISION At The Horley Cricket Club Ground, Horley Row, Horley on Friday 9 July 1909 Result: Surrey 2 nd XI won by an innings and 29 runs Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI 1 (H P Webb); Buckinghamshire none First day score: As match - completed in one day Buckinghamshire H G Hogarth c Edwards b Platt 4 ( ) c Platt b Edwards 4 T R Kent b Hitch 13 ( ) b Platt 2 Wheeler, W b Platt 0 ( ) b Platt 0 Orton, R W b Edwards 17 ( ) b Platt 0 * W F L F Lowndes b Platt 0 ( ) c Abel b Platt 0 Page, H b Platt 0 ( ) b Platt 1 Boddy, E S c Platt b Hitch 2 ( ) run out 0 G M Faulkner b Platt 0 ( ) c Wrinch b Platt 20 P L Frith c Hitch b Platt 19 ( ) b Platt 0 + J G Montague b Platt 0 ( ) lbw b Edwards 6 Vickerstaff, S J A not out 0 ( ) not out 2 Extras b 4, lb 2 6 b 2 2 Total 61 37 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 19 21 21 21 61 Second innings 9 12 37 Platt 12 6 19 7 - - (2) 12.4 6 23 7 - - Hitch 7 1 23 2 - - Edwards 4.2 0 13 1 - - (1) 13 5 12 2 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 2 1 - - Total 23.2 7 61 10 0 0 25.4 11 37 10 0 0 Surrey 2 nd XI H S Wrinch b Page 2 Platt, G J W b Vickerstaff 18 Abel, W J c and b Vickerstaff 5 Mason, W b Vickerstaff 0 Goatly, E G b Vickerstaff 9 Blacklidge, H G b Vickerstaff 13 + Vigar, H E c Lowndes b Faulkner 38 Hitch, J W b Wheeler 11 * A W F Rutty b Faulkner 20 Edwards, F not out 5 H P Webb b Faulkner 0 Extras b 2, lb 4 6 Total 127 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 127 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Vickerstaff 19 3 58 5 - - Page 14 3 34 1 - - Wheeler 3 0 16 1 - - Faulkner 3.2 0 13 3 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - Total 39.2 6 127 10 0 0 Notes: Surrey 2 nd XI won this return match by an innings and 29 runs on the first day. The encounter between the two sides at Wolverton in June had also been won by Surrey. For the winners, Platt took 14 wickets in the match for 42 runs, including 7 for 19 in the first innings and 7 for 23 in the second. In the Buckinghamshire first innings he performed the ‘hat-trick;, his victims being Wheeler, Lowndes and Page. Vigar top-scored for the home team with 38. For the losers, Faulkner top-scored with 20. This was the first Championship match played on the Horley ground. [Missing: Toss; umpires; fall of wickets; in Buckinghamshire second innings batting order; precise time completed.] Sources: Surrey Year Book 1909, p 115; Surrey Mirror and County Post 13 July; Bucks Advertiser 17 July; Bucks Herald 17 July; South Bucks Free Press 16 July; South Bucks Standard 16 July; The Sportsman 10 July; Cricket 22 June, p 283.