Minor Counties Championship 1909

79 MATCH NUMBER 48 : SURREY 2 ND XI V BERKSHIRE – SOUTH DIVISION At The Priory Ground, Bell Street, Reigate on Friday 23, Saturday 24 July 1909 Result: Match drawn – Surrey 2 nd XI won on first innings Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 3 Toss: Berkshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI 1 (H E Brooker); Berkshire 1 (H J Tutty) First day score: Berkshire 170; Surrey 2 nd XI 274 Berkshire * Sir C E M Y Nepean b Platt 21 (1) c Rutty b Platt 34 A P Strange c Jackson b Platt 58 (2) b Platt 21 Whichelow, H V b Edwards 0 (3) not out 14 G E Williams b Platt 10 (4) b Platt 10 Shoosmith, H W c Vigar b Platt 1 (5) not out 7 Hawksworth, G M retired hurt 16 W O Hubbard c Rutty b Platt 30 H J Tutty c Jewell b Platt 7 + Capt E F Rowe not out 11 Barrett, H b Platt 0 Simpson, - c Jackson b Blacklidge 7 Extras b 5, lb 3, w 1 9 b 9, lb 4 13 Total 170 (3 wickets) 99 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 32 33 46 138 144 157 170 - Second innings - - - - - - - Webb 7 0 26 0 1 - Platt 25 7 53 7 - - (1) 16 4 34 3 - - Edwards 16 5 47 1 - - (2) 4 0 23 0 - - Blacklidge 7 2 18 1 - - (3) 12 3 29 0 - - Jackson 3 0 17 0 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 58 14 170 9 1 0 32 7 99 3 0 0 Surrey 2 nd XI J E V Jewell b Hubbard 20 H E Brooker c Shoosmith b Simpson 22 Abel, W J c Tutty b Shoosmith 39 Blacklidge, H G lbw b Simpson 1 + Vigar, H E b Simpson 8 Edwards, F b Shoosmith 8 Platt, G J W c Nepean b Simpson 81 * A W F Rutty c Simpson b Tutty 17 Abel, G A c Strange b Shoosmith 29 Jackson, M T not out 12 H P Webb b Whichelow 0 Extras b 30, lb 5, nb 2 37 Total 274 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 274 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Shoosmith 23 2 89 3 - - Hubbard 15 0 80 1 - 2 Simpson 11 3 46 4 - - Tutty 5 1 17 1 - - Whichelow 1.4 0 5 1 - - Extras - - 37 0 - - Total 55.4 6 274 10 0 2 Notes: Match drawn with Surrey 2 nd XI winning on first innings. There was little play on the second day owing to frequent heavy showers, and the match was eventually abandoned as a draw. For Surrey, Platt took 10 wickets in the match for 87 runs, including 7 for 53 in the first innings. Platt also scored 81, which included 13 fours. In the Surrey innings, Platt and Rutty added over 50 runs for the seventh wicket, and Platt and G A Abel over 50 for the eighth. For the losers, Strange top-scored with 58 which included 5 fours. During the Berkshire first innings Hawksworth was hit on the head by a return from Brooker when taking a run. He fell to the ground and wrenched his right shoulder. Hawksworth was carried to the pavilion and, after receiving medical attention, he withdrew from the match. [Missing: Umpires; fall of wickets; large partnerships; in Berkshire first innings what was the Berkshire score when Hawksworth retired hurt; Simpson’s initials.] Sources: Surrey Year Book 1909, p 116; Surrey Mirror and County Post 31 July; Berkshire Chronicle 31 July; Reading Mercury 7 August; Reading Observer 31 July; The Sportsman 24,26 July; Cricket 5 August, p 318.