Minor Counties Championship 1909

85 MATCH NUMBER 54 : DORSET V SURREY 2 ND XI – SOUTH DIVISION At The County Ground, Poole Park, Poole on Wednesday 28, Thursday 29 July 1909 Result: Surrey 2 nd XI won by an innings and 64 runs Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Surrey 2 nd XI Umpires: Not known Debutants: Dorset 3 (C Barnes, A B Canby, R M Manser); Surrey 2 nd XI 2 (R H Abel, A J Freeman) First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 340-7 wickets declared; Dorset 73-5 wickets (P F C Williams -*, A B Canby -*) Surrey 2 nd XI C T A Wilkinson run out 4 J E V Jewell hit wicket b Harrison 33 Abel, W J st Barnes b Arundell 73 Blacklidge, H G b Harrison 0 Abel, R H c Canby b Stacey 15 H E Brooker not out 87 + Vigar, H E b Browne 57 * A W F Rutty b Browne 17 Edwards, F not out 26 Jackson, M T Freeman, A J Extras b 20, lb 4, w 2, nb 2 28 Total (7 wickets declared) 340 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Canby 16 5 40 0 1 - Williams 7 0 37 0 1 - Stacey 17 3 59 1 - - Gordon 15 3 64 0 - 2 Harrison 9 2 45 2 - - Arundell 2 0 15 1 - - Browne 6 0 32 2 - - Medhurst 3 0 20 0 - - Extras - - 28 1 - - Total 75 13 340 7 2 2 Dorset (Followed on) Rev W H Arundell b Edwards 8 ( ) run out 2 R M Manser c and b Blacklidge 19 ( ) c W J Abel b Edwards 43 A M Harrison run out 4 ( ) st Vigar b Jackson 15 G M Gordon b Blacklidge 8 ( ) c R H Abel b Edwards 7 H V Browne c and b Blacklidge 10 ( ) lbw b W J Abel 0 * P F C Williams b Blacklidge 46 ( ) c Wilkinson b Edwards 14 A B Canby st Vigar b Jackson 14 ( ) b Blacklidge 18 Stacey, F C c R H Abel b Blacklidge 3 ( ) c R H Abel b Jackson 10 H F Hodges not out 7 ( ) b Blacklidge 18 R Medhurst b Edwards 7 ( ) b Blacklidge 0 + C Barnes c Wilkinson b Blacklidge 5 ( ) not out 1 Extras b 2, nb 3 5 b 7, lb 5 12 Total 136 140 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 136 Second innings 140 Edwards 20 1 57 2 - 3 (1) 20 4 43 3 - - Blacklidge 21.5 7 41 6 - - (2) 17.4 7 34 3 - - Abel, W J 2 1 3 0 - - (4) 3 2 5 1 - - Jackson 10 0 30 1 - - (3) 17 1 46 2 - - Freeman (5) 1 1 0 0 - - Extras - - 5 1 - - - - 12 1 - - Total 53.5 9 136 10 0 3 58.4 15 140 10 0 0 Notes: Surrey 2 nd XI won by an innings and 64 runs on the second day, after Dorset followed on 204 runs behind. For the winners, Brooker scored 87 not out, W J Abel 73 and Vigar 57. For the losers Williams top scored with 46. [Missing: Umpires; batsmen first day close of play scores; fall of wickets; in Surrey innings boundaries in Brooker’s 87 not out, W J Abel’s 73 and Vigar’s 57; in Dorset second innings batting order; precise time completed.] Sources: Dorset County Chronicle 5 August; East Dorset Herald 5 August; Surrey Year Book 1909, p 117.