Minor Counties Championship 1909

92 MATCH NUMBER 61 : BERKSHIRE V SURREY 2 ND XI – SOUTH DIVISION At County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on Monday 2, Tuesday 3 August 1909 Result: Surrey 2 nd XI won by an innings and 161 runs Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Surrey 2 nd XI Umpires: Not known Debutants: Berkshire 2 (W F Kynaston, F W Page-Roberts); Surrey 2 nd XI 1 (D J Knight) First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 424; Berkshire 100 Surrey 2 nd XI D J Knight c Page-Roberts b Garnett 53 C T A Wilkinson c Shoosmith b Simpson 19 Abel, W J c Garnett b Simpson 67 J E V Jewell st E F Rowe b Garnett 154 Harrison, H S c and b Simpson 60 Blacklidge, H G lbw b Kynaston 23 + Vigar, H E c Kynaston b Garnett 26 H E Brooker c Nepean b Page-Roberts 2 * A W F Rutty c Simpson b Page-Roberts 6 Edwards, F c Kynaston b Garnett 0 Jackson, M T not out 1 Extras b 9, lb 2, w 2 13 Total 424 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 424 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Kynaston 9 0 48 1 - - Simpson 21 1 104 3 1 - Hunt 21 1 114 0 - - Shoosmith 14 2 73 0 - - Garnett 12.5 1 58 4 - - Page-Roberts 8 0 14 2 1 - Extras - - 13 0 - - Total 85.5 5 424 10 2 0 Berkshire (Followed on) F E Rowe c Edwards b Harrison 14 (1) st Vigar b Abel 4 E Garnett b Edwards 3 (2) b Edwards 29 A P Strange c Blacklidge b Edwards 22 (3) c Abel b Jackson 2 F W Metcalfe c Knight b Harrison 5 (4) b Edwards 16 Shoosmith, H W c Wilkinson b Harrison 4 (5) b Harrison 5 + Capt E F Rowe c Knight b Harrison 2 (7) b Edwards 7 * Sir C E M Y Nepean not out 28 (6) c Edwards b Blacklidge 51 T M C Hunt c Abel b Harrison 11 (8) c Jewell b Jackson 1 F W Page-Roberts b Blacklidge 4 (9) not out 31 W F Kynaston b Blacklidge 0 (10) c Wilkinson b Blacklidge 1 Simpson, run out 5 (11) c Harrison b Jackson 0 Extras b 1, w 1 2 b 9, lb 5, w 2 16 Total 100 163 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 100 Second innings 163 Edwards 18 5 27 2 - - (3) 13 3 35 3 - - Harrison 21.3 3 67 5 - - (4) 9 3 19 1 - - Blacklidge 4 2 4 2 1 - (5) 6 1 21 2 - - Abel (1) 9 2 22 1 - - Jackson (2) 18.2 2 50 3 2 - Extras - - 2 1 - - - - 16 0 - - Total 43.3 10 100 10 1 0 55.2 11 163 10 2 0 Notes: Surrey 2nd XI won this return match by an innings and 161 runs on the second day, after Berkshire followed on 324 runs behind. The encounter between the two teams at Reigate in July had been won by Surrey. For the winners, Jewell scored 154. He is reported as having been missed in the slips before he had scored, and giving three further chances before he was dismissed. Abel scored 67, Harrison 60 and the debutant Knight 53. For the losers, Nepean top-scored with 51. Donald Knight made his debut aged 15 years 2 months 19 days, scoring 53 and taking 2 catches. [Missing: Umpires; fall of wickets; in Surrey innings breakdown and duration of Jewell’s 154, boundaries in Abel’s 67, Harrison’s 60 and Knight’s 53, large partnerships; in the Berkshire second innings boundaries in Nepean’s 51; Simpson’s initials; precise time completed.] Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 7 August; Reading Mercury 7 August; Reading Observer 7 August; Surrey Year Book 1909, p 118; The Sportsman 3,4 August; Cricket 26 August, p 367.