MInor Counties Championship 1912

SURREY SECOND XI 1912 Championship matches: Played 7, won 3, lost none, drawn 4 (won on first innings 2, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Third out of twenty Won: v Glamorgan at The Oval, v Suffolk at The Oval and v Kent 2nd XI at Hythe Lost: None Drawn - won on first innings: v Kent 2nd XI at The Oval and v Wiltshire at The Oval Drawn - lost on first innings: v Wiltshire at Westbury Drawn - no decision on first innings: v Glamorgan at Cardiff Captain: A W F Rutty (7 matches) Wicket-keepers: D Sullivan (5 matches) and W E Narraway (2 matches) Debutants: 3 (W E Narraway, D Sullivan and T Tidy) Final Season: 1 (T Tidy) Secretary: W Findlay Professionals: 15 (W J Abel, R C Alwin, H G Blacklidge, A J Freeman, F S Gillespie, E G Goatly, H S Harrison, W Mason, E B Myers, W E Narraway, G J W Platt, A Sandham, W A Spring, D Sullivan and T Tidy) Home Grounds 1: The Oval, Kennington, London (4 matches) Notes: Surrey 2nd XI had a successful season finishing in third place in the Table. Suffolk were opponents instead of Devon. The match against Suffolk at Felixstowe was abandoned without a ball bowled. William Abel, Francis Gillespie and William Spring each had a batting average over 40.00 but they all scored over half of their runs in a single innings. Playing in four matches Edward Goatly scored 198 runs at 39.60. Henry Blacklidge, in five matches, took 20 wickets at 21.65. During the season career milestones reached were 2000 runs by William Spring, 1000 runs by H S Harrison and 100 wickets by Harry Blacklidge. SURREY SECOND XI MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1912 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 3 players who made their Championship debut for Surrey Second XI during the season. Names in bold denote that 1912 was the last or only season that this player appeared for Surrey Second XI in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Abel, W J 4 7 1 148 266 44.33 1 - - 3 - 61.3 14 184 11 16.72 6-9 1 1 Alwin, R C 6 5 0 57 145 29.00 - 2 - 5 - 3 0 8 0 - - - - Blacklidge, H G 5 5 1 44 127 31.75 - - - 1 - 143.2 25 433 20 21.65 5-60 - 1 Freeman, A J 2 2 1 0* 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - 59.3 13 174 7 24.85 3-58 - - Gillespie, F S 3 4 1 105 186 62.00 1 1 - 1 - 15 0 57 1 57.00 1-29 - - Goatly, E G 4 6 1 73 198 39.60 - 1 - 3 - 27 4 60 1 60.00 1-9 - - Harrison, H S 4 6 0 45 88 14.66 - - 2 4 - 39 9 116 6 19.33 5-41 - 1 Mason, W 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Myers, E B 5 9 0 43 158 17.55 - - 1 2 - 138 22 411 18 22.83 6-112 - 1 Narraway, W E + 2 2 1 14* 23 23.00 - - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - G W Palmer 7 9 2 71 170 24.28 - 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - - Platt, G J W 3 3 1 16* 38 19.00 - - - 2 - 46.4 18 92 10 9.20 5-23 - 1 A W F Rutty 7 6 0 69 135 22.50 - 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - - Sandham, A 7 11 4 65 224 32.00 - 2 - 2 - 28.1 6 97 8 12.12 5-47 - 1 Spring, W A 6 8 1 180* 302 43.14 1 1 1 6 - 84.4 23 245 13 18.84 5-88 - 1 Sullivan, D + 5 5 1 21 44 11.00 - - - 8 1 - - - - - - - - Tidy, T + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 20 2 111 1 111.00 1-42 - - C T A Wilkinson 5 6 0 69 210 35.00 - 1 - 2 - 105.1 15 267 16 16.68 6-44 - 1 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 139 - - - - 1 - - - 163 2 - - - - Total 77 96 15 180* 2453 30.28 3 10 8 46 3 771 151 2418 114 21.21 6-9 1 8 (18 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES This player made his only appearances for Surrey Second XI in the Championship in 1912. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Tidy, T 1912 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 120 111 1 111.00 1-42 - - (1 player) 161