MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 2: SURREY 2 ND XI V KENT 2 ND XI At The Oval, Kennington, London on Monday 27, Tuesday 28 May 1912 Result: Match drawn - Surrey 2 nd XI won on first innings Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 3, Kent 2 nd XI 1 Toss: Surrey 2 nd XI Umpires: G A Burton and A E Hoar Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI 2 (D Sullivan, T Tidy); Kent 2 nd XI 3 (F Dutnall, A Povey, J H E Whitehead) First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 359; Kent 2 nd XI 167-7 wickets (P E Morfee 12*) Surrey 2 nd XI Goatly, E G c Povey b Collins 6 ( ) lbw b Collins 24 Myers, E B b Collins 5 ( ) c Morfee b Smith 43 Sandham, A b F Dutnall 16 ( ) not out 18 Abel, W J c Gore b Morfee 148 ( ) c Morfee b Smith 38 Alwin, R C lbw b Smith 50 G W Palmer c Morfee b Hickmott 1 ( ) not out 11 Spring, W A b Smith 61 ( ) c Povey b Collins 6 Blacklidge, H G c Morfee b Smith 35 ( ) c and b Collins 8 * A W F Rutty b Morfee 26 + Sullivan, D not out 2 Tidy, T b Smith 0 Extras b 4, lb 1, nb 4 9 b 6, lb 5 11 Total (all out) 359 (5 wickets) 159 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 11 12 96 202 203 274 306 352 359 359 Second innings 50 100 119 123 132 - - - - - Morfee 17 1 112 2 - 3 (1) 4 0 22 0 - - Hickmott 15 1 85 1 - - (2) 8 0 43 0 - - Collins 14 1 54 2 - 1 (3) 14 3 49 3 - - Dutnall, F 8 0 29 1 - - Smith 13.5 0 68 4 - - (4) 9 1 34 2 - - W Dutnall 1 0 2 0 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 68.5 3 359 10 0 4 35 4 159 5 0 0 Kent 2 nd XI (Followed on) W Dutnall b Myers 2 ( ) run out 18 Collins, G C b Tidy 107 ( ) c Goatly b Abel 54 Dutnall, F b Spring 13 ( ) b Myers 4 * L H W Troughton b Myers 10 ( ) c Sandham b Goatly 123 J H E Whitehead c Abel b Spring 2 ( ) c Sullivan b Sandham 81 S K Gore b Myers 3 ( ) not out 8 Morfee, P E not out 33 ( ) b Blacklidge 83 Hickmott, W E b Spring 5 ( ) not out 3 Draper, - b Spring 1 + Povey, A b Blacklidge 12 Smith, A lbw b Blacklidge 1 Extras b 12, lb 4 16 b 16, lb 2, w 1 19 Total (all out) 205 (6 wickets declared) 393 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 74 103 108 131 162 167 173 197 205 Second innings 125 163 164 178 373 380 - - - - Myers 20 4 39 3 - - (1) 25 3 97 1 1 - Tidy 10 1 42 1 - - (2) 10 1 69 0 - - Abel 7 0 28 0 - - (3) 17 3 82 1 - - Blacklidge 10.2 0 40 2 - - (4) 18 1 55 1 - - Spring 16 5 40 4 - - (5) 10 1 45 0 - - Sandham (6) 4 1 17 1 - - Goatly (7) 4 1 9 1 - - Extras - - 16 0 - - - - 19 1 - - Total 63.2 10 205 10 0 0 88 11 393 6 1 0 Notes: This was one of two opening fixtures in the Championship and it was drawn with Surrey 2nd XI winning on first innings on the second day. Kent 2nd XI had followed on 154 runs behind on first innings. For the home side, there was 1 six and 20 fours in Abel’s 148. Spring scored 61 and Alwin 50. In the Surrey first innings Abel and Alwin put on 106 runs for the fourth wicket. For the visitors Troughton scored 123, and there were 2 sixes and 13 fours in Collins’s 107. Collins also scored 54 in the second innings, Morfee 83, and Whitehead 81. In the Kent second innings 125 runs were scored for the first wicket and 195 runs were added for the fifth wicket. [Missing: In Surrey first innings duration of Abel’s 148, boundaries in Spring’s 61 and Alwin’s 50; in Surrey second innings batting order; in Kent first innings duration of Collins’s 107; in Kent second innings batting order, duration and breakdown of Troughton’s 123, boundaries in Morfee’s 83, Whitehead’s 81 and Collins’s 54, and batsmen involved in first wicket partnership of 125 and fifth wicket partnership of 195; Draper’s initials.] Sources: Surrey Year Book 1912, p 105; Kent Year Book 1913, p 218-219; The Sportsman 28,29 May; Cricket 8 June, p 222. 33