MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 23: SURREY 2 ND XI V WILTSHIRE At The Oval, Kennington, London on Thursday 18, Friday 19 July 1912 Result: Match drawn - Surrey 2 nd XI won on first innings Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 3, Wiltshire 1 Toss: Not known Umpires: W H Harden and A E Hoar Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI none; Wiltshire 1 (E P Thompson) First day score: Wiltshire 139; Surrey 2 nd XI 329 Wiltshire C S Awdry b Wilkinson 22 ( ) b Spring 10 S Whittaker b Wilkinson 14 ( ) b Wilkinson 22 Newman, A W b Wilkinson 5 ( ) c Spring b Sandham 153 E P Thomson b Freeman 0 ( ) b Freeman 4 R W Awdry c Gillespie b Blacklidge 14 ( ) lbw b Sandham 7 S J H Taunton c Rutty b Wilkinson 3 ( ) c Alwin b Sandham 0 J Pugh b Blacklidge 33 ( ) b Sandham 0 + G C Davenport not out 15 ( ) c Blacklidge b Sandham 3 * A M Miller c Sullivan b Blacklidge 0 ( ) not out 94 Overton, W lbw b Wilkinson 11 ( ) c Sullivan b Spring 25 Mitchell, H st Sullivan b Wilkinson 10 ( ) c Sullivan b Spring 0 Extras b 1, lb 10, w 1 12 b 18, lb 4, w 1 23 Total (all out) 139 (all out) 341 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 139 Second innings 121 298 341 Freeman 10 0 38 1 - - ( ) 19 5 51 1 - - Wilkinson 17 1 44 6 1 - ( ) 30 3 91 1 - - Blacklidge 13 2 36 3 - - ( ) 20 5 65 0 1 - Goatly 3 0 7 0 - - ( ) 6 1 8 0 - - Spring 3 2 2 0 - - ( ) 11.4 2 32 3 - - Sandham ( ) 14 4 47 5 - - Gillespie ( ) 7 0 24 0 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - 23 0 - - Total 46 5 139 10 1 0 107.4 20 341 10 1 0 Surrey 2 nd XI Goatly, E G b Overton 41 Sandham, A b Mitchell 8 Gillespie, F S c Whittaker b Mitchell 105 C T A Wilkinson b Mitchell 69 Blacklidge, H G c and b Newman 4 Alwin, R C lbw b Miller 26 Spring, W A b Mitchell 29 G W Palmer not out 9 * A W F Rutty b Mitchell 4 + Sullivan, D lbw b Taunton 7 Freeman, A J b Taunton 0 Extras b 17, lb 6, w 1, nb 3 27 Total (all out) 329 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 329 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Mitchell 29 2 108 5 1 1 Newman 14 4 43 1 - - Miller 13 3 39 1 - - Overton 9 2 36 1 - - Taunton 9.4 1 28 2 - - C S Awdry 4 0 30 0 - - R W Awdry 3 0 18 0 - 2 Extras - - 27 0 - - Total 81.4 12 329 10 1 3 Notes: This match was drawn with Surrey 2nd XI winning on first innings after Wiltshire trailed by 190 runs on the first innings. In Wiltshire’s second innings Newman scored 153 which contained 18 fours. There were 2 fives and 9 fours in Miller’s innings of 94 not out. The pair put on 177 for the eighth wicket. Mitchell took 5 wickets for 108 runs in the Surrey innings. For Surrey 2nd XI Wilkinson took 6 wickets for 44 runs in Wiltshire’s first innings whilst Sandham took 5 for 47 runs in their second. Gillespie scored 105 including 9 fours. There were 11 fours in Wilkinson’s innings of 69. [Missing: Toss; part fall of wickets; in the Wiltshire second innings duration of Newman’s 153, batting and bowling orders; in the Surrey innings duration of Gillespie’s 105.] Sources: Surrey Year Book 1912, p 108; Swindon Advertiser 20 July; Wiltshire Gazette 25 July; The Sportsman 19,20 July; Cricket 27 July, p 363,372. 54