MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 33: SURREY 2 ND XI V SUFFOLK At The Oval, Kennington, London on Thursday 25, Friday 26 July 1912 Result: Surrey 2 nd XI won by an innings and 79 runs Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Suffolk Umpires: Not known Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI 1 (W E Narraway); Suffolk none First day score: Suffolk 286; Surrey 2 nd XI 227-3 wickets (A Sandham 61*) Suffolk * H L Wilson c and b Wilkinson 131 (1) b Spring 8 C M Phillips b Blacklidge 47 (2) b Blacklidge 20 W Catchpole b Spring 42 (3) c Spring b Blacklidge 3 D Mustard b Spring 0 (4) c Alwin b Harrison 23 W Randall c Spring b Wilkinson 2 (5) c Spring b Harrison 31 F L Titchmarsh b Spring 4 (6) c and b Harrison 2 Penfold, W c Rutty b Spring 22 (7) st Narraway b Harrison 17 V F Gaby b Spring 15 (8) b Gillespie 2 + P P Cornell b Wilkinson 0 (9) c and b Harrison 26 Trudgett, F G st Narraway b Wilkinson 6 absent hurt - Waters, F not out 4 (10) not out 2 Extras b 8, lb 4, nb 1 13 b 12, lb 5 17 Total (all out) 286 (all out) 151 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 139 223 225 234 234 286 Second innings 28 43 93 94 108 122 151 - Wilkinson 28.4 4 76 4 - - Harrison 9 2 34 0 - - (2) 12 1 41 5 - - Spring 24 6 88 5 - - (1) 12 5 18 1 - - Blacklidge 15 2 40 1 - - (3) 11 3 24 2 - - Goatly 3 0 15 0 - - (4) 3 0 5 0 - - Sandham 4 0 16 0 - - (5) 2 0 9 0 - - Gillespie 1 0 4 0 - 1 (6) 7 0 29 1 - - Alwin (7) 3 0 8 0 - - Extras - - 13 0 - - - - 17 0 - - Total 84.4 14 286 10 0 1 50 9 151 9 0 0 Surrey 2 nd XI Goatly, E G c Titchmarsh b Trudgett 73 Harrison, H S b Gaby 21 F S Gillespie b Trudgett 54 Sandham, A c Penfold b Trudgett 65 C T A Wilkinson b Titchmarsh 44 Spring, W A not out 180 G W Palmer c Penfold b Wilson 35 + Narraway, W E not out 14 Alwin, R C Blacklidge, H G * A W F Rutty Extras b 20, lb 8, nb 2 30 Total (6 wickets declared) 516 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 63 110 227 234 323 493 - - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Penfold 21 3 106 0 - - Trudgett 29 5 144 3 - - Gaby 17 1 77 1 - 2 Wilson 8 0 48 1 - - Waters 9 3 24 0 - - Mustard 2 0 7 0 - - Phillips 3 1 11 0 - - Titchmarsh 8 0 69 1 - - Extras - - 30 0 - - Total 97 13 516 6 0 2 Notes: Surrey 2 nd XI won this match by an innings and 79 runs on the second day. The Surrey declaration at lunch on the second day left Suffolk 230 runs behind with around four hours to bat to save the match. For the winners, there were 5 sixes, 3 fives and 22 fours in Spring’s 180 not out. Goatly scored 73 which included 2 sixes, 2 fives and 6 fours, Sandham 65 and Gillespie 54. In the Surrey innings, Gillespie and Sandham added 117 runs for the third wicket, and Spring and Palmer 170 for the sixth wicket. For the losers, there was 1 five, 22 fours and 3 threes in Wilson’s 131. In the Suffolk first innings Wilson and Phillips put on 139 runs for the first wicket. On the first day 513 runs were scored. When batting in the Surrey innings, Wilkinson hurt his kneecap and did not field in the Suffolk second innings. Trudgett did not bat in the Suffolk second innings because of an injured hand. [Missing: Umpires; in Suffolk first innings duration of Wilson’s 131 and fall of sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth wickets; in Suffolk second innings fall of first and sixth wickets; in Surrey innings duration of Spring’s 180 not out and boundaries in Sandham’s 65 and Gillespie’s 54; precise time completed.] Sources: Surrey Year Book 1912, p 109; East Anglian Daily Times 26,27 July; Sporting Life 26,27 July; The Sportsman 26,27 July; Cricket 3 August, p 394 . 64