MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 55: WILTSHIRE V SURREY 2 ND XI At Leighton Recreation Centre, Westbury on Wednesday 7, Thursday 8 August 1912 Result: Match drawn - Wiltshire won on first innings Points: Wiltshire 3, Surrey 2 nd XI 1 Toss: Surrey 2 nd XI Umpires: Not known Debutants: Wiltshire none; Surrey 2 nd XI none First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 106; Wiltshire 69-9 wickets (W R C Laverton -*, A S Sellick -*) Surrey 2 nd XI Harrison, H S b Newman 18 ( ) st Smart b Mitchell 0 Myers, E B b Mitchell 2 ( ) b Laverton 39 Sandham, A c and b Newman 3 ( ) not out 10 Abel, W J c Sellick b Newman 5 ( ) c Taunton b Overton 31 C T A Wilkinson c Mathews b Newman 20 ( ) c Sellick b Mitchell 34 Spring, W A c Whittaker b Newman 2 ( ) c Mathews b Newman 3 G W Palmer c and b Newman 9 ( ) b Newman 1 Alwin, R C c Shorland b Mitchell 10 ( ) st Smart b Newman 2 * A W F Rutty c Awdry b Mitchell 16 ( ) c Mitchell b Overton 7 Platt, G J W not out 16 ( ) lbw b Mitchell 11 + Sullivan, D b Mitchell 1 ( ) c Newman b Mitchell 13 Extras b 3, lb 1 4 b 4, w 1 5 Total (all out) 106 (all out) 156 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 106 Second innings 156 Mitchell 22.2 4 55 4 - - ( ) 12 0 52 4 1 - Newman 22 3 47 6 - - ( ) 10 1 49 3 - - Overton ( ) 8 0 36 2 - - Laverton ( ) 3 0 14 1 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 44.2 7 106 10 0 0 33 1 156 10 1 0 Wiltshire E T Shorland b Wilkinson 5 ( ) c Abel b Myers 4 S Whittaker c Harrison b Myers 13 ( ) c Sullivan b Myers 12 S J H Taunton c Palmer b Platt 11 ( ) c Alwin b Platt 24 G W Mathews c Harrison b Myers 0 ( ) c Platt b Wilkinson 11 * R W Awdry c Palmer b Myers 1 ( ) c Alwin b Myers 0 Newman, A W c Platt b Myers 12 ( ) b Platt 34 W R C Laverton c Wilkinson b Platt 37 ( ) c Spring b Platt 14 Sellick, A S not out 28 ( ) b Platt 10 Overton, W b Platt 0 ( ) c Sullivan b Platt 0 + Smart, T c Alwin b Platt 1 ( ) not out 0 Mitchell, H run out 0 ( ) not out 0 Extras b 5, lb 1, nb 5 11 b 4, lb 1, w 2, nb 3 10 Total (all out) 119 (9 wickets) 119 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 119 Second innings - Platt 23.4 9 44 4 - 5 ( ) 14 6 23 5 - - Wilkinson 5 2 8 1 - - ( ) 10 1 22 1 1 2 Myers 23 6 35 4 - - ( ) 12 0 37 3 1 - Abel 6 2 19 0 - - ( ) 3 0 6 0 - - Spring 1 0 1 0 - - ( ) 5 1 14 0 - - Harrison 1 0 1 0 - - ( ) 4 2 7 0 - 1 Extras - - 11 1 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 59.4 19 119 10 0 5 48 10 119 9 2 3 Notes: This return match was drawn with Wiltshire winning on first innings. Due to rain there was no play before lunch on the first day. At The Oval in July these teams also drew but then Surrey had taken the points for a first innings lead. Wiltshire were set a target of 144 to win but finished 25 runs short with their last two batsmen at the crease. In Wiltshire’s first innings Sellick had retired hurt but returned at the fall of the ninth wicket. In a low-scoring match, Surrey’s Myers top-scored with 39 runs in his second innings. For Wiltshire, Newman took 9 wickets for 96 runs in the match, including 6 for 47 in Surrey’s first innings. For Surrey, Platt took 9 wickets for 67 runs, including figures of 5 for 23 in Wiltshire’s second innings. This was the first use of the ground for a Championship match. [Missing: Umpires;, fall of wickets; all second innings batting and bowling orders.] Sources: Surrey Year Book 1912, p 111; Wiltshire Gazette 15 August; The Sportsman 11 August; Cricket 17 August, p 422,432. 86